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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
VS.. T T

Mr.. Wiley Bum sold twenty eight
hundred pounds Of tobacco at the
Farmers warehouse in this city for an
average of III cents a pound. He also
sold / go pounds of cotton at an aver
age of 81 cents q pound. The total
amount received for the cotton was
SOL So. TIE total amount received for
the tobacco was 1896 80. Why don't
the farmers raise tobacco instead OF
cottonY-News and Observer.
The experience of Mr.. Bum should
serve as an eye opener to those farm
ers who are vainly endeavorlng to
make buckle and tongue meet by de-
voting their energies to raising q crop
of five cent cotton and a batch or chat
tel mortgages. Every man must realize
the necessity o. finding another crop
other than cotton il he would avoid
close association with the sheriff, u
tobacco seems to be the available sue
cessor to the heecy staple that Issurely
impoverishing those who depend upon
it's cultivation for a livelihood.
Tobacco is not a crop for a lazy man
or a fool. In order to be successful
the planter must be Industrious
Intelligent, but fortunately the more
care and work exercised in the prepa
ration of tobacco for the market, the
higher the prices realized. It is a crop
that brings substantial returns for in
telligent labor, and for that reason
alone it is superior to cotton, as the
difference between q high and a low
grade of cotton is generally more con
~spicuous than the difference in the
price.
Work and care in preparing tobacco
are rewarded by good prices; work and
care devoted to growing cotton is a
waste Of money and energy. Why
not try a few acres in tobaccof-Mt.
Olive Advertiser.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03

which we eat $50, 600, 600 dozens in q
year. Placed end to end these would
girdlethe earth at the equator tentimes.
At IL cents a dozen these would be
worth $1O2 .OOO, 600. and yet this repre-,
sents but three eggs a week for each
inhabitant.
No other people on earth eat as much
meat as do Americans. Secretary Viii
son places the annual meat bill at 5000,
900, 900. It is impossible accurately to
estimate the amount of the different
kinds Of meats. but it probably ep-
proximates 5 900, 900 900 pounds OF
beef 1000 600, 900 pounds of pork and
800, 900 600 pounds OF mutton. With
poultry ard game the meat eaten
would amount to no less than 10 000,
600, coo pounds a year. To the meat
supply we must add something like
800, 900 900 pounds OF fresh fish and
oy sters
ALI told the consumption Of food in
this country during the year amounts to
So so 600, 900, to which must be added
another 81 coo, 600 900 for drinks. OF
this, roughly speaking, 81, OOG coo, 900
goes for meat and fish, 500 600, 900 for
eggs and dairy products, $500, 600, 900
for wheat and other grains, an equal
amount for sugar, vegetables and fruits,
and So %. 600, 600 FIR vegetables. These
figures show that we are a great nation
to eat and that we are we'll fed-and
1.-THE farmer feeds them all
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sideration that if all of the hogs lived,
the price of pork would fall to such an
extent that there would be less profit
per head than at present. However,
it would permit every farmer to carry
on his work with some degree Of Ger
tainty, and would give the consumer
healthful meat at a lower price than at
present
Please publish at short intervals this
recipe for hog cholera, which I think
is very good at all times; it is to burn
corn till it is like charcoal and feed to
hogs; it is better than charc al
and il q great preventive of diseases
r. E. w, Arnold, Neb.
have raised swine for Is years and
never had a case of hog cholera, though
it has been right by my pens. Believ.
ing in prevention rather than cure, I
keep the hogs quarters as clean as a
a dwelling, using plenty OF lime over
the feeding lots and in the nests. But
my main reliance is azatW ida, which |
keep on hand the year around. We
put q chunk as largo as a walnut IN
the slop barrel once a week, and il we
cannot STOP all the hogs every day,
slOp them once or twice q week. We
do not wait until cur hogs, or those Of
u neighbors get sick, but keep is up
the year round S. W. Van Arsdell,
Liberty, Ind In Practical Farmer.
It is rather curiousiy a Southern
farmer VINO has succeeded in producing
the hog that turns the scales al che
greatest weight. Z. w. Williams Of
Decatur, Ala , IS the man, and his hog
which ne says is only three years old,
weighs 1924 pounds and is 30 fat that
it cannot rise. II is 10 feet two inches
in length, four and a half feet high. Its
owner has refused five hu adrtd do
lars fer it, thinking thai he car MAKE
more by taking iG from place TO place,
and using it as a snow. Toe hog Is OF
the Berkshire breed, crossed on the
Southern stock. If the hog has
made its growth 10 three years, 1t
means and annual gain Of sos pounds
D n year. That would be double what
hogs gain during the first year of
their lives, when the gain is usually
greatest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
GINSENG.

One of our agricultural exchanges
thus describes ginseng:
"Ginsepg is a peculiar plant, and ls
found in rich quantities In P9nnsyl
vsnia. New York, West Virginia, North
Carolina and Tennessee in the noun
tain districts. The plants grow In
deeply shaded and wooded sections
where moisture exists from the eXclu
sion of sunshine. We should think
you would be able to secure fresh seed
of any reliable seedsman in Memphis
or Nashville. The plants bloom in
July and the seeds form and turn
bright scarlet in September. 1t is an
easy matter to fad the plants / n the
falls, guided by the shining red berries.
Like wiuter onions the plants are killed
to the roots by winter and cold weather,
but come into vigorous growth again
In the spring.
"GinseUg is very difficult to success
fuIiy cultivate. Many more failures
than successes are reported, the chief
reason for which is that too much de
Walton from it's natural habits, which
are very obstinate, is INDUCED in. You
cannot grow it in sunshine, nor IN dry
places. Shade and moisture it must
have. Seeds should be secured in the
fall when they fret ripen, and planted
In a damp, shaded place, two inches
deep in leaf mold, and where no st )ck
or poultry can modest them. The seeds
will usually terminate in eighteen
months, thought oftimes takes q longer
period. The first years growth will be
slow, but the next, it will be vigorous.
It is sta Ted that one may grow SO 600
worth of ginseng on an acre of suitable
soil in five years, but we take this with
plenty Of salt
In q recent issue Of the Epitomiet
some important hints as to the culture
of this plant are given by MI. ]. D.
CheeIy, of Illinois, who says:
"Tnis plant is native over Q wide re
gion OF North America. Wherever it
grows, it is easily recognize able 1t
grows in dense forests, mostly on hill
sides, facing north. There are all
sizes of the plant, from the tiny seed.
lings two or three inches high with but
three leaves, to the full grown speci
mems upwards of a foot in height with
from three to five prongs on top the
main STEM, and each prong containing
from three to seven saw oothed leaves.
In the crotch formed by these proDgs
is the seed stem. When the seed are
ripe they are red like Indian turnlp
berries.
''Tne aim Of this article is to stimu.
late Eputomist readers living in tim
bered locations to search for this rsre
member of the vegetable kingdom. If
any be found, stick down some pegs
near It so as not to lose it, and when
the seeds are ripe carefully gather
them and dig the plants, getting up all
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CONCLUDED FROM PAGE 1 ]

hops in North Carolina a realize
greater prof 9 annually than it IS pos
sibIe for growers in other sections to
secure and that in times of o~verproduc
tion they are sure. of some profit
though growers in other parts may
have to throw away their hops.
Much more might be said In favor OF
the hop industry in North Carolina
and more reasons given why experl
enced hop growers, farmers and otnerF
should come here ami occupy the land.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube g~etslirfamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness IS
the result, and unless the ammati can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing val be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an in1amed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cam
not BE- cured by HaL's Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
70 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
LIVE SEocE
TICK, TEXAS AND SPLkNETIC
FRVRR.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
What became OF your tick expert
ment3' asks the lnior editor of THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER We thought
everyone had overlooked our an.
nouncement that it was intended to
have a little fever to order at Expert
ment Farm
The editor has probably been hunt
ing up old copies for something else
and found it.
We caUnoG yet declare we have it in
fatal form, but ticks picked from cattle
here in the neigh borhood have been
successfully inc lbated in our cffice,
and are 20 growing finely on several
Of the COWS bred here.
The experiment is b9ing conducted
at the quarantine station at the a. &
NJ College. Thus ~e can say it is uu
der way, but not yes far enough alorg
to exhiOit characteristic IF Cts. O.
course at this segs2n we must try to
maintain q temperature at which ticks
will develop TINS has to be doDe in a
warm stable AID me final success of
the experiment may hinge on the rem
perature OF the stable. There was a
longer period Of incubation of ticks
than would nave been r quired in Md
summer which makes 'hIs part ~ 1t
late. FRANK E EMERY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
HOLD THE cow % GOOD Age

We do not agree with the notion
that every GOV should De forced and
run through as q l'cRly as possible and
then discarded, says the Practical
DAiryman. Rather, we cay, get a good
COW ard then take measures to K, CD
her in good paying shape as long as
possible Cows twelve to fifteen years
old often 60 as well or Oetrer than
younger ones We have d COW fully
fifteen years old which gtvts as mucn
milk nj = as she ever did.
1t dues not mi ire a COW TO feed her
we'll, even win rich grain, If this is
done in q rational men4er. It ia not
the use OF a COW to her full capacity
which destroys g, but rather abuse by
I'm Use feeding an1 handling. w be
lieve that almost any good COW, right
~ managed, W IL yield well nigh her
full quantity and quality Of mllk up to
the age OF twelve years Il this is 90
why throw her away at the age of from
SIX to eight yeers7 1t takes two or
three years after sne first comes To get
the helter up to her full capacity
Therefore we should keep her as long
as we can prCfGaDly when she gets to
be a mature COW, aud not be possessed
OF the false idea thai a COW should be
gotten rid of while she is yet in her
prime. OnCinuslly making unneces
sary changes in the personnel OF the
dairy COWS &C ,aslons mrnY troubles
and annoy ances that m y jIst as well
be saved.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY ITEMS,

Dr. Galen Wilson, in the Practical
Farmer, says that experiments have
shown that in many Cases 20 Wdered
soaps in dish water Will kali hogs.
It is believed that the losses from
hog cholera in no U tied States
amount to abou' 500 900 600 per year
In the one State of 10 va careful in
qulries have eho ~n that the annual
loss is from S12, 900 900 Co SIS, 900, 600.
OF course it must De taken Into con
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-01-03
NOTICE.

Arnie Raves LIFT Mr. Grant snipes,'
of Manola Hereford Co. his home, on
the 9Th Of Seotemher, 1898 He is IS
years old and walks a LITTLE pair toed
ANY one knowing his whereabouts will
confer a great favor by informing Mr.
w L Kellv NJ q We. N @
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NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

y. -. danl6y, SG. raul, MIDI.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
W. A. Gardner, Chairman, Andrews
Settlement, Pa; A. Is. WEIGH, Sec'y,
Victor, N Y; John Br, ing, juno
ton. w. Va. J. q. WilbOrn, Old
Point, 8. g.; @. A. Barlow, San Luis
0 0ispo, Cal
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS sTATE ALL,
ANOE.
President-John Graham, Warren
ton. N. q.
Vice-President-D. @. Bryan, Jones
boro, N. c.
Secretary Tree B. Hoover.
aillsbOro. n. Q.
State Business Agent-T. B. Parker,
aillsboro, N. 9.
Lecturer-Dr. v. N. seawell, Villa
.ow, N. Q.
Assistant Lecturer-W. n. Davis,
WILLIAMSBURG. N. @.
Chaplain-W. 8. Mercer, Moyock
N @.
Doorkeeper-Geo. T. Lane. Greene
boro, N. O.
assistant oor-keeper-Jas. e. Lyon
D lrham, n. Q.
Sergeant.at Arms-D. W. Watson,
haywood, N. 4.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W
A. Graham, Machpelah, n.
Ste ward-A. J. Moye, Farmville
N q.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTF
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE
J W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh
N. Q.
John Graham, Warrenton, N Q.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway. N. @.
Q. @ Mcclellan, edwin. N Q.
DIR. J e Person, Plkeville. N. Q.
Thomas J OIdhem, Teer, N Q
STATE ALLlAECB JUDICIARY COMMITTED
DR.. J. e Person, Pikeville, N Q.
W. s. Barnes, Raleigh, N. @
T. Ivey, Gary. n. Q.
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HILL NURSERIES
POMONA. N. n

Two miles west of Greensboro. N r.
Southern Railway. We known foTr' On d
years. Up with the times with ali the nav, .lolr,
as the old fruits that are suited to nv Ssss"O3
which extends from Maine to Texas - Z stta6t
Japan fruits and all other good fruit N 19s1 At
ers | nave, as shown in my new TI1S%t QoA.
catalogue, free TO all Agents wanted 'faa'
Q80Sl J, VAN LINDTEv
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-09-06
Oddities i'm Necklaces.

Necklaces of all sorts are worn with
the low-cut gowns. The strings of col
ored glass beads have found many adj
mirers, and | notice that they are being
worn with day as well as evening
gowns. The little thin gold "baby
chains" with locket or pendant are
taken out from among the keepsakes
or supplied by the jewelers.. London
fashion writer's tell us that bracelets
are again worn, and that an English
woman feels that her evening toilet Is
incomplete without pair OF the hand
some bracelets. But bracelets at their
best are unbecoming things when worn
at the wrist. and the American wom-
an is sensible enough to follow no
fashion but the prettiest. The wearing
of a black velvet band held by a jew
eled clasp and worn half way between
the elbow and shoulder is a fetching
fashion and one much followed. And
another quaint style is the narrow
black velvet ribbon about the neck
from which hangs a Turquoise set or
blue-enameled locket. The black vel
vet makes the white neck and arm
look whittier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-09-06

Love for the noble woman
Who strokes the soldiers head,
Who leans as a sweet. white angel
Above the soldiers bed.
Who kneeis and who prays beside him.
Who closes the soldiers eyes.
Who spreads the loved flag DER him
When the weary soldier dies.
Cheers for the noble woman
Who opens her palace door
To the lame and the sick and the hungry,
Who gives OF her worldly store
That others who toll, who suffer
BY food or by fire may know
That God on His throne still watches
And judges the high and the low.
Praise for the noble woman
Who visits the haunts OF sin,
To teach and to win where angels
Alone might hope TO win;
Who puts away worldly pleasures.
And labors that others may live
To her all terrestrial glory!
All the honor men have to give!
And cheers for the noble woman
Who hides no jewels away,
Who complacently pays her taxes
AS the law would compel her to pay!
She smoothes the rough road Of the toiler.
She eases the burdens that bear
On the sick and the lame and the hungry,
And the Lord up above is awarel
May cherish her name with the great,
Who stand for their homes and country.
Whose duty is first to the state!
He is noble who falls while preserving
The rights that are precious to you
IT'S noble TO do just your duty
AS an honest citizen, tool
S. f. Kiser. In Chicago Times-Herald.
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Mannerisun,

We all have our pet racteristics.
Just think "A minute, perhaps your van
!ty takes the form Of too pronounced
assertion of your poverty, your con-
tempt Of money, your housekeeping
economies, the infinitesimal sum upon
which you dress, or the amount of
housework unassisted which you get
through" Do you ever, when your
friend tells you Of some little gayety
enjoyed, or a heavenly new tOque pur-
chased. purse up your mouth virtuous-
ly, and tell her you cannot afford the
gayety and inform her Of the exact
number of years your hat has done
duty with the aid of various trimmings
and screenings and twistings of the
shape Dangerously near Boosting
this. though not in the direction usual
ly considered good boasting ground.
Then there is Mr. Smith, he explains
public affairs TO your husband as
though he (your lord and MASTERY were
q little schoolboy of tender years, pats
him encouragingly on the back. and
Is altogether the most maddening of
member he doesn't know his manners
are so trying chow should be, when
his wife SO admires themD he is the
most conscientious of fathers, and has
thoroughly kind heart. Do not turn
yourself into an accommodating ice
berg toward him; he won't understand
why you do it. and you will only make
another unnecessary enemy.
The woman who calls on you and
talks exclusively and fast of her own
affairs, she means well; but do not
weakly try to insert in the conversa-
tion any grievance or interest of your
own for she will only pause to take
breath and then run off on a parallel
event in her own history. Much bet
ter act the part of listener, simply and
solely; the visit will not be entertain
ing to you, perhaps, but it will have
been satisfactory TO her. which is. af-
ter all, the nobler aim of the hostess.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1899-09-06
PE3ssATsa 2sRENE FOB H !! it!sIHss

County of Van Buren-ss. Probate Court for said
county.
At session of the probate court for said
county, held at the probate office in the viii
lage of Paw Paw, on Friday, the LIST day of
September in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine:
Present, James H. Johnson, Judge of Probate.
III the matter of the estate of ~ illam
II. Cross, deceased.
Orrilla Cross, Administrative of said estate,
comes into court and represents that she Is now
prepared TO render her final such
admiuisi ratrix and flies the
Thereupon II is ordered, that Monday, the I'd
day of October next at tel. o'clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for examining and allowing such
account aud that the heirs law of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate
required 10 appear at session of said Court, then
10 be holden at the probate Office, in the village
of Paw Paw In said county, and show cause, If any
there be. why the said account should not be allow
ed
And il is further ordered that said administrative
give notice TO the persons interested In
said estate of the tendency of said account
aud the hearing thereof, by causing
copy of this order to be published in the
True Northerner, newspaper printed and cir
culatiDR in said county. three successive weeks
at lea II previous to said day Of hegrirl.
JAMES IT. JOHNSON.
2OIo23l Jnuse or Pi obate.
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Isit the Dust.

The landlady raped on the table
for attention.
Gentlemen, | suppose you are all
patriOtic?'
1--WE areH came the hearty re-
Spouse.
And you all love your native soil?"
Couldn't love it better" came in
chorus.
II am glad to hear it, for you must
surely enjoy the few grains of sand
that refused to part company with the
Strawberries
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Set the apron upon a pointed yoke
and lay as few gathers as possible at
the front.
After the apron is completed put ii
aside and proceed to embroider the
trimming to 60 upon 1t. With your
stamping outfit outline an attractive
design upon strip of white goods
and embroider il in wash silk of a
contrasting color. At least five yards
of trimming should be made, fully
that much being required to trim the
hem and belt. and make the straps
for the shoulders. band of the en-
broidery connects the straps at the
front and back; and over the shoulders
are small ruffles, also trimmed with
the embroidery.
1t requires a great deal of time and
patience 10 accomplish this piece of
art, but the time will be profitably
spent.
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LEaAL NOTICES.
ORDER


! County of Van Bur .n-ss.
At session of the probate court Tor the County
Of Van Buren,, holden at the probate Office, IL the
Village OF Paw Paw, FRIDAY, the 2ath day Of
ueust, in the yeai one thousand eight hundred
aud ninety-nine:
Present, Hon. James ii. Johnson, Judge of
rebate.
fl the matter of the estate OF Fred l.. Shaw,
+ eased.
On reading and filing tn petition, duly verified of
Cora NJ. Shaw, widow VI said deceased. praying
therein stated, that the administration of
estate of SAID deceased may be granted to Cora NJ.
Shaw or some other suitable person.
Thereupon il is ordered that Monday the 25th day
4 September. 1899 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for the hearing of said petition, and all per-
interested in said estate required 10 appear
at session of said court then to be holden at the
probate office, in the village of Paw Paw and show
il any there be, why the prayer OF the petitioner
should not be granted.
And it is further ordered that SAID petitioner
give notice TO the persons interested in said estate OF
the pendency of said petition and TIE hearing there
Of, by causing copy of this order TO e published
In the True Northerner, newspaper printed and
circulating in said county of Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks al least previous to SAID day of
hearing.
19t4o22l JAMES II. JOHNSON, Judge of Probate.