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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-04-28
Gown For Fall.
must har'

This is gown Of cashmere cloth with
four flounces on the skirt. The little coat
has vest of white linen. The muslin
cravat is edged with lace. The three
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-04-28

cornered hat of gray felt has only strap
pings Of white felt for trimming. The
very close sleeve flares out over the
hand. This is an advance costume and
an elegant model for the fall Chicago
Times Herald.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-04-28

Geese are peculiar in that both sexes
are feathered exactly alike, Consequent
ly there is considerable difficulty in dis
tinguishina ganders from geese.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-04-28

The summer girl has vanished but,
as the autumn girl is with us, she never
will be missed. -SomeIville Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-04-28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON v, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 80.

Text of the Lesson. John xiv, 1927.
Memory Verses, 20, 26-GoIden Text,
John xiv, 16-COmmentary Prepared
by the Rev. ID. Nj. Stearns,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
HEALTHY HOGS.

TIE health Of hogs does not depend
in any measure on the promiscuous
feeding of drugs. If proper attention
we're given to all the hogs in the coun
try the makers Of cholera cures would
have no demand for tkeir medicines.
When it is said they live eff the igEor-
ance of the public it is but to tell the
truth, and is not saying anything
against them or their remedies. These
men who have studied hog caolera in
all its phases are the fist TO say that
the disease first gets i s foot hOld in
filthy pens and yards and from stag
nant drinking water. Fcom this start
herds shat are properly cared for be-
come infec5ed, and if the season is ia
vorable for the development of the
germs of disease an epidemic OF hog
cholera follows that sweeps away hogs
worth untold thousands.
It cannot be said too many times
that hogs are clearly by nature.
They are the only domestic animal
that will habituaIly have a certain
place in which to deposit their drop
pings, keeping the remainder Of the
range clean if they are allowed to d.
go. Give pure water and plenty OF
green feed during the period of devel
opment, and hog cholera, if it once ct
all, will coma from an outside sources
Once it has arrived prompt measures
to check it's ravages should be resorted
to ems persisted in until the disease il
checked -SwiDeh erd.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
THE FARMERS RAINING
J. L LADD
Bay City, Texas.

In a letter to the Southern Farm
Magazine one of It's readers. who has
for years studied the needs of Southern
farmers, writes as follows:
The great and pressing need is for
An educated intelligence to direct in
the farm and field; for a man ia no
more born q farmer than a doctor,
lawyer or machinist. A little fund of
0racrical information STATED in the
rc10oI room will set minds to work
5na3 may have no awakening other
wise. SO important ia this small fouE-
5Gt;on that it should be q sine qua non
ia the public school education. There
should be less of examining with some.
thing else, if necessary, to SECURE it.
We must have a Change-R System for
the schools that will actually meet the
educational needs of those cc-faed to
them; other wise we can Continue in
the old ruts until the farmer sinks
hopelessly into the position of the
newer of wood for which his intelli-
Sence will a~bundantly fit him
Commenting upon this the Southern
Farm Magazine says:
This is an earnest plea for an Rdapta
ton of the instruction of the public
schools of the South, particularly in
the lower grades, to the needs Of those
who constitute the greatest number of
pupils L does not imply, necessarily,
that the public schools are to be turned
into agricultural colleges, but that
their teachings shGli De such that tn
minds OF the pupils rnay oe directed
into channels watch viii enable them
TO secure a firm foundation for their
life work. The trouble has been thRr
organizers of public school systems
have been too prone to adopt almost
bodily methods which mag have SUI
ceeded in other localities where tbs
needs are entirely different from those
of their own. In this way the obj acys
of education have been defeated. Jhll
dren have been taught to accumu'are
a mass Of stuff OF no value at all, and
If their minds have been given 8ny
ban*, It has been from the direction in
which they might find n, ppiness end
c2mfor5. Oar correspondent has tn
correct position, and bis numbers
should Increase in the South.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

uuire to be used with care, in order
that the animal may not in any way
be injured. OF the four kinds, viz ,
cotton seed meal, gluten meal, linseed
meal and gluten feed, the gluten feeds
may be fed in larger amounts without
danger of injury than the others. The
Chicago gluten, the cotton seed and
liuseed meals should be used in rations
for dairy COWS in quantities not to ex-
coed two or three pounds per day.
A comparison of the composition OF
these feeds with their average selling
prices during the past year, shows that
the gluten meals at an average cost
per ton of $18 Is, furnish the protein
at a Iess cost than any Of the others,
while cotton seed meal, an average cost
OF $24 per ton, is next in order, with
gluten feeds, with an average cost OF
SIS 20, third in order, and linseed meal
fourth, at an average cost per ton OF
$28 IS That is, from the standpoint
of cheapuegs of protein alone, this is
the order that they would take. Other
points, however, should be considered
as, namely; their general adaptebility
and their content Of mineral constitu
ents, if these are taken into account,
az they should be in well maintained
dairieg, the order of cheapness would
be cotton seed meal first, lirssed meal
second, gluten meal third and gluten
feed fourth.
J. L LADD
Bay City, Texas.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

poorest FIVE out of 20 have the follow
ing showing:
Best five, weight at beginning of test
500 pounds, gain 416 pounds, 20 per
cent.
Poorest five, weight at beginning Ct
test $40 pounds, gain 235 pounds, 40
per cent.
This was for a period Of 40 days,
and from observations made from
week to week this difference of gain
from a little over one pound to prac
tically two pounds a day was largely
due to the breeding. A ehort, small
boned chunk will make good gains for
a few weeks end then stop. Il will bo
fat and ready for market, while a well
bred rangy hog will fatten and continue
to grow and make good gains for a
much longer period. Then as to the
demand Of the market: the three rib
shoulder is now m of the most pref
able cuts that is made for export trade.
Hogs from which these cuts are made
must be large and muscular, long and
rangy. The short, small boned chunk
will not answer the purpose. The
bacon hog is also of the latter descrip-
ton. and brings the best price Ell the
market. Well bred rangy hogs make
the most profitable gains, are the most
ready sale, and bring the best price on
the market. J G. BANEY
Kansas Experiment Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
TOO MUCH coTTON, TOO MANY
MULES.

It haa been we'll said lately that the
two greaS faults in the agriculture Of
the South are too much cotton and too
many mules. How many Southern
farmers have ever realized the greas
loss that comes to Southern farms
through the keeping Of animals that
are for work only, and which take no
part in breeding new stock9 And
when we talk of depending on the cot,
ton crop to buy everything else, how
many realiz3 that we depend on this
crop to buy even the animals that
work it, and which are fit for work
alone. What a large percentage of
the cotton crop goes to breeders of
mules in other States. When we talk
about diversifcaTion OF crops IN the
South, most OF us imagine thar the
liberalization reters only co the grow
ing OF plantation supplies OF food, and
few think of the tax that the mules
make on the cotton farmer. Tne5 e are
thousands Of farms in the south On
which there are no work animals but
mules, and 1t is a common thing in
every Southern town 30 see the farm
ers riding and driving mules to town
as a regular thing, because they have
no horse to drive. Suppose that every
Southern cotton farm had even q
good mare to bring colts, even mule
COLTS, Tor the farmer. What q differ
ence it would make in the amount of
money sent annually somewhere else
70 buy mules. How often is the seasons
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
TICKETS GOOD FOR THIRTY
DAYS.

A Cheap Excursion Trip to Washing
ton, Baltimore or Philadelphia, by the
Seaboard Air Line.
You can buy Of any Saaboard Air
Line Agent tickets TO Ih8 Philadelphia
Export ExGoalti0n at che rRte Of ore
and one tara fares for the round trip.
You a stop over at Washington OF
Baltimore, gCi5g or coming.
Your ticket will BE- eood for thirty
800 days from cate Of purchase, only
it rOnsE ha used on OR before Dacem
Der 2
You can 60 hY NarfoIk and cornec :
i3g steamship lines, or all rail.
Millions of dollars have baen spent
on this mammoth Industrial Exp0si
tiOu, an education in ieaelf,
Tickets on sale Tuesday and Thur
day OF each waek urtil and including
Tuesdav. November % 4. 1899
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
MR.. GAO E. BOGGS as A FRUIT
RAISER.

Mr., George E BoE&s, of Waynes
vile. N. @, is the champion apple
raiser OF Western North Carolina, and
his exhibit of thirty five varieties took
Swo first premiums at the American
InsGitu5s Fair. headed at Madison
square Garden, Neg York, last year.
What Mr. Boggs has done BY careful
culture, other practical orchardists
may 90 in all parts OF cur mountain
country. Mr. Boggs knows that care
less attent ton in any business meets
With failure, and by strict attention to
he care OF his orchards, he makes q
SUCCESS Qt fruit cuiture.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
sr1CLUB RATES.Nz

That we may be more enlightened as
to what is going on in the different
parts of our greas country, we ought to
diversity I'll reading. More Western
and Northern papers ought to be read
in the South and more Southern papers
should be read in the West and North.
Believing this the best thing to do to
everl8stingly Obliterate the ~prejudices
of the past, we have arranged a list of
papers to offer with The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. The price in the parenthesis
is the regular subscription price of the
paper and the other figures are what
we charge for the paper with The Pro
GRESsIvE FARMER for one year. Re
newals for the other papers cannot be
taken at the club rates, but all neW,
subscribers can. You can renew for
our paper and get the club rates:
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER alone, BLOC
Twice a-Week Detroit Free Press, 0.OO II
Weekly Practical Farmer 40 LIS
Thrice a-WeeB New York World. G.OO I9O
GentlewOman monthly. New York, Q.OO 1y35
Atlanta Weekly Constitution. Q.UO I.9O
Louisville W1ce-a- week, COurier-JOur-
nal Rm I 40
Twice-a-Month Home and Farm, L.50 %
Semi Monthly Farm and Fireside. G.5O lao
Monthly Woman's Home Companion. Q.G0 l IS
Weekly Farmers Voice 0.OM LIS
We will club for you with any paper published
and save you money. If you want any other
% u pdpO1r "J1LS U.s. II you want LIE
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other mas aZine. let Us know. If you wish the
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NJ y daily papers. any religious publ cations or
any other suIt Of periodical send US your list.
We can save you money. whether we get your
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If you wish more than one paDer
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- orbeT pubi.ca5i IA, we only act az
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We have paid over the subscription
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We are also prepared to furnish the
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
LIVE SrEOCE
-
RAISE GOOD HoG&!

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
II a person VINO knows any thing at
ali about hog feeding was given the
choice between q hog that Would gain
90 pounds in six weeks and one mat
would gain 80 pounds in the 8: m time
on the same feed, ne would not &c long
in choosing During the past ten months
the Kansas Experiment Station has Ied
100 hogs thas were bough5 of the farm.
ers in toe vicinity Of Manhattan with
out regard TO breed or breeding, just
as they were, tarifCy and weighing in
the neighb0rhQoG o. 100 Of 125 pounds.
Tais clRss Of hogs Is Ls}d because these
expegiments are for the highest bent fs
Of toe farmers, and by taking the stock
they raise we stay within their condi
tious. A fev conclusions may be
drawn trom the following facts taken
from observations of feeding 80 head
OF hogs which were just finished.
These hogs we're nearer of the same
age than siza, and ranged from the
long big boned bacon hog to the short.
fine boned chunk, according, to the
care or carelessness Of the farmer who
raised them.
First, as to the point of gain: The
comparisons r between hogs fed the
same in every respect. The best and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03
The NATIONAL FARMERS ALLE
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President J. Q. Wilborn, Old Point,
s Q
Vice President-P. H. Rahilley, Lake
City, Mimi.
Secretary Treasurer-A. B. WEIGH.
Victor, N. Y,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

cotton crop mortgsged to pay for mules
to make it with, when mares could be
bought with the sanoe money, and soon
make the farmer independent from
their progeny. OF course we are told
that 80 long as the negro is the farm
laborer the mule is a necessity. But
tbe7 are not a necessity for the white
man, and there are many thousands of
white men in the South working their
own lands with mules, simply because
il ia considered that the mule is the
animal for the cotton field. o. course
there ia some advantage in the neat
stepping mule in narrow rows, but we
have yet to see the cotton rows that a
good, medium siz3d horse will not
work as well as a mule. Live stock
and forage for live stock are the things
that will bring the Southern cotton
farmer out of the slavery to the mer-
chant and the money lender. There lie
q great deal said about the Southern
farmer hauling hay from town to feed
his mules with, but that is moi a whit
worse than going to town and making
a mortgage to the stable man to pay
for Kentucky mules that could be a
easily raised on the farm as the hay to
feed them with can be. Too many
acres in cotton and TOO little cotton per
acre, too many mules raised ONE
where els3 and not enough good mares
to produce colts, the raising OF which
would hardly be felt by the farmer,
and which would make no mortgage
on his CROPS Practical Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

Explain the nature of gluten and
nitrogen" asks a correspondent.
Gluten is the name given TO one OF
the most important of the heterogeneous
substances classed together under the
general term Protein" "Wheat
gum" obtained by carefully chewing
wheat, is a familiar example. 1t is the
gluten Of four that gives consistency
TO dough.
Nitrogen exists in fertilizers in three
distinct forms, viz: as organic master,
as ammonia, and as nitrates. Il is the
most expensive fertilizing ingredient
Organic nitrogen is nitrogen in COM
bination with other elements either as
vegetable or animal matter. Tue more
valuable sources are dried 6lood, dried
meat, tankage, dried fish, and cotton
seed meal. Ammonia is q compound
OF nitrogen more readily available to
plants than organic nitrogen. The
most common form is sulphate of am
monia or ammonium sulphRte. 1t is
one OF the fret products that result
from the decay OF vegetable or animal
substances Nitgates furnish the most
readily available forms Of nitrogen.
The most common are nitrate OF soda
and nitrate of potash (sal5peter)
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

Can gou look the label Of go" :Pp" "fd
squGreIg IN the facet II go" .oTnGia1
it is because gOGGr subscription T'"
unpaid.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-03

= E~O - "a - @A0 SLHA4A4AC Z %
Secretary Treasurer-A. B. WEIGH
Victor. n. Y,
LECTURERS.
J. P. Soseamon, Charlotte, N. Q.
J. =. Henley, ST Paul. MInp.
NATIONAL E1ECGTTVH COMMITTEE.
w. A. Gardner. Chairman, Andrew
Settlement. Pa: John Brlinig. juno
ton, W. Va. D P. Duncan. OO}um
bia. S. c.; Q. W. Gravlt, Mandana,
N Y.
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALI
ANOE
President-W. A. Graham, Mach.
pesah. N @.
Vice Presi2ent-J S. Mitchell, Wan
ton, N c.
Secretary Treasurer snd State Bust
ness Agent-T. B. Parker, allisboro,
N. @.
Lecturer-Dr. V. N. soawell. Faison,
N. Q.
Chaplain-W. s. Mercer, Moyock,
N. @.
Door keeper-Geo. 7. Lane, Green's
boro, N. O.
Sergeant at Arms-D. W. Watson,
haywood, n, q
Trustee Business Agency Fdnd-W.
A. Graham, Machpelab, N. Q.
Steward-J. @. Balm, Wade, N O
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE N7RTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE
j. ". Denmark, Chairman, Ratalgn.
N. O.
W. A. Graham, (Ex-oRcio), Mach
pelah, N. q
W. B. Fleming. Ridgeway, N. Q.
John Graham, WaFrentou, N. Q.
DR., J. E, Person, PGkeville, N. q.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, N. O.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
j. I. 3. II onver, Hlllsboro. N. q.
@ g. Mel eIIan. God win. N. @.
q. T. jones. Goldsboro, N. Q.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-08
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Brockenbruuch. Bell. r. C. Taylor. Jr.:
Heath. Goode and Drs. Williams and
Grice; Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Biscoe, u.
S. N; Mr.. and Mrs. a. p. Wilmer, Mr.
and Mrs. j. II. Jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs
fergus Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
de Wit
quite NUMBER OF the members OF
me me Country olnD en1oyed the uauai
~ Jay 13i yea
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mcnis We're disnenscd and the nmuse
mcnts afiordcd bv this charming club
were induced in.
Mise Fopn,n Itch entertained n
rur,ber Of her friends. Wednesday, eve
,,ino NJ nor hmm. on yn,l, street In =
cbormine. manner. The affair partooI
n,rty and was on, of The most en-
in,ohia occosiors cf ,ha Winter to
yhosa Who were invita5
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-08
Gents Furnishings.

MEMS UNDER wEAR-A Main
street window disolay only too we'll cx-
plains the real worth OF this great IN
derwear clearing sale. Every article in
the window worth Soc piece, clearing
price 25c piece. Only fifty cents a
suit, think Of it; enhance to lay in your
next Winters supply.
MEMS HALF HOSE-We place on
sale Monday our entire lot of Mems 25c
plain black and tan, fancy stripes and
plain, cotton and Isle threaa imported
Hall Hose at very special price, 3 pairs
for soc, You can well afford to buy
these by the dozen, all sizes.
FANCY SHIR TS-Cne lot Of Fancy
Bosom Shirts, cuffs to match, sizes IT
and )41l, slightly soiled, worth 75c,
clearing price 37Ec each.
MEMS UNLAUNDRED SHIRTS
One case fifty dozen Mems Unlaundrcd
Shirts, flat felled seams, full reinforce
mcnts, pure linen, shor! bosom. orcn
front and back, spl.ndiJ grade of mu.-
lin, clearing price 39c piece, Al sire.
srscial rrice by The halt cZ,n, f22e.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-08

who is Mrs. Cookies guest; Miss Anne
Henry. Mss Emily Wilson, Mr.. Geo.
Goodridse. Mr. Jas. GooGe. Mr.. Chas.
Burruss and Mr.. Tyler smith.
The enlightenment has been announced
Of Miss Marion Stlres and MIR. J. Il. r.
Carpenter. The marriage viii take
place on the eth of February at ST.
Luke's Church.
There Will he another of those de-
-i-shtiul scruJHs E7vrTI TT tic CN1m-
berlin Hotel under the direction of MIR
Worthy Smith on the 18th Of this
month, which is eagerly anticipated ny
The society set OF Norfolk.
The engagement of Mss Helen Ed.
monCs and AR. John Waller Boswell
has been announced in Danvine. The
wedding VIII take place before Lent.
Hoih rart.es nave numerous friends in
Norfolk.
Miss Amy Worth. of Richmond is
The guest Of Miss Margaret Old, OH
treemason street.
Miss FEMME Culpeper is visiting
friends in Petersburg.
The Senior German Club gave their
New Years dance Friday evening a
Monie;iore Hall. which was an unusual
~ pleasant occasion. Although mr"h
smaller than the Chris,mas couili0n
yet il lacked none Of the snlo anC
vim which characterize the entertain
ments given by this cub. The Ma
val Post band was in atter1oncc and
played tor The dancers, rs thev fol
!nWcd Mr.. Wellington Hardy thrau sh
many pretty german figures. Al half
past eleven o'clock n dele ,tapia supin.
was served ia the banquet haM, am
atter tAe Ieast dancing cont luc'i UNI
one clock. Mrs. George W. Taylor n
black satin. and Mrs. Car,iNcn Handy
IN grey poplin, acted as Chaneroncs Oh
b~;h WOcdurd was n debutantc on this
evening. and wore a gown of white
satin. which was exceedingly hand
some and becoming to this attractive
blonde. Among those who were pres
on; We're: Misses Patterson, .ioykin
end Tucker of Baltimore. Misses irn-
Scrson and worth, Of Richmond: Miss
Niles, OF The Navy Yard; Misses Vail!
OF Morristone, n. j.: Miss Walsh, o.
Washington; Misses Elizabeth and
Mary Nosh, Misses Matte Johnston,
Anna Taylor. Heath. Tunstall, Gordan.
Garnet, Wrenn, McBee. Cooke, Bur
Wilson; McSsrs. Randolph Hicks and
y. l.. Payne, of Roanoke Sterling and
McNcely. T. s. N: DR.. Baker. OF
charlottesville: Messrs. Herdy. Il. Tay-
Tor. "a o2riGgc. CT. Goougidgc. Il
Kerry, =. icnry. Woodward Milhrdo
sans Reid Ageiasto. Johnston, Reed
'Fannor. Mccullough, w. Smith. 4.
Smith, Old. Walton. Gordan. Williams,
Fuller. G. Loyal, T. Loyal. Baldwin.