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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-15
BASE BALL.
New England League Games.
AT PORTLAND.

AL fORILAND.
The game between Portland and Taun-
ton was very even and decidedly inter
esting. 1t looked like a defeat for the
home team up to the seventh when
Noblit hit a home run with two on bases.
/ 3 4 ) I s R.H r..
Portland, q 0 0 3 o X-i- 1--3
Taunton, % 0 o 0 0-2-7-3
Observation-Disclosures and Purlnton;
Matthewson and Curticc.
AT MANCHESTER.
Manchester dropped a game TO Newport
by loose playing. The visitors excelled
the locals at the bat punching Me
Dougall for IA hits. Murphy's errors also
contributed to the loss of the game.
IL 3 4 5 Z s . Ri. L.
Newport | 5-!IIi-s
Manchester. l 2 0 l 0 0-4-lU-3
Batteries-Foley and 1Iillock; Nc
Dougall and Kelly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-15
AT NEW YORK.

The New York Cleveland game was dull
and uninteresting. The visitors made a
bid for victory in the last inning, bu;
were stopped after scoring two runs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-15

The Orioles pulled out a forlorn hope
against the Pittsburgs in the third, when,
with the score to against them. they
batted Tannehill out Of the box. Sparks
did not fare much better and the game
was cnnched before he warmed up. AT
tnnlancn lES1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-15

At Baltimore-Thc Pittsburg Baltimore
game was postponed. on account of rain.
At WaShington-Thc St. Louis Wash
ington game was postponed, on account
of wet grounds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-15
At BROOKLYN.

The Brookivns took the last game with
the Louisviles after Il hot struggle. win
ming, Farrell sent up fly that CLARK
held momentarily but dropped the ball in
starting to throw. Swartwood allowed
the out. but Brooklyn later scored the
u-in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11
FOR

Farmers in the vicinity of Owens.
burg, Ky, are planning 70 reduce their
tobacco acreage in the interest of a
better grade of tobacco and better
prices. The Owensburg Messenger,
while recognizing that such a policy
would be an advantage to the farmers,
says:
"They say every year they are going
to do it, but when planting time comes
nearly all Of them set out all the plants
they possibly can. The
plan to limit the crop will prove aE1ost
most diff cult one of accomplishment,
for the res son that the moment it be
comes known that a considerable mum
Der of farmers intend to limit their
acreage the visions Of increased prices
80 dazzle the growers that a large pro
portion of them increase their acreage,
hoping to profit by the decrease in the
crop Of other sections"
Commenting on this the Southern
Farm Magazine says:
Very true, and it reminds us Of the
futile abJurdities known as cotton
growers conventions which have
passed, it is hoped, to the region from
whose bourn no convention returneth.
Thefarmer who wishes to make as much
as possible from his tobacco or cotton
should make and stick to one rule re
gardless of his next door neighbor.
That rule is, Il shall live as nearly as
possible on my farm"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11
III DAIRY
PROFITS IN

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Whatever may be n matter with
Kansas so far as her mortgages, rail
roads and cyclones are COL srned,
when it comes to the matter OF expert
ment stations she is most emphatlcally
all right. Their last bulletin, which
by the way is only a single six by nine
sheet Of paper, contains enough infor
nation to make the fortune of any
man who is now losing one by means
Of his cows. Aud according TO the bull
letin there must be many who are los
ing money in that way. Eighty two
herds in one of the leading dairy sec
tions Of K snsas averaged only $19 70
worth of butter fat for the year. While
a herd Of the same cows managed by
the station turned in $37 IS for each
and every COW. What made the diff
ference9 1 copy from the bulletin, and
l wish every farmer in the land might
read a copy Of the bulletin:
I'VE attri Jute the greater yield
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11

/ secured from the college scrub herd to
three causes. First, at all times their
rations we're either balanced or con
tanned an excess OF protein-the ma
terial which builds blood and milk
while the Kansas COW usually, when
on dry feed, has only halt enough pro-
tein. Second, kindness and shelter.
Our scrub COWS were petted, comfort
ably sheltered, never driven faster
than a slow walk, and never spoken to
in an unkind tone. Third, a full milk
yield was secured through the summer
drouth by giving extra feed"
Compendiously stated it mean first
feed, then kindness, then nor feed.
When it means nearly twenty dollars
a year for every COW you own, does
it not pay to study carefully what such
people as the Kansas Experiment Sta
ton people have to say about dairy.
ing9 When any of your family are
sick you go to a doctor, when you are
in trouble you go to your lawyer, when
you want an estimate as to building
you go to a carpenter, but when it
comes to farming you tell the man who
is best fitted to teach US to farm, to go
to thunder. Taking myself as a shin
ing example, / never knew any class
of people who are so dead struck on
their own way as farmers. We know
it all, and when some carefully trained
people to whom lor & years of patient
study have given intellects fitted to
grasp ideas that we cannot, when such
people tell US that such is the way to
go we turn and go in the other direc
ton.
On one occasion a boy brought a
COW to this farm and as I was about
to turn her into che bull pen he asked
me how much l charged. I told him
two dollars. CThe bull was a thorough
bred Jersey, recorded). Pap says
that if it was more'n a dollar to bring
the COW back" was his reply, Now all
the experiment stations in the world
could not convince Pap" that a calf
from a thoroughbred was worth a dol
lar more than n from a scrub; that
it paid to feed balanced rations, nCr
any other truths that the experiment
stations and farm papers r trying to
impress upon US. And unfortunately
there are many Who are like pap"
But onc in a while there is some one
who does not know too much to be
taught, aud he is the chap who rakes
in the shekeis. With best wishes for
The Progressive Farmer,
P. B. CROSBY.
April 4 1899
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HORTICULTURE
STRAWBERRIRS

want to insist on having the read
ers OF your paper plant out a patch Of
Strawberries this spring. There ia no
fruit grown that is more delicious nor
that can be produced at so little cost
as Strawberries. At the meeting of the
Northern Horticultural Society Mr..
HartWeIl of Dixon said he got more
than 8 600 quarts from a single acre
last year. Eight thousand Quarts to
the acre is exactly fifty qIarts to the
square rod, and all the work that need
to be done on that much ground to
grow Strawberries perfectly need not
occupy ten hours in the whole year.
The berries would be worth at least
81, and this is 40 cents an hour for all
the time spent on them. Mr.. HartWell
claimed that he had not reached the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11
WOOD ASHES FOR APPLE TREES

In some tests at the New York Elk
pertinent Station, it wes found that the
foliage was greatly improved in sec
lions of orchards treated with wood
ashes and the trees we're freer from
scab. The color of the fruit was also
improved in seasons and with some
varieties, but during the seasons which
favored the perfect development Of
the fruit, the color was not helped.
Apparently the use of ashes has a ten
deucy to hasten the perfect develop
ment of the fruit. Some seasons this
rIpening process was carried 80 far
where ashes we're used that the apples
did not keep as we'll as on plats un
treated
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11


Press bulletin No 8 from the K ,nsas
Experiment Station has this to say of
the effects of bees on fruit:
IF bees are keptfrom fruit blossoms
by netting or other artificial means,
the amount of fruit set is little or
none 1t not infrequently happens
that inclement weather prevents or
binders the flying of bees during the
period when the d1wers are receptive.
a fruit tree, half of which was sub
jected to a continuous spray OF water
during the Towering period, produced
no fruit upon the sprayed portion, but
an abundance upon the other. A failure
due to the above mentioned luse can
not we'll be prevented, but may be
modified by having bees near at hand
to utIliz3 the short, favorable periods
which do occur.
IAN insufficient supply of bees will
b nder the setting OF fruit While
o her insects may take part in the
carry Of pollen, the fIu t rsi.er must
rely chic fl upon honey bees. Expert
ence shows thas though hungry ees
may fly two or three miles, hives
should be within half a mile Of the
orchard or small fruit patch"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11
ODE V SUPERIORITY

Webster City, Iowa Jan. 10 1899
about eighteen mon hs ago the
creamery to which we had been haul
ing milk shut down. Our product
was about 400 lbs. of milk per day and
we had very poor convenience for max
ing butter, so concluded we would try
a cream separator. Being entirely
ignorant as to the merits Of the differ
ent machines, we thought the proof
of the pudding was in the eating, so
tried a Snarples, U s. and an Alpha
BABY side by side. After a thorough
tear of six weeks we bought the Alpha
Baby No 2 ever though it cost more
shan Ell her of the others Our reasons
for making such decision were, first,
that its capacity was more than ad
vertised; second, it run with much
less power; and, third, it is OF better
mech anical construction and less liza
bic to get out of order.
AT the time of selling milk to the
creamery we were being paid for only
3 3 lbs. of butter from 100 lbs. of milk
After purchasing the Baby we
weighed 200 lbs Of milk, which was
separated and churned. and the pro
duct was 8 lbs. of butter, COWS being
on grass without grain
Q D CARPENTER.
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THE POULTRY YARD
POULTRY NOTES.

II a cat catches chickens, tie one of
her victims about her neck. Fasten it
securely, for she will make incredible
efforts to get rid of it Be firm, and
the cat ID cured, and will never again
desire to touch a chicken or bird.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said and all that is kno IN as to poor
management, there are still many who
let the chickens roost on the dash
board, leave the machinery in the field
and have no regular time for anything.
Ducks are the most profitable fowls
that can be kept on the farm, but they
ahould be properly taken care of. The
hOck Of ducks that is allowed to battle
IN the horse trough and puddle around
the kitchen door is a nuisance, and no
amount of profit can make it a desir
able addition to the poultry on the
farm.
Last year the old hen-your best
friend-paid for the largest portion OF
your ~grocercies, and if you treat her
az you should and as she deserves to be
treated, you will get her a setting of
improved breed and let her raise a
brood OF thoroughbreds, and the music
OF her cackle will prove to you the
pleasure she derives from her doing
b r best.-EX
The appearance of dressed poultry
in market largely effects it's value. It
is not suff 3ient to simply remove the
feathers, but it should be done neatly
taking out the pin feathers. also. Elk
perts SINCE the carcass, after carefully
picking the feathers, but this must be
done go as to avoid burning the skin
or leaving evid ence OF such work.
Western poultry is scalded, but the
best prices are offered for the carcaeses
that are dry picked. The skin of verv
young fowls may be easily torn, which
muet be avoided, or sales will be more
difficult. -Michigan Farmer.
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CONCLUDED FROM PAGE IL

into competition with the level lands
of the coast coantry, and now that cot
ton culture on them no longer affords
q ~sustenance to the growers the lands
are in such q condition that it will
take long years Of proper culture to
restore the washed away soil. The
humus, so important to profitable cul-
ture. has been washed out, and there
is nothing to hold the soil together.
The red Piedmont clay has q great
store of fertility locked up in it's bosom,
waiting only for the man with a strong
team and q subsoil pillow to break into
it and get the roots Of the pea and
clover there to hold the soil together
and TO restore fertility. Here then is
the opportunity for the upper South.
Get to farming with wheat, corr and
clover. Grow the forage that the pea
will supply so abundantly. Get the
steep quilted hillsides as rapidly as pos
sible in sod, keep it there permanently
as long as can be kept good. Work
the fertile bottoms in forage and make
them eturn to the hills some Of the
fertility they have been robbing them
of.
Where the land is too quilted to be
Immediately redeemed, plant seed Of
trees like the locust, that in a few
years will bring a revenue and will
stop the Outlying. We al show trees
of the yellow locust on a soil Of abso
lutte sand six years from the seed, that
are now good fence post timber, and
would have cut blocks for telegraph
insulating pins several years ago.
There are thousands Of acres Of quilted
hillsides in the South that would bring
more income in a few years by sowing
locust seed on them than in any other
way, and it is to the renewing Of for
ests in locations where nature v
intended that the land is to be restored
to what il should be. But on all arabic
lands let US 60 to farming and get at
once and forever out OF the old plant.
ing idea that has wrought destruction
to our hills. A cotton farmer, and a
good one, too, in the old way asked US
q few days ago, "What shall We cotton
growers planti" We said step ''plans
ing" and go to farming. Stop that
everlasting dependence On the fertili
Ger mixer and get at the store Of fer
tility in your land through the agency
of the pea and clover, and feed cattle
for which our Southern markets are
crying and cannot get, but must go to
the Virginia mountains for. Cotton is
down to stay in all probability, and
the East cannot compete with the fer
tile prairies of Texas in the staple at
present prices. The rolling uplsnds
must quit cotton and grow the crops
nature intended them for. Then when
we have cattle and sheep on cur thou
sands of hills, plenty will abide with
us, and cotton will no longer be our
master Practical Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-11
ANY KIND OF CREAMY
No. Grafton, Mass, 1885,

NO. GraIGO0, MASS, 1896
"The Dairy Turbine Alpha De
Laval separator which l purchased in
September, 1896. is giving perfect sat
isfaction l have separated with it
from 40 to 80 cans of milk FER day
ever SINCE. Some days the tempera
ture Of milk is as low as So degrees,
but the samples of skim milk show
only from oil to .O2 of / per ct. butter
fat. There is no trouble in making
the cream of any desired thickness
that l may wish, which is a great ben
eft to me, as I can supply cream at
any price that my patrons desire. Had
l purchased one of these machines
several years ago it would have saved
q good many hundreds of dollars"
8 L DAVENPORT
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unuss IhIAl

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
my case OF Catarrb that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure
F ! CHENEY Co, Props , Toledo, o.
We the undersigned. have known F. j. Che
1ey for the last rs years. and believe him per.
tcctIy honorable In all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obIiga-
tons made by their firm.
WEST &TRUA1v Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
WALDINGs KINNAR & MARVIN, Wholesale Dr10s
gistss Toledo, o
Hall'e Catarrh Cure t8 CRken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Oh
the system Price 76c per bottle. Sold by NJ
Druggists TeGtimoniRla 6raa.
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BIG DIFFERENCE IN RESULTS

St. MarY's, O, June, 1893
1--WE have finished our test of the
Baby separator. We made the test
from six milkings. The milk was we'll
mixed and carefully divided. The half
SKINNED by the separator make II lbs.
and 8 cz of butter. The other half was
set in crooks in the cid way and very
particular care taken of it 1t made
8 Ibs. and IL OF. This Is almost I'm
believable. but my wife is willing to
state the same under oath. We sell
butter at 49,. to 2Oc. per lb so that
the separator will make us a net profit
of soc. a day over the old way. 1t
will more than pay for itself inside of
one year, with our seven coWs. Calves
and piggs are doing very we'll on the
skim milk" +. W. NEDDERMANN.
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Some Facts About
A Cream Separator.
SAVES D L WORK.
Vinton, Iowa, Jan, 10, 189

"About one year ago I purchased an
alpha Baby No. 2 after giving it a
thorough test and finding that with
the same quantity of milk We were
able to produce 3 lbs. more butter per
day than we were getting by the old
method. This was with the milk from
twelve COWS. lam satisfied our sep
arator has paid for itself the first year,
besides saving an endless amount Of
work for Mrs. Austin and help in the
house, in that there were a great many
less pans, etc, to wash and keep clean.
/ feel that / cannot recommend the
Alpha Baby too highly to any one
in the dairy business"
s. B. AUSTIN.
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limit of production by any means, and
If he could grow fifty quarts to the rod
in field culture a man with a little
patch in a garden could do better.
A patch Of Strawberries one by four
rods in size could be made to produce
say 200 quartz with good ordinary care
Six quarts a day for thirty days would
hardly exhaust the supply, and the
ordinary family will eat that many
and be in better health and better con
dition to meet and combat the coming
hot weather for doing 90.
I feel free to say that any farm boy
or properly brought up farm girl who
is given one, tenth of an acre on which
to grow strawberries will furnish
enough for the family and sell enough
to the neighbors to buy clothes for a
whole year. One of the farm papers
l forgot which-lately said it is not 80
much Of a matter of keeping the boys
on the farm as it is making the farm
q place where he wants to stay. The
SASAC5 SOhAOs SOS 0ASAS NO
boy g from the farms, but just now too
many are going that way, and the
cities are full of young men who work
at wages that a good farm hand would
not think of accepting, and some don't
get any wages aU all. This will be the
case as long as the farm is not made
attractive, and q stra wberry patch
will prove a good at raction to begin
with, although it should not be the
only one. The family that has an
abundance of berries will not consume
so much of other and more costly
foods, and the strawberry patch will
save much more than 1t costs and it is
so little trouble to produce them
What I have said of Strawberries is
true Of other berries and fruits, but
1 made them my text because they
come first, and the man who has been
in the habit of eating them is always
sorry they do not stay late Bert Car
roll, in Farmers Voice.
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@@Our friends IN writing to any of
u advertisers will favor us by men
tioning the fact that they saw the
advertisement in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER.
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NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT

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ANCE.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-13

Sing Sing trolley car bumped into
a wagonload of dynamite, but there
was no explosion.
The queen regent of Spain has sign
ed a decree proclaiming martial law
in the province of Vizcaya.
The British steamer Thermopylae
went ashore in Cape Town harbor and
is totally wrecked, having broken in
two
Miss Alice Knott was found dead in
bed at Washington, having been as
phyxiated. A pet parrot had turned
on the gas.
Miss Lizzie King, of St. Louis, is
suffering from blood poisoning as the
result of a bite on her cheek acci-
dentally inflicted by a young man who
kissed her.
So far $500 men have been obtained
for the ten new volunteer regiments
last authorized, of which number $50
were enlisted Monday The full quota
of the ten regiments is 1900 men.
kilograms from the principal Eu-
ropean capitals report growing agi-
tations in favor of a boycott of the
Paris exposition, but there is no in
dication OF any official movement.