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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
RALEIGH, N. G., APRIL 4, 1899.

in the drill and mix thoroughly with
the soil before planting.
On some soils kainit is a complete
specific against rust. Where danger
is apprehended fpom this source, use
300 to 400 pounds per acre in addition
to the above.
CRIMSON CLOVER.
At the last blowing, in July or Au
gust, IL pounds of crimson clover seed
per acre may be broadcasted and Gov
cred shallow.
Before sowing the clover seed, from
800 to 400 pounds of acid phosphate
and from 400 TO 500 pounds of kainit
may be broadcasted per acre and
plowed in; they will be apt to make a
rank growth of clover.
If it be desirable to NOW the clover,
the cotton rows may be wider than
usual, say 5 feet, and the cotton pro
porsionately thicker in the drill. It
the clover be mown early, a second
crop can be mown.
If the clover be desired for improve
ment purposes, only, it should stand
until fully ripe, when it should be well
turned under, necessary measures be
ing adopted to also turn under the cot
ton stalks.
The clover and the cotton stalks
jointly will produce the humus neces
sary to restore the original new ground
principle. Humus ex9rts a wonderful
influence in resisting the ordinary
effects of drouth. To be short, the
fertility Of the soil cannot be main
tained unless humus is properly sup
piled. Under the present exhaustive
system, there is no time to manutac
ture humus. For this reason alone
the quantity cultivated should be
diminished. The cultivation Of crop
should not be considered ended until
all work connected Herewith, having
for it's Object the Improvement of the
soil, such as turning under cotton
stalks, corn stalks, etc., has been
properly completed.
Do not turn the clover under green
with view of following with spring
crop; it should first mature, even il
too late for a spring crop The i'm
provement of the soil should be the oh
jective point. The ground had bet .er lay
idle few months than to be unneces
sarily soured By turning under a greer
crop prematurely. A summer or fal
crop can follow the clover. Irish po
tatoes (planted about June 2Oth) anc
turnips, will do much better on clover
sod with no nitrogen (nitrate of soda
Chill saltpetre) applied than they viii
on most lands with nitrogen applied
direct to the soil. When not growing
a crop to be har vested, the land should
be undergoing some 81 stem Of improve
ment.
BRYAN Tyson.
Long Leaf, N. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
LEGUMES WHICH ARE PROFIT
ABLE.
A Northern Farmers View.

A Northern Farmers View.
Cow peas, without exception, are
very susceptible to frost. Soy beans
will stand a sharp frost in spring or
fall. These plants are at their very
best in the hot, dry months OF August
and September, writes Robert @. Nor
ris, in American Agricultural. They
are air feeders. most Of their bulk
coming from the atmosphere. They
are very deep roofing plants, go
ing through the hardest subsOl and be
low the depth that ordinary farm
c=ops reach for the phosphates and
potash. Their enormous rootage and
going so deep enable them to get moist
ure from this deeper soil and thus they
grow luxuriantly in our tropical
months, August and September. Great
losses have been and will be sustained
through a lack Of knowledge OF the
varieties suitable to our northern Iati'
tude and soil. At present the list is a
short one which, together with the
proper season of planting and what
have proven to be the best ways, is the
object of this paper.
OF the COW peas the very best all
around pea is the Black in quality or
yield of seed or hay. The Whippoor
will is a poor second. The little Black
eye is the early hog pea. OF the soy
beans the Medium is the standard for
hay and seed. For seed alone, the
Dwarf will outyield corn bushel for
bushel on the same quality of soil.
PloW early and cultivate thoroughly
two or three times before the first of
June, which is as early as peas
should be planted; later il season is
backward or cold. When ground and
weather are warm, work soil thorough
ly, mark rows "a inches apart and
plant with one horse corn drill. 1t
can be done with a wheat drill, but
not so we'll. Do not use a planter at
a season of the year that packs the soil
on the seed. Do not think 16 inches
bet tween rows would be better-the
sun must shine on the ground to make
it warm and keep it 30. When the
plants are from to inches high take
lever harrow with sharp teeth,
weight it. harrow thoroughly, and pay
no attention to rows. Ordinarily they
grow so fast this is all they need; but
if crab grass starts up we go once IN a
row with narrow shovels. Southern
grown seed will not reach the stage OF
development above named north Of
the Ohio river. They vine luxuriantly
but make few seeds and lack feed or
fertilizing qualities. If planted by June
10 to July 90, you will have a pasture
equal to first class clover crop, no
matter how hot or dry.
If it is desired to seed the ground to
wheat plow under the stuff left three
weeks before seeding and work down
solid and you have an ideal seed bed.
The roots, tops and droppings on land
that will make 40 bushels corn per acre
will be equal to heavy application OF
stable manure, or fertili8er, and the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
HORTICULTURE

For two years past have used no
manure in our home garden, other
than that secured from our poultry.
find that one third OF a barrel Of the
droppings from the hen roost, when
properly prepared, will make full
barrel of the very best fertilizer that is
obtainable, and it costs nothing but
little work to secure It'll. B. Geer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Moj1r AIvord, the chief of the dairy
section of the D apartment OF Agricul
ture, says that Congress passed right
over his scheme and recommendation
to have government inspection and
tagging of dairy products. They
thought they had more important
things to concentrate upon. In the
meantime the foreign cheese trade,
which is beginning to assume respect
able dimensions, is on the verge OF
wreck, through filed cheese imposi
tons. Tho objection has been advanced
that inspection of cheese and butter
would be impracticable if not impos
sible, owing to the difficulty of fixing
grades or drawing lines between poor
and good and choice articles. Experts
concede that the project would involve
more difficulties than the meat inspec
ton now carried on by the govern.
ment, but they believe that great good
would come from some system OF In
spection, the details Of which would
be worked out as they we're confronted.
Major Alvord's idea generally, Is to
have butter clRssed as, good butter,
butter and no butter, i. e.. imitation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

The same with cheese; cream cheese,
sklmmilk cheese and no cheese, j. e.,
filed cheese Even this broad classi-
tcation would prevent the gross impo
sltion of imitation articles, in foreign
market, upon buyers, for the genuine
article, when the latter has achieved
something OF q reputation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

mTay7 standing pOtC .isCSt behind the
srtnin. and is1 TiIu gLO;U Of the coming
,Taset. Behind ne are the ehGdOtUs on
iss track, before me lies the dark galley
sTd the Tiper. When I nIiTgIe tCtth Sts
I1~k matters I SCdTst to cast one STIgeT-
no M look upon q country tUhose gOUer71-
Ient ~. 10 OF the people, for the people,
ETd by the people, ,"-L. L. Polk, july
Ith. 1890
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Prof. Georgeson, the new Director
for the Alaska Experiment Station has
started upon his trip West, with sup
plies for the new undertaking. The
Professor carried with him a carload
Of implements-ploWs, harroWs, cult
vators and various animal and hand
farm parsphernalia. He experienced
considerable diff Guilty in getting these
supplies. He went on to New York to
personally select them, but found the
dealers 30 overwhelmed with orders
from all over the country incident to
increased activity in farming, that be
was told his order would have to wait.
He, however, insisted that it could not
wait; that he had to be in Alaska early
in April and he went to the warehouses
and personally pulled out the things
be wanted and ordered them packed
and shipped at once, which was done.
Prof. Georgeson is rather large man.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04


There are many hundreds Of varie
ties of sorghum. They have a wide
divergence in qualities. Although
sorghum is generally divided into two
classes, saccharine and non saccharine,
all the varieties contain some sugar,
arranging from per cent. up to fifteen
or more. Where the plant does not
yield a sufficient p rcentage Of sac
charine to make it available as a sugar
producer it is termed non saccharine.
A very valuable q'IaIisy of the plant is
it's ability to Withstand drouth. In
recent years the acreage of sorghum
has greatly increased in the semi arid
regions of the West. The plant was
first brought to this country from the
arid section of AISLE. and Africa, and it
has the ability which is found in plants
of arid regions to suspend growth when
moisture is lacking and to renew it
when rain comes.
Mr.. A. A. Danton, Of Kansas, has
written a treatise on this valuable for
age and sugar plant which is to be pub,
Iished by the Agricultural Department
as a Farmers Bulletin. Mr.. Denton
convers the entire subject and presents
much valuable information to farmers
who desire to raise sorghum either as a
stock feed or for sugar or syrup pur
poses.
A large number Of experiments have
been made with the different varieties
of this plant by the Department and
the experiment. stations and great Inn
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

A curious fact is developed in study
of the expectation Of cheese and but
ter. Under the internal revenue law,
oleo and butterine when used for home
consumption, are subject to tax, but if
intended for export, they are, under
constitutional provision, exempted
theretrom. Therefore it is to the oleo
manufacturers interest to brand his
product when intended for expectation
and so escape taxation. Therefore
both butter and oleo pass through the
custom house. With filled cheese,
however, the case is different, There
being no such requirement for this
product, it is not 80 branded and it
passes through the customs house as
cheese. Technically, no filled cheese
is exported The exportion Of this
sham dairy product is what has ruined
the American cheese market abroad in
years past, and bids fair to again ruin
what little reputation genuine Ameri
can cam cheese is nov attaining,
unless some regulation or law on the
subjsct is enacted or enforced
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

The Dairy Division Of the Depart
Dent of Agriculture has received offArs
and descriptions Of two foreign milk
ing machines, and is contemplating the
sdTisability of buying and testing the
same. Major Alvord states that he
would rather favor the American ma
chine, but he understands this has not
been en- unqualified success in Iowa
and elsewhere, where tested; the water
which it is essential to keep in the ma
chine, freezes; but in the event or the
foreign machines proving a success
American ingenuity would soon still
further improve upon them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Has the largest
Circulation AID IS
the Oldest, LRTg
est. and only all
3 ONE Print Farm
paper in that Rich
arm n & and
TruckiE & section
Betw en- Rich
mond, Va and
Savannah, Ga
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04
PRACTICAL FARM NOTES.

Written for The Progressive Farmer by
the Editors and HOa. Guy &. Mitchell
Hogs require wood ashes for their
best interests. At the Wisconsin Ex-
neriment Station pigs fed exactly alike
ex.ept that some of them had wood
ashes to eat, showed that where ashes
were fed the bones we're much stronger
than where ashes we're not furnished.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-04

Money at our risk If sent by regist cred letter
ormoney order. Please don't send stamps.
Re sure to give both old and new addresses in
,rderfng change OF pOstOf1ce.
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RssIs Of Advertising Rates: ten cents per agate
tine Liberal discounts for time and space.
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Has the largest
circulation Of any
family agricultu.
raj or political
paper published
between RIG b"
mond and Atlanta
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[OoNTINUD on PAGE 81
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
THE PRODUCE MARKETS.

Philadelphia, Dec. 6--Four steady;
winter supertine. s225M2.40: Pennsylvania
roller, clear, $31oG3.2O; city mills extra.
s2.5Om2.10. Rye flour quiet and steady' at
49, 3OGD3.45 pei barrel. Wheat quiet; No.
red. spot, In elevator, GsaaIOac. Corn
dull; No. 2 mixed, spot in elevator, 3GiG
MSG%c.; No. 2 yellow. old for | n ii trade,
lOc. Oats steady; No. 2 white, clipped,
31a Ms2c.: lower grades, 2SG3oc. Hay
steady; choice timothy, s16d16.50 for large
bales. Beef steady; beef hams $22@22bo.
Pork frmer: family, $13.5Om4. Lard
steady; western steamed, s6.65. Butter
firm; western creamery, 2ad27c., do. fac
tory, 15lt42Oc.; June creamery. 2aa2Sc. /;
imitation creamery 17G23c.; New York
dairy, tST25c.;r Do, creamery. 23a21c. !:
fancy PENNSYLVANIA prints jobbing at 70
GS2c. do. Wholesale. CSC Cheese strong
small, September, 12M413c.; finest, De-
tober l2hm12ac.; large, fancy. septem-
Der, lslaNl2Ac.: large. October, finest,
l1Gs4tll&c.
Baltimore. Dec. 6.--Flour firm and un-
changed. Wheat tirmer; spot and the
month, 7OAm 103sc. January, 1lan1Ac.
May, 74s,u747sc. steamer No. red, 66AM
6Giac.; southern, by sample G6472c.; do.
on grade, 66laM7Us.c. Corn easy: spot.
S7asmS7Ac.; month. 37isU%i4c.; December,
new or old, 3Iu37i4c. January, 36&n
967sc; February. SIC; steamer mixed. asia
M355sc.; southern, white. 33i! n3Sc.: do.
yellow, $50 Csc. Oats easier; No. 2 white,
311aM32c. No. mixed, 2Sl2df29c. Rye dull.
No. 2 nearby. 54c. No. , western, 59c.
Hay firmer: No. / timothy, $3.50. Grain
freights unsettled and lower: steam TO
Liverpool per bushel, 2&d. December
Cork. for orders. .,er quarter, IS. 11gd.G
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
ITEMS FROM !
! NEW CASTLE.
Correspondence OF the RRaUsLrcAx
December eth. 1894

Mrs. Eagle has had considerable
experience of late with boarders
and if ever they come to New Castle
they will be arrested on the charge
Of breach Of trust. Three agents
arrived here on Friday last and
placed notices on the trees that they
wanted TWENTY-FIVE boys and girls.
The trio had a large grip with them
and they were given board. They
informed the school children that,
they were wanted to sell plasters
and that the one selling the highest
number would be given a gold
watch. The trio went to Whining;
ton on Friday night and have not
returned. They are considered to
be beats. One of them was seen at
Fourth and Markets streets on
Monday. He inquired of a police
officer where he could buy second
hand trunk. A couple Of weeks ago
an agent who was here in the pict-
ure business, forgot topay-a weeks
board. When he left so did table
cover and a silver watch case from
the room he occupied. Another
boarder that worked in the National
Tube Company's works, threw his
good clothes out of the window and
succeeded in getting away with the
board money. And there are other
instances of boarding house beats.
Word was received here vester-
day of the serious illness of .Old
Captain Joe" Smith at his home in
Chester Captain Joe" as he was
Familiarity known, is Is years of
age, and has fished in the waters of
the Delaware for many years. He
has not been seen around here to
any extent for several months and
many persons have inquired for
him and wished to see him to pur-
chase 4 nice string Of white catties
or rock. He lived when at home as
he termed it in wooden boat house
on the banks of Chester creek in
among many others of like kind.
Joe will soon pass to that home be-
yond, as the attending physician,
Dr. Forwood, said on Monday. Il
hoped to take him to the hopital,
but when the ambulance arrived it
was found that the condition Of the
aged man would not warrant his re-
moval and it was decided that as
his days were numbered it would
only be right to allow him foreman
at home until the end. He was
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
MAjoa GENERAL xoop


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W0nineIons Decs eAccoruink 70
the omciaAs "a the war aepaftme1t tne
promosion o Generai wooo' VINO W.
yesterday nominated py inc president
~ MAJOR general OF voiun.eers' - nos
nkeiy 70 cause any immediate chahee
IN his present station ana duties a.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
Interesting Railroad Rumor.

Clayton, Del. Dec. o.-lt has
been reported here that the
Pennsylvania Railroad will assume
control Of the Baltimore and
Del aware Fay road, running be-
tween Clayton and (hcs,ertown,
Md. If this is done the road from
Clayton to Masseys will probably
be discontinued, the road at Mas
seys connecting with the Queen
Anne branch from Tow send.
This would do away with about
ten miles OF the wo, st part of the
road-bed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
/. aeiLss' fesfIKONY UNsuAxHll I

S1ssinssxss FrasuA 0lvAs lFebt Dasa.
sxiss nviAsses Asatnst Mia.
New York, Dsc. TIN the trial n
Roland B. Molinsux yestsrday was
taken UP IN the examination Of Ru-
dolph Helles. warm friend Of Moli-
neux's, and the Introduction Of letters
as evidence In the case. Heiles' tes-
timony on Tuesday tended to place the
prisoner In a bad light, Yesterday
MIR. Weeks, counsel for Molineux, made
an effort to shake Heiles' testimony.
but the witness reiterated bis testi-
mony that Molineux hated Cornish and
Harpster, and that he had endeavored
to have Cornish removed from the
Knickerbocker Athletic club and
Harpster from his employment.
A score of letters were identified rs
having been written by Molineux, some
to Harry Cornish, others to members
Of the Knickerbocker Athletic club,
the latter showing enmity to Cornish:
one identified by Heiles as having been
written by Molineux to q medical firm,
enclosing rs cents for q remedy, and
still another to Mrs william Schehier.
a well known society woman in this
city, and addressed my Dear Sadie"
announcing Molineux's approaching
marriage to Miss Blanche Chesbrough.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
And
CONTRACTOR.
Plain Talk OF the Former
to the Latter.

Ash Contractor Anderson was
on the rack yesterday afternoon be-
fore the Street and Sewer Commits
sion. He was charged with violat-
ing the contract ard had to face
the music. Complaint after COM
plant has come about Anderson.
His men disregard rules and thro W
ash receptacles in the centre
of the pavement and neglect to haul
ashes away. Anderson commended
that the ashes not removed we're
put out until after the teams had
gone by.
Supervisor Clowney said he found
barrels of ashes all over the bed of
Brandy street. He took them
and filled a hole in Tatnall street.
Once on a Thursday he had notified
Anderson that ashes on Thirteenth
street had not been removed. An
derson promised to attend to the
matter. Complaints kept coming in
and on Saturday the supervisor
went with a cart and removed eight
Ddl ! GlS anu t"o ppHSs VI aShSS'
Those who complained said the
ashes were out before the collec-
tors came around.
Anderson said Supervisor Clowney
told him he was removing those
ashes. They were not out on Tues
day. Mr.. Carter said he thought
the contractor should instruct his
men to empty boxes in which there
was a small amount of paper. Re-
plying, Mr.. Anderson said he never
objected to Il small quantity of
paper, and the supervisor had never
sent him to remove Il box on such a
complaint. Regarding complaint
from Kentmcre, the contractor said
he had gone there about sixteen
times, and never found an ash bar
rel.
Anderson was willing to do any
thing that was reasonable in order
to give satisfaction. Mr.. Simmons
scored the contractor about the
empty receptacles. The matter
finally ended in promise by An.
derson to remove all ashes and com.
ply with the regulations,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Chester, Pa, is enjoying the great
est boom in its history.
The movement started in Chicago
to wipe out the bucket shops is gain
ing strength.
Two white men and. negro were
killed in race waT at South Nc
Alester, |. T.
E. S. Milliken, Of Bakersfield, Cal,
murdered his wife and child and then
committed suicide.
Philadelphias city councilmen all
favor the holding of the Republican
national convention In that city.
A syndicate headed by Tom L. John
son and Albert johnson will build
a street railway in Honolulu.
The war between the Yaqui Indians
ard Mexican troops has apparently
ceased until the Indians can make a
concerted movement
Edward Burnz, aged 10 years, in
custody in New York, Is said to have
confessed numbering Postmaster Her
bert B. Fellows, of Scarsdale, N. Y.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07

The annual meeting of st. Paul's
Sunday School was held last even
ing. Reports showed the school to
be in splendid working condition.
The enrolment is something over
800, with an average attendance of
AIS. The average collection for
each Sunday during the year was
s21.Ob. The primary department,
Miss Anna T. Lincoln. superintcnd-
ent, has larger attendance than
during the last fourteen years.
There were present last Sunday in
all departments, 402.
The following officers were elect
ed; President, $. Fl. Baynard; vice.
president, II. J. Guthrie: secretary,
Irving Eyer; treasurer. Miss c. X.
Murgatroyd; periodical agent, G, II.
Burton.
Arrangements are being made for
a Christmas entertainment Thurs
day evening Of Christmas week.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07

ASSISTANT District Alto rncy
Michael +. McCullen, of phila del
phia, has resigned his $1,000 posi-
ton, so that he can attend to his
extensive law practice which he had
to give up to Il great extent to at
tend to his duties as Assistant Dis
trict Attornev
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07

THE locomobile has a tendency to
brighten the horses in our city and
on the country roads. The owners
of them should exercise a little
Judgment in navigating their horse
less carriages through our streets,