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DEHoRN WITH cAUsTIc POTASH

DR.. Niles, OF the Virginia Experiment
Station, say in bulletin "a that the
objections to %dehorning with caustic
potash are, that it must be used while
the animal is young, therefore must be
used universally by stock Taisers IL
whole lots of hornless feeders are to be
got. Further, the animal does not
know that it's natural weapons have
been removed, therefore uses it's head
for butting purposes. But over against
the objections are numerous advan
tages. It is practically a painless opera.
ton, and is quickly done. By it the
frontal sinus is opened, therefore there
is no danger Of infection by pus form
ing organisms or invasion by maggots
There is no loss of flesh or failure to
take on f-sh as a result of operation
Being accomplished before the period
OF lactalion it cannot interfere with
flow of milk in mich COWS. There is
no danger of the loss OF a single ami
NAL from the operation. Only n es
sistant is re quired and it leaves a much
better shaped head.
The writer of the bulletin is a thor
ough believer in dehorniDg, but urges
the use of potash 80 that saws and
clippers will not be necessary. He
further suggests that as hornless ani
mails are wanted aud must be had,
why not breed eff the horns9 The
Aberdeen Angus and Red P1Iled cattle
are good beef animals. and it is a nots
BILE fact that the first cross on native
stock is almost invariably without
horns
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-18
CALVES.

Please give directions for preventing
the growth of horns on calves. IN. M
Mckinney, Allegheny Co., Va.
Purchase a stick of caustic potash
from the drug store. Wrap the end to
be held in the hand in paper or rag.
Wet the other end and rub it freely on
the button of horn on the calves heads.
The hair should be clipped eff just
around the button before applying the
potash, and care must be taken moi to
let the potash run down into the eyes
Of the calf or down the sides Of the
head or it will ipjure the sight and
cause a sore. This rubbing should be
done when the calf is a few days old.
If delayed until the calf is a month old
it is rarely effectual in preveL ting the
growth of the horns, but if done soon
enough is entirely efectual.-The
Southern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-18
H POULTRY YARD.
WHY DUCKS ARE PROFITABLE

The commonest objection against
ducks is that they are such vorRcious
eaters, says an exchange. This is one
Cf their best points. Let US look into
the philosophy of this for a moment
No animal can stand still in the M after
of growth. No particle of an animals
body remains in the same condition for
a minute. There is a constant change;
the particles which have served their
purpose are being cast eff and new
ones taking their places all the TIM.
l. requires fesd to keep this change
going on all the time, and without feed
starvation comes. 1t requires a given
amount of feed to support every pound
of flesh and keep it alive. This js
called the food of support" The
duck that weighs one pound requires
enough feed to keep that pound alive
while it is growing to weigh two
pounds, and then the two pounds must
be kept up, and so on each added
pound Of weight requiring an addition
W buo 4OOu VI suPPOLV3 "AAOh3 SO L0A %
profits are concerned, is wasted. This
being admitted, it follows that the duck
that will grow to weigh five pounds in
ten weeks is more profitable than the
one that would require ten weeks to
make the same weight. If this is true
of ducks, it must be just as true OF
fowls. 1t is a fact that a duck does
not eat as much feed to grow to five
pounds as is required by a Light
Brahma, or any other breed of chick
ems, to make the same weight. The
duck eats more in a day, but is not
consuming the food Of support so loue
as the chicken would be in making 6
given weight.
For selling on the market early il
the season, the duck not only brings c
higher price to the pound, but it makeI
a larger number of pounds On a giveI
amount of feed, with less of the was
ted food Of support. As a profitabl
bird to sell on the market there is moth
ing more profitable than the well. bret
duck, unless it be squads, and it i
probable the duck would come on
ahead of them.
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lay these pieces on freshly set out
plants.
Paris green also kills potato bugs IN
a very short time. Most people use
the mixture too strong. Two ounces
to fifty gallons of water is efectual II
the mixture is Kept constantly stirred.
Striped cucumber bugs are about the
hardest we have to deal with. They
come in a night and destroy the vines
in a day. Usually they send a scatter
ing advance guard which should be
the warning, for thousands are certain
to follow. Mix five pounds Of air
Stacked lime and q quarter of an ounce
of Paris green very thoroughly and
dust the leaves with this while b dew
is on in the morning. Do this before
the bugs come and repeat occasionally
until danger is past, which will be the
last of June usually, although they
sometimes come later. Do not cave
any clods around the hills. Make the
surface smooth, so there will be no
hiding place for the bugs, and sprinkle
the mixture on the ground pretty free
". SCOT from chimney where wood Is
used is good, and we have driven them
away with road dust sprinkled freely
on the leaves, as they seem not to like
grit. Be sure to get the remedy, what
ever ia used on the under side OF the
leaves, as there is where they feed. .
Squash borers are becoming worse
every year, seemingly, and in some
sections they have made it almost i'm
possible to grow squashes. They work
in the vines, beginning at the roots
The eggs are laid early in the season
on the stems just where they come
from the grounk and the borer ha;ches
and works inside. The lime and Paris
green will be a good thing to use early
in the season, and as the vines begin
to grow hoe soil over the crown where
the vines come from the ground. As
the vines make growth cover every
second Joint with soil to the depth Of
two inches and roots will strike into
the soil almost at once, adding vigor to
the wire, even keeping it growing
when the borers succeed in getting into
it. If the vines begin to droop, split it
open with a sharp, thin knife and find
the borer and kill it. Then cover with
soil and it will usually revive and grow
without injury.
Cabbage worms are certain to be
with us, but they are so easily destroyed
that they should not create much
alarm. Take common Persian insect
powder, being sure 10 get that which
ia fresh, and put it into a common
powder gun or in the absence of that
a pepper box with a perforated top,
and early in the morning sprinkle a
little Of the powder owe the inside Of
the leaves on the worms that are at
work. In five minutes every worm
that is touched will be dead and a few
such treatments are all that ia neces
sary in a g The insect powder
is not poisonous to anything but IN,
sects and may be used with safety.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-18

The Holstein Fresian Register Of
Feb in giving an account Of the late
meeting of the Ayrshire breeders in
New York, says:
sit was brought out in the discussion
that the amount OF butter fat in acow's
milk varies widely at various periods
Of lactation and this was ne ws to even
some of the older breeders present"
1t may be hardly fair to hold the
Ayrshire breeders responsible for what
the organo of a rival breed says, but
nevertheless we have no doubt that
some Of them were surprised.
There is hardly a farmer in the land
but knows that as cows approach the
close Of their period of milk giving,
their milk increases in the percentage
of butter fat. And yet we have seen
breeders of Jerseys, Guernseys and
Holeteins vino did not know this fact
- Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-04-18
HORTICULTURE
ENEMIES.

During recent years the insect enc
mics of garden crops have become
much more numerous than formerly,
largely on account of the Tavsges of
imported varieties, which seem to
thrive in their new environment, and
this makes q knowledge Of how to meet
these new enemies absolutely neces-
sarp to the greatest SUCCESS, says
Farmers Voice.
The best way to begin is to give the
various garden crops the best possible
chance by providing good soil, proper
plant food and cultivation that they
may grow up vigorous and better able
to resist destruction from insect pests,
Without these the crops will not be
worth the trouble OF preventing ats ck
from these d~estroyers.
After these come watchfulness and
prompt attention to remedial meas
ures. There is hardly an insect pesI
but can be destroyed with little trouble
if taken when it first puts in an ap
p~earance.
Below we give the names Of the wors
of the insects and the means used t
destroy them.
Cutworms are hard to catch, as they
keep hidden during the day. Usually
they do but little damage if the garden
is plowed very early in the spring ant
allowed to freeze and thaw q few times
A good way to kill them is to sprinkl
Paris green on slices Of potatoes ant
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Exchange.

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tribution of salt. nothing more or less.
To avoid this the following plan Is
an excellent one, and one which is fol
lowed by many of our best butter
makers to day.
Leave the butter in granules, wash
with water cold enough to prevent ad-
hesion, drain and salt while still IN the
churn, then revoIve the churn or tip
from side to side until the butter
globuIes mass somewhat and the salt
is evenly distributed.
By tipping the churn one way, then
the other, the self may be very evenly
sprinkled on, Oh 6 wooden fork of quit
able size may be used to stir it up, add
ing on a portion OF the aalt at a time.
The salt melts or dissoEves the mo-
ment it touches the grains OF butter
and each grain is instantly coated with
brine. Then when the butter has
drained a few minutes remove it to
the worker, press until moderately
dry and pack away. No further work
ing is necessary, and there will be no
tire CO of streaks or a notified condition
to be found.
Sailing in the churn is sure to be a
favorite method with those who try it.
The amount OF butter can be very
closely estimated as the amount from
a given quantity of cream does not
vary very materially from time to
time. Nor is it essential to weigh out
the scale each time. Measure but a
pound of salt, usually a full pint OF
salt will weigh a pound, and it is more
quickly measured than weighed each
time.
Some adhere very tenaciously to the
old way of twice working their butter,
but once is enough. If the salt is
evenly distributed and the excess of
moisture pressed out, that is sufficient.
and can as well be done at n opera
ton as at two. w Q. lockwood.
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J. P. Sossamon, Charlotte, N. @.
J. @. Hanley, ST. Paul, MINI.
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NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT

". A. Gardner, Chairman, Andrews
Settlement. Pc. John Breinig, juno
ton, ". Va. D P. Duncan, Column
hie, 8. G.; @. W. Gravit, Msndans,
N. Y.
NORTH CAROLINA BANNERS STATE ALE
ANOE.
President-John Graham, Warren,
ton, N. 9.
Vice-President-D. @. Bryan. Jones
boro, N. Q.
S0cretary-Treasurer-J.T. B. Hoover,
Hillsboro, n. Q.
State Business Agent-T. B. Parker.
aiIlsboro, N. @.
Lecturer-Dr. Y. N. seawell, Villa
SOW, N. Q.
Assistant Lecturer-W. H. Davis,
WILLIAMSBURG. N. Q.
ChapIain-W. 8. Mercer, Moyock,
N. @.
0oor-keeper-Geo. 7. Lane, Green's
ooro, n. O.
assistant D or-keeper-Jas. e. Lyon,
D xTham, N. @.
Sergeant at Arms-D. ". Watson
Haywood, N. @.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W.
A. Graham. Machpelah, n. q.
Steward-A. J. Moye, Farmville,
N. @.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF TEE NoRTH
CAROLrNA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
J. W. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh.
N. @.
John Graham, Warrenton, N. O.
W. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, n. Q.
G. Q. Mcclellan, Goodwin, N. Q.
DR.. j. E. Person, Pikeville, N. Q.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, N. O.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY CONuMITTW
DIR. J. E. Person, Pikeville, N. q.
w. s. Barnes, Raleigh, N. O.
T. Ivey, Gary, N. O.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-10-14
Losses by Fire.

The following fires were reported on las
Saturday and Sunday:
Woodward Hotel, at Pekin, Illinois, W:
destroyed by fire on Saturday. The 4
guests escaped. Loss, S25, 600; insul
ance, $50, 900.
Fire in the Schmidt Il Henry furnitul
factory, at Des Moines, Iowa, damaged tn
plant and destroyed stock to the value I
$50, 600 Women employed in the build
ing narrowly escaped.
Clifford E. Balfe, a farmer, and vii
locked their two children in their house
near Terre Haute, Indiana, and durin
their absence the house burned down, an
both children persisted.
At Shepherd, Michigan, a lamp explode
in Marks & Franks dry goods store, star
ing fire which did SIS, 600 worth {
damage. Thirteen stores and hotel wer
destroyed
Fire that broke out in the stables of tn
Queens Hotel, at Sussex, New BrunswieS
Friday night, destroyed several building:
LOS, $50. 600.
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Much damage is reported along the A.
lantic coast by the storm of Friday oa'
urday and Sunday.
Weston, West Virginia, is wild over u
opening of 2OO-barrel oil well. This
a new field and the indications are for
large yield.
The Queens proclamation ordering Il
mobilization of British troops and the
dispatch to South Africa, and also dlrec
ing that Parliament assemble on Octob
II, has reused interest and military acti
ity in England, and the War Office is bu
directing the movements of troops al
ships No outbreak is reported on t
Transvaal border, where the Boer al
British forces are assembled, and whe
the firing of a single shot would probab
lead to an instant clash of arms. The
is report in England that flying squa'
ron is being equipped for the Cape.
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Origin and Growth of the Depar
ment Store.
From 81 cultnre for oetoher.

From Self Culture for October.
The colonists who came here from +
rope established general stores, in whid
was to be found a variety Of articles tn
Is not perhaps, surpassed today in
largest department stores. The field
these general stores was naturally Local
one. each establishment being confined &c
its own neighborhood As the population
increased, and it became necessary 10 keel
in stock larger number Of the various ar
ticles, stores we're established carrying but
a single line Of goods, such, for instance.
as groceries. hardware, etc, These estAb.
lishments survive today, but are being
rapidly oyershadowed BY the modern de,
partment store, which Is easily drawing ,C
itself the trade not only Of Its own neigh
borhood. but, through the ease with which
orders BY mail are filed, Of communities
hundreds of miles away.
The department store is indeed the
browning achievement of the century ii
the world of business. The idea origin
ated in Paris. where even today the Bon
Marehe stands unsurpassed for its size and
volume Of transactions. At recent meet.
ing Of merchants in Chicago eight thous
and merchants testified that they had sui
fered from the threads of these establish
meuts into their business. The tendency
Of the Departments store Is 20 eliminate the
small merchant altogether, aud thus make
US return once more to what i really .
modified form Of the general store.
Il l. not Difficult, to discern why these
stores are making such headway Tn,
convenience Of satisfying all one wants
at a single establishment, at prices which
ordinary zone line merchant. cannot
hope to approach, explains the situation
Another factor Is the large amount Of al
vertisinc which these establishments main
tain. Instead Of waiting for the public tC
come TO them. they have invited it, through
the medium Of the public press, to com,
aud view the bargains displayed and a.
bargains have potent attraction soF al
women the response IS enthusiastic.
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9nRtfp
IN THE FALL AFTERNOON.
:riet PRESCOTT spoaord. in HAMMERS Baz

Harriet Prescott spohord, in Harper's Bazaar.
There's a FURNISH of fine scarlet on the pear that
drops today,
Now the glory of the ripe and rich Autumnal noon
has come;
The peach is overmellow and the apple bends the
spray,
And there's honey, yes. there's honey in the pur-
pie of the pluml
With dust upon the dropping of his gold and azure
wings
The butterfly clings closely where the last flowers
fame and shine;
Down the dusk of lonely garden aisles the yellow
leaf still clings.
And the grape upon the trellis is bursting win
its wine.
There's bloom upon the mountains and there
mist upon the stream,
There's light burns low in heaven that mas
never shown before;
We sing softly with low voices in slow ana wax
ing dream,
While far off the breaker feathers in dull music
up the shore.
But by fittul flow and falling there blows boding
breath,
wind that steals from spaces of unknown and
nameless chilli
And it wraps about our dreaming darker dream
Of DEATH
And takes the singing from the lip and makes the
music still
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-10-14
News of the Week.

The New England Beet Sugar Com
pany will erect a $500, 900 plant at North
Judson, Indiana.
VIM. D. Lutz, of Reading, Pa, weighs
$40 pounds. Owing to his weight he
cannot work and exhibited himself at the
fair in that city last week and realized a
large sum.
Word reached Evansville, Indiana, Sun
day, that ferryman, named Ashby, liy-
ing near there, had killed three negroes
who attempted to rob him
Mrs. Bridget Corrisan, aged OF years,
died October 9th, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Catharine Gallagher, at
Nanticoke, Pa. Mrs. Corrigan was born
in County Mayo, Ireland, and with her
husband came to the United States in
1859.
While Misses Leila and Gertrude Brown,
guests of the Bellevue Hotel at Wayne,
Pa, we're cycling on the road leading north
from Stafford Station, on Friday afternoon
of last week, they were attacked by ne
gro WHO LLItW Tile ldbbCA NUN hSt hANSi
and robbed her OF necklace and other
iewelry. Her cries and those of her sis
ter attracted the attention of neighbors,
and the man was frightened away without
doing further harm. Neither >Ofthe young
ladies was injured.
Mrs. Martha Barkey, who resides alone
near Horton, W. Va, along the Dry Fork
Railroad, found negro in possession Of
her home upon her return from neigh
Dor S on Friday of last week. The fellow
rushed out of the door, but the woman
halted him with shot gun, and he turned
over razor, revolver and ID gun car
tridges which he had stolen. She then
marched him to a neighbor s at the muzzle
of her gun, and he was turned over to the
authorities. The fellow gives the name Of
Grin Rigby and Youngstown, Ohio, as his
home.
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In the Circuit Court for Carroll County. ia
Eqaity.
George William Smith. Trustee Under a deed
Of ir,ss; irom James I. Noel. on Petition.
The aforegoiag petition and affidavit. hay.
ing, by lhe Coar1, been read aud considered
j, Is therefore this 37ih day OF September, IN
the year eighteen hundred and ninety nine
by the Great Court Tor Carroll County. sitting
a. Il Court % Eqaity, and by the authority
thereof, ordered, Adjgdged aud dccrocd, thai
this Court hereby lakes Jurisdiction over the
trusts created hy The deed Of trust from James
I. NOEL 10 George William Smith, aud that
the said trusts be- hegceforth adminisiefe d
under the orders and protection Of this Court
and IL Is further ordsrrl that said trustee,
George William Smith, give notice 20 the
creditors Of james /. NOEL, b. advertisements
inserted ia one or more Of the newspapers
published in Carroll county Tor three success
sive weeks. to iie their claims, duly aaghenu-
Gated. wlh The Clerk Of this Court on or be
tore the 18Th day OF October, IN 'he year
eighteen hundred aud ninety nine; aud 10 Is
further ordered that this cause be aud the
same Is hereby referred to the auditor 10 stale
an account Of said trust fund.-, subject 10 oil
legal exceptions and the sanction Of this
Court JAS 4 C. BOND.
True copy,-Test:
JAS H. BlLLIN6sLEA, Clerk.
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TWO WAYS

or GETTING GLASSES; ONE To co
To 4 FIRST CLASS oPTIcIAN. HAVE
YOUR EYES PROPERLY TESTED AND
GIT WHAT You NEEp-THE OTHER
To GO To A MERCHANT WHO KEEPS
SPEcTAcLEs, MAKE "A GRAB IL
THE BAG As IT WERE. GET PAIR
THAT DoN.r FIT YoU ALTHOUGH
mNAY SEEM SO FOR THE MOMENT
RUN THE RISK OF Running YOUR
EYE SIGHT ENTRgLY-AND ALL
FOR 4 SMALL. DIFFERENCE IN EX-
rExsE
FYoUNEEpTHE SERy.
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HEADACHES CURED
WHY NoTP

II the X-RAY Headache Tablets
cure a headache moro promptly, are
more convenient in form, and more
effective in action than any other
remedy on the market WHY NOT
USE THEM
We are anxious 10 place the Y
RAY headache tablets In C 5mpe-
tition with any remedy on the
market.
A single TRIAL Will convince any
one of their superior merits.
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uEAN SWEEP
Balance oi 1uv rniirr stock at prices yoa eau
not aaart 10 overlook

Balance If sur rniirF stock st prices yoa eaa.
not aaurt 70 overlook
Great bargains ia Ur.sirEe,sr, az rrier- tbs.
Kill compel y0a TO hay. i.-s. ,h4H half g-r5cv-
Also los 81 hue Wnpl prer.hisis farturr
prev 500 % s., ~ nos Si.gO. Aisst a large
hue "a Gloves at Al. pfics-. reduced tn ir-s
shaa bali pyjcr. IL NrcSwcsss ~ ran open
wear ewes IN prices tltts event. goods 5r0a
I0c ags--gos,-i .,,.eis as5 good siyls-. fa.y
,susI H. sold The balance ~ nur slso> al
HAts Il ,-ss thar BALI prjcc--..ifue FRS, class
styles. Oar greatest oder j. be- aar
Suit, Overooat and
Pants Department
We have sonsr splendid thing, io show yaai
and s,li sell them a. half prscr, aud. V dessr.
FL. sill make ap g. order jn first class sssle,
ts xuaraatr~d or na sale A dullaE saved IS
a dollar made Gail and eyAmInc aar Stock
and 80 arr conhl~at sc csn save yos aaao-y
aud please you. at yhy Old stand, NJ, - Vest
Main syree'. Westminster, M.
lan29-u A. u. ASDERS.