The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-07-17
HIS WEEKS PAPER.

this popular SOlI1ng crop III UH0
article on page 1 by Prof. j. M.
johnson, who has been growing rape
for some years at the A. & M. Col
lege and Experiment Farm. So far
as we know only one point of i'm
portance is not touched on in the
paper. That is, Prof. johnson fails
to mention the fact that there is
danger of bIoat if stock are allowed
to eat very much the first time.
Hence they should not at first be
given their freedom in a field of rape
until they have well filed mp on
other feeds.
The Cotton Seed Experiment" re-
ported on page l brings out some
facts not generally thought of, but
that may be profitably put into prac-
tice this fall and next spring. We
think that farmers can also find some
food for thought in Jul summary
of results of the fertilizer testing at
the Vermont Station this year.
Home-mixing is bound to come along
with a more intelligent system of
agriculture, which invariably means
more prosperous agriculture.
We are glad to publish so many
interesting letters from farmers this
week. Now that crops are being
laid by and a easOn of comparative
leisure at hand, we hope to have a
large number of such for each issue.
wv. E. S." of Pitt county, endorses
the wide-tire, the value of which has
been shown by tests at nearly every
Experiment Station in the country
and to the satisfaction of nearly all
observing farmers. "Agricola," of
Alamance county, writes a very
thoughtful letter that deserves the
consideration of all that have the
best interests of the farmer at heart.
We are glad to have Mr. R. H. Lane
report his experience with second
crop Irish potatoes; Mr.. S. w.
Chambers with apples Rev. R. R.
Moore with cabbage, etc. Go and
do thou likewise. Secretary Bruner
of the Department of Agriculture re
ports the success of North Carolina
apples at the great exposition now in
progress in Paris.
None of these letters, however, is
of more Importance than that of
Prof. Frank E. Emery, of our edi-
terial staff, regarding the Organiza-
ton OF Live Stock Associations in
this State. Copies of this issue go
to a number of the most progressive
stockmen in the State in addition to
our regular list, and we hope that all
interested will write US their views
or ask for any information they de-
sire. A Live Stock Association
would do much to develop the live
stock industry in this State and no
n will deny that the prosperity of
the North Carolina farmer depends
in a very large measure upon this.
Secretary Wilson, of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
in an address before the East Tennes-
see Farmers Convention, published
in The Progressive Farme two or
three weeks ago, made this quite
plain. Let US have a State Live
Stock Association. If enough stock
men are at once heard from it can
and will doubtless be organized at
the State Fair or earlier.
The turnip and rutabaga crops are
discussed by Mr.. H. Willard Brown
in an interesting paper published on
page z. We expect another article
on this important subject for our
next issue by Mr.. Arthur, in charge
of the truck department of Biltmore
Farms.
Our Correspondence Department
contains the usual array of interest
ing letters on public questions, the
Constitutional Amendment being
discussed from both point of view.
"a Farmer" calls attention to the
necessity for seeing that our candi-
dates for the Legislature are sincere
friends of popular education-advice
the soundness of which ''the way
Earring man though a fool" can see
at a glance. And there is certainly
"mOre hope for a fool than for him"
who in this trust stricken land can
not see the wisdom of Bro. T. B.
Parker's appeal to farmers 90 organ
ize for mutually protection. But it is
not enough to see the wisdom of the
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