The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-05

nOn-parGlSan, n our 0sU6eLn6u COA-
temporaries will oblige us by cor
recting The error, doubtless made
automatically.
The tenth annual Confederate Re
union at Louisville last week was the
best attended ON record and a sue
cess in every way. North Carolina,
which, with a voting population of
115, 900, furnished 125, 900 of the best
soldies of the lost cause, was given
the place of honor in the great pa
rade. A detachment of Vance's
Cherokee Indian Scouts were with
the North Carolina division in the
parade.
Elsewhere in this issue we have re-
ferred to the Cotton Ginners' Asso-
citation now being organized in Geor-
gia. The idea is to distribute the
cotton crop throughout the year, so
not all of it will be marketed at one
time. No officer can run for a po-
htical office without first resigning
his Office in the Association. Each
member is to pay so cents a year to
carry on the work.
By a private letter we have heard
from what is probably the largest,
smoothest bull calf in the State.
This is a six-months old Shorthorn
by a deeply dairy-bred sire on the
farm of Mr.. H. P. Clarke, of Bre-
ward. The calf was, we believe,
six months old on May 23rd and
tipped the scales at $50 pounds. This
may be beaten, but the calves are
scarce that can equal this one.
A Populist, dissatisfied with Sena-
tor Buffers course, sends us IN ar
ticle with Mr.. Butler as it's subject.
Another reader sends an attack upon
a prominent Democrat. ~CorresPOn-
dents will please avoid personalities.
Our standing request: Discuss meas
ures, not men principles, not par
ties. This rule is observed by all
that appeal to intelligence and judg-
ment rather than to passion and
prejudice.
The Railroad Commissioners at
their National convention in Milwau-
kee last week endorsed the Cullom
bill, the purpose of which ; to make
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion of some effect and protect the
people from unjust demands of great
railway combination. But Congress
at the dictation of the the committee
to which the bill was referred, of
which committee q majority were
either railroad a~ttOrners or under
obligations to railway magnates,
has already killed the bill. How
ever, a day of reckoning is coming.
Prof. Irby. Agriculturist, of the
North Carolina Experiment Station
and contributing editor of The Pro
gressive Farmer, has ready for the
press an important bulletin On
Corn Culture in North Carolina"
Uhe editOr-in-chief hopes that every
Progressive Farmer reader will Sc
cure a copy when it appears. Prof.
Irby's work during the past year
has been highly praised. We regret
that he has not had time to contrib
ute as often as he and our readers
desired to the columns of The Pro
gressive Farmer.
The cotton spinners are organized,
just as they have a right to be.
They have a Cotton Spinners' Asso-
citation and T loyal to the oganiza-
ton, just as they should be. Yet be
cause operatives of Proximity cot
ton mills in Guilford county, follow
the wise example of the fac
tory owners, recently organized d
union for mutual protection, afore-
said owners became exceedingly
wrathy and discharged d number of
the offending operatives. Such a
couse a not benefit capital. tits
unwise and unjust. The people will
take a hand if it is continued.
Many cotton farmers have been
led to believe that the passage OF
the CIRCUIT bill and the consequent
decay Of the cleo industry
would injure the cotton industry by
by decreasing the price of cotton
seed, cotton seed oil being usedin cleo
manufacture. The absurdity Of the
idea is neatly set forth in the current
issue of HOard's Dairyman as fol