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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
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with the Wilkes county iii to the
Yadkin river, then eastward with
said river to the southeastern corner
of Surry county, then north with the
-Surry county line, then west with
the State line to the northwest cor
ner of Allegheny county, then tothe
southwest following the present
federal quarantine line, as estab-
lished by the Secretary Of Agricul
ture, to the beginning.
Into this district n cattle may be
driven, nor many manner conveyed,
on and after November 1st, 1900,
from any contagious territory lying
to the east or south or southeast,
nor from Virginia, until otherwise
ordered by the Board of Agricul-
ture.
The establishment of this district
does not abrOgate or abate the exist
ing quarantine lines which protect
the mountain counties. The object
in setting apart the district and Of
establishing a quarantine against all
cattle in the territory to the east and
south, is to enable the cattle clubs
and people generally within the dis
trict, with such aid as can be given
by the Department of Agriculture
through it's inspectors, to work to
clear their cattle and farms of the
disease known as ~"distemper, Texas
fever or Spanish fever, and of the
ticks which produce this fatal dis
ease, and so to prepare the present
exempted territory. If this end can
be accomplished many thousands of
dollars will be added to the value of
the cattle traffic within the territory
embraced, and another district will
be incorporated for continuing the
work.
Of course for a time it is going to
cause inconvenience and complaint,
just as the present quarantine lines
do. But 1 ask the people to be
patient and suffer the present incon-
venience for the value and advan-
tage that 1 believe will come from it
in the future.
Respectfully,
S. L. PATTERSON,
Commissioner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
COMMANDMENTS FOR THE cow STABLE.

1. Thoroughly clean the stable
every day, and sprinkle the cutters
and all wet spots on the floor with
land plaster (gypsum) Or road dust.
2. Give each COW d liberal supply
of dry bedding at all times.
3. Use the card and brush daily on
each animal. Such attention is as
important for the cow as for the
horse.
4. Fead, water and milk with regu-
larity, always at the same hours and
in the same order.
5. (a) Before commencing to milk
brush the udder and TANKS carefully,
and wash the teats if necessary. (b)
Never milk with wet hands, but use
a few drops of clean, sweet oil if
teajs are dry and rough. (c) Draw
the milk a rapidly as possible, but
always gently. (d) Get all the milk
each time and then stop. Do not
''strip" with thumb and finger.
6. Weigh each mess of milk accur-
ately and record it.
Z. Keep the proprietor or superin-
tendent fully and promptly advised
Of everything-particularly if any
COW refuses her feed or fails to give
her accustomed flow of milk, or
otherwise departs from her usual
routine.
s. Never leave COWS out of doors
in a storm, or when it is so cold that
a man out with them would be un
comfortable.
9. Loud or angry words cannot be
tolerated and blows are strictly for
hidden. Never forget that a COW is
a mother; everything which ap-
prOacheS unkindness-nOt to say
brutality-must be scrupulOusly
avoided.
10. Keep these commandments not
only to the letter but in their spirit
also.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
THRIFTY CATTLE-BREEDING.
S. L. PATTERSON,
Commissioner.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Corn and all other cattle feed are
higher this fall than last, and they
will continue so this winter. Profits
in raising cattle must always be gov
erned d good deal by the cost of food
for wintering them, and not a few
farmers question themselves whether
it will be wise to attempt to carry as
much stock over this season as last.
If one could tell just what cattle
would bring next spring in the mar
ket it would be easy enough to de-
eide. But there are indications that
cattle will be cheaper next spring
than last. If so how much stock can
we afford to winter? Not more than
we can feed carefully and economic
ally without going into the market
after expensive food. Economy in
feeding will never cut a more promi-
nent figure in the cattle business
than this year. The difference be-
tween the cost of feed and what we
get for cattle next spring will be the
amount that will be marked off by
many as gain or loss. In a great
many instances cattle were wintered
last season at a loss. Many we're
tired of carrying them on expensive
feed, and they rushed the cattle on
the early spring market. Prices
broke, and the receipts wer SO low
in some instances that actual loss
was met.
There is always opportunity to
make fair profits by carrying good
cattle through the winter, and it is
rarely that q good breeder loses
money. There must be, however,
constant ecOnOmizing and study of
the market conditions. The food
question must bear a certain rela-
tiOnship to the market price of cattle
at all times, and it is by keeping this
proportion always in your favor that
gains are made. When corn or other
feed goes up a dollar or two a ton
there is necessity of making a ton go
Just so much further by increasing
the use of other kinds of food that
can be obtained cheaper. This is
not an easy problem to solve, but
it has been satisfactorily answered
hundreds of times. 1t makes the
difference between one who under
stands the cattle business thoroughly
and another who can make a success
of it only when everything is plain
sailing. Too many winter plenty of
stock without considering the amount
they are likely to get for the cattle
when ready for market. They may
accept the rosy account of some san
guine writer or farmer, and believ-
ing that good prices will rule they
feed recklessly. They think they
al afford it and still make money.
In me case out of ten everything
goes right, and such methods do not
bring one to ruin. But for the care
full breeder preparations must be
constantly made for the worst mar
ket possible. He will then always
have a good margin, asort of leeway
which will save him if things &C
badly. E. P. Smith.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
The Poultry Yard.
THE BEST EGGS FOR MARKET.

LII OGO4 4GAS ~ @~&@
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
A little study of the markets for
eggs will sometimes reveal small
tricks that will be of great value to
the shipper. For instance in the
best city markets white eggs gener-
ally bring a cent or two a dozen
more than brown or mixed eggs. It
will pay any poultry raiser, there
fore, to sort out white ones and ship
them in cases plainly marked as
such. If mixed with the brown
eggs they would sell about the same
as the latter, and the commission
merchant who would sort them out
later would make the extra profit.
This should go legitimately to the
producer and not to the middleman,
who already gets his lions share.
Washed eggs always command
| special attention, and what Z called
''dirties'' in the market are generally
marked down with the cracked and
inferior eggs, Just because somebody
has been too lazy to wash or clean
their eggs before shipping them, Il
loss Of fifty per cent. must be suffered
That is paying rather dear for a lit
tie laziness or ignorance, whichever
it may be-. It is not difficult to wash
all eggs before sending them to mar
ket, and the wonder is that anybody
could neglect this work when it is
remembered that appearances of
farm products count for so much
when offered for sale. White eggs
especially unwashed will sell for lit
tie more than the actual cost Of
transporting them and paying the
commission charges. Some eggs do
not need washing. They are better
off without the touch of water if
they are not dirty or stained in any
way. Water will sometimes remove
the gloss of eggs so they will not
make as attractive an appearance.
Dirt that can be removed with u dry
cloth should be treated in this way,
and not washed. If washing is neces-
sary, dampen one end of the cloth
and rub only that part Of the shell
stained. OF course some eggs cannot
be cleaned without a thorough soak
ing and washing with soap and
water. They should not be mixed
with the clean eggs that have their
natural gloss on Sometimes a little
scraping with a knife is even better
than wiping or washing.
A good deal Of this trouble a be
avoided by paying nor attention to
the nests. Some hens have Il way Of
fOuling their nests, but most of the
layers are naturally clean and tidy,
and Il little care in keeping fresh,
clean straw in the nests will prevent
an accumulation of dirty eggs. The
person who is careless about the
nests will always be the n who will
have to spend more time in cleaning
and washing his eggs for market, or
losing money by shipping dirty and
stained eggs to the city.
ANNIE g. WEBSTER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

NAL 1875, and made Iowa famous as
a butter producing State. A lady
from Minnesota whose name I have
tried hard to remember, but cannot,
who had a fine exhibit of prizes and
artistically formed butter at the fair,
was selected to work the butter
churned by the contestants.
The lady in question used a com
mon V shaped lever butter worker.
She first spread a piece of muslin
over the bed of worker, letting the
edges fall over each of it's sides.
Then the lot of butter to be worked
granular, of course-was poured
On the muslin and the proper amount
of salt was sifted or sprinkled on
do not remember which. The work
ing consisted of a slight downward
pressure of one of the fat surfaces
Of the lever, with perhaps an cca
sional pressure of a corner of the
lever for the purpose of making a
channel for the escape of the brine.
In this instance time could not be
spared to salt the butter and set it
away to allow the salt to dissolve.
Instead of Using a ladle to turn the
butter back to the center of the
worker, the edges of the muslin We're
lifted, first one and then the other,
and drawn 50 as tie fold the edges of
the butter towards the center. It
vas a very nice way of doing it
more gentle than it could have been
done with a label. This was re-
peated as often as necessary, and
when the mass of butter became too
muchselongated the same thing was
done with the ends of the muslin.
Remember that in working butter
with a lever, the pressure should be
straight down instead Of a side or
sliding one, for the latter will break
the grain.
The grain, how it appears: Break
a piece of cold butter, and if the
grain is perfect the broken parts will
resemble the broken parts of cast
iron or cast steel, also the same as
the broken parts of some rock for
nation. But remember that to have
this kind of butter after it has been
properly worked, it must be granular
butter properly rinsed and drained
before it goes on to the worker.
F. w. MOSELEY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
NATIONAL FARMERS ALLIANCE.

President-J.C c. Wilborn, Old Point,
S. G.
Vice-President-P. H. ERahi1ley,
Lake City, MINI.
Secretary-Treasurer-A. B. WEIGH,
Victor, N. Y.
LECTURERS.
j. P. ~Sossamon, Charlotte, N. C.
&c. Hanley, st. Paul, MINI.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
The Dairy.
WORKING BUTTER.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The less butter is worked the bet
ter, provided there is left in it no
more than the proper amount Of
moisture, which is about 10 or ~ per
cent.
One cannot write intelligently
about working butter without first
taking into consideration the condi-
ton Of the butter to be worked. We
will, however, assume that in churn-
ing the butter had been left in gran
ules and the butter milk properly
drained and rinsed out. If sufficient
time is taken, the rinsing water can
be drained off so thoroughly that no
working will be required until the
butter has been salted and set away
till the grains of salt have dissolved.
Then it must be worked just enough
to dispose of the resulting brine.
The hands are not to come in con
tact with the butter, for their
warmth will have a tendency to melt
it's grains. Therefore the person
who is to do the working should be
prepared with a fiat ladle with which
to turn the edges of the butter to-
wards the center as the working
proceeds.
The neatest job of butter working
the writer ever witnessed, was at the
international dairy fair held at the
old American Institute building,
New York city, beginning Dec. 3,
1879, and lasting ten days or two
weeks.
There had been Il churning contest,
resulting from "a prize offered by
John Stewart, of Iowa, one whose
butter tooRfrst prize at the Centen-
Men can be cured privately and pos
!tlVely at home of all weakness and
disease. Write for new free book.
Or. ); \. Hathaway, 22% AC South
Broad st, Atlanta, Ga.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
THE DIFFERENCE.
server.

The difference between the hale
splitter or scrub hog and the hand
some animal seen at the fairs exem-
plifes the difference between the
reading, thinking, studying, modern,
progressive farmer and the fellow
who decries ''book and paper farm
ing" laughs at the ''newfangled
methods Of his neighbors and says
farmers Institutes are a humbug.
One of these progressive mornings
this latter cOuntryman viii find him
self in such a p~redicament as viii
compel him to adopt newer methods
and practice Il more intelligent agri-
culture. It's coming as sure as night
follows day. Nothing can stop it.
Progress will and must progress.
And yet ignorance of practical and
scientific agriculture is excusable to
some extent. 1t should be remem-
bered that agricultural colleges and
experiment stations are comparative
ly new institutions and that their in
fuence therefore has not thoroughly
impregnated the sO-called backwOOds
districts. Indeed it is not difficult to
find in the most enlightened agricul-
tural sections of the country men
who have not absorbed the know
edge thrown about them. 1t has
been but a little more than a decade
age when agricultural education
received that potent impulse that has
steadily enlarged its domain and
created an active and commendable
desire for its acquisition. We can
not expect everybody to see the i'm
portance of anything at once. This
is contrary to all history Of the hui
man race New ideas, new methods
and new thoughts travel slowly. The
progress they make, though, never
is lost. The ground gained is held.
As Rome was not built in a day
neither will that better farming, for
which we look eagerly forward, be-
come universal in a little season
The advancement made in the short
space of time referred to lends
strength to the hope that future
growth will be made at greater
speed, and, as Prof. w. \. Henry re-
marked to the writer not long ago,
"there is much to be proud Of in the
records and work of our agricultural
colleges and experiment stations
they have given the country an in
telligenU, thinking class of farmers
and stockmen and dairymen whose
success gives Us encouragement in
our endeavOrS. We have no reason
to complain Of slow progress. =
Farmers Voice.
nnn Nf A., ,.O ,0,lH ~c NDrsfI
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
EVERYBODY ADVISED TO USE ChJsTTC
BALSAM.
Lavergne, Tenn

LLNoTgHt, ItNn,, J Ule ., INJ5.
wrote you on March q in regard to my
mules shoulder. I have used about One-ffth
of a bottle Of GOMBAULT'S CAUSTTC BAL
SAM and have cured the shoulder which I
thought ruined. 1t cured it with four applf-
cation. l would not take $500 for the rest of ting
bottle Of Bdlsam. 1 advise everybody to use
Balsam in a case of this kind instead Of lOsine
the horse. Il. &. WILLIAMS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

Men can be cured privately and pos
lGlVeIy at home of all weakness and
d1seaSe. Write for new free book.
Or. > \. Hathaway, 22% AC South
Broad St. Atlanta, Ga.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20
JULY Ist WE CUT

prices, and bettered the quality Of Page Fences.
Write for New Price List, or see our agent.
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., ADRIAN,AlCH'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

One of the great needs of North
Carolina farmers is to read more
good farm papers-tO e what others
are doing, which would us to
try to do better ourselves.-A. L.
Whitsett, Alamunce Co, n. G.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-10-26
PERPETUAL MOTION MYTH.
As Many People Trying To solve the
Problem as Ever.


"Thc perpetual motion myth is fully
as attractive as II ever was" said q
veteran model maker and all-rouDd
mechanic Of this city, "and really be
lieve there are Just as many people
trying 10 solve the problem now as
formerly II IL great mistake 10
characterize all such folks ne cranks
and fools. Anybody with n fair work
ing knowledge Of mathematics can
easily demonstrate that perpetual mo-
tion IL n physical impOssibility, but 10
n man wno has had no special mathe-
matlcaI training the thing seems On.
tircly feasible. and il is very difficult
10 make him understand why II can
not be accomplished. During the last
twenty years / have made models and
sections Of models for at least fifty or
sixty different people. all Of whom
believed firmly they were on the track
Of the great secret. Some were cranks,
Of course, but many Of them were
men of superior intelligence who were
simply deficient In the mathematical
faculty-and that let me assure you,
Is deficiency which IL extremely
common. ana no indication whatever
Of general mental weakness. one Of
my customers, TO illustrate thc point,
was lawyer Of acknowledged ability.
He * dead now, and il ! mentioned
his name you would be astOnishcd.
He was n scholar and a thinker, but
he had no taste for mathematics,
and. after hc had figured out the per-
pctual motion problem 10 his own sat
lsfactiOn. it was impossible TO make
him see the flaw In his line OF reason
ing. He had proceeded on familiar
principle known rs the 'cOuntcrposed
wheel and until assured him of the
contrary he supposed that he was the
first person who had ever thought Of
It, The dcvic, seems plausible enough
on It's surface. but, rs matter OF
fact, each revolution Of the wheel calls
for trnc more power than il is Capa-
BILE of generating. ! tried 10 reason
the thing ont, but the lawyer couldn't
grasp Il. ana he attributed the failur"
of the mo6'l to some mere mechanical
defect in its construction. | am salts
fed he entertained his dclusion up 10
the time of his death, ana | could
name dozen other cases Of practi-
cally the same character As rule,
the perpetual motion inventor believes
he has struck something entirely new.
He doesn't know that the four or five
mechanical forms upon which all such
devices are based have been thrcshcd
over thousands and thousands of
times. | used to waste good deal of
breath explaining ana cXpostulating,
but I've ceased to do IT, If | don't
make the model, somebody else VIII
New Orleans I mes Democrat.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-10-26
DDNIsIIG,

Severe earthquake shocks occurred
AT Kodiak, Alaska, and one life was
lost.
Masked men blew up with dynamite
the safe of the Farmers Bank, at
Nevada. Mo. securing $1,000.
The attcmp, to introduce Readings
from the Bible Selected for the Public
Schools" into the Chicago schools was
defeated by vote Of thirteen TO six.
Gen. j. w. Fisher, noted brigade
COMMANDER in the civil War, died at
Cheyenne WyO., aged cightY-siN
years. He leaves n number of chill
drcn ana grandchildren.
The muskrat catching season open.
cd in New Jersey.
\ bin which will be presented at the
next meeting of the California Icgis-
laturc provides for the arrest Of chill
drcn between the ages Of eight and
fourteen years. and forbids their en-
ployment. except during certain por-
ti"ns of the year, by business firms.
Jcwclry worth 100000 was stolen
from the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Pf2cr, near Ecrnardsville, y. !.
Chancellor Pitney in Trenton,
y. j., in is judicial capacity, ntimatcd
that there are no trusts.
state troops turned back 25OO strik.
crs who had marched into the Panther
Creek Valley, Penn, to try to close the
CollcriCs In operation there.
Bishop Fallows wrote To the Rev.
Anson Phelps Stokes, ut New Haven,
Conn, suggesting he devote part of
his iuhcritancq To fund for worn
out minister's of the Gospel.
The winter arrangements for The
mail service TO the Yukon and Atlin
districts in Alaska will hc the same
as those prevailing during the winter
of lSDg-lgOO.
1t is reported at san Francisco that
the crew of the missing ship Lansing
had mutinicd. killed the captain and
settled on an is.&nd in the South Seas.
There has been heavy fail OF snow
In the Rio Grande valley in Texas.
The French Line steamer La Lor-
raine arrived at New York city haV-
iug broken down at sea and repaired
her own engine.
Edwin Fletcher one of "amly Of
Nl''Ilt 'liHpt'N' l'Il N'N'H'N wv i'''
from n chimney at Attleboro, Mass,
and was killed.
Governor pingrccs bills for a popu-
lar vote on Constitutional amend
mcnt 10 tax railroads at actual value
and for the repeal of special charters
have been passed 10y the Michigan
Legislature
James Adams. Of Berkeley Springs,
W. Va, who went 10 the KlondiSe
three years ago. has amasScd q forum
which be estimates at 81 100000.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-10-26
FORE rIG<.

Queen Victoria has prorocucd th,
British Parliament until early in De
CCmber.
General Linares has been gazcttcc
as Spanish Minister OF War. and Gen
cral A2carraga rs President of the
Senate.
Russia announced that because OF
success in Mauchuria IL will act Will
more independence Of the Powers in
China.
Representatives of all the allied
Powers met i'm PEEK !, China, to he
Gin negotiations upon the basis of tn,
French proposals.
President Loubet. of France. gave :
banquet at the Elysec Palace a.
Paris in honor Of King Leopold OF
Belgium.
General Roberts has issued an or
der removing the restriction on cN-
ports from the TrauSvaal and the
Orange River colonies.
Reports from Colombia are that On,
country is being ruined 10y the civil
war
IL is announced at Copenhagen that
King Oscar lS out Of DANGER hut ina
he will require long rest
Italy has organized permanent
commission OF experts to prepar,
trade treaties with foreign Powers.
Twenty nine persons were iujurc,
on the newly opened underground
railway IN Paris.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
for a public library in the town OF
HawiCk. Scotland
Nova Scotia has been swept 10y ter.
rihlc gale. which did great damage to
shipping
General Roberts reports Co the Brit.
ish War once that the perseverance
Of the Beers is remarkable.
Completed returns of the British
elections show n ministerialist gain of
thirty seven and an opposition gain
OF thirty-five. the respective totals
being iOl and 2iS.
The Cape Colony Parliament has
been prorogued.
4 minor officer Of the Vatican M
Rome has been arrested on the charge
Of admitting thieves who stole s61.5Jo
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-10-26
phiIadclphia's Only log Cabin.

The Philadelphia Record says that
the only log cabin in Philadelphia is
To Ice torn down To make way FOR the
widening of Mermaid Lane near Chest
nut Hill The old cabin, which stands
at the corner of Mermaid Lane ana
Germantown avenue. has been IN con-
stant USc rs residence since IT was
erected Ivy Christopher lcakcl, In las.
Ii is a one story structure, built en-
tircly Of hcwu logs, and for many
years has been one OF the picturesque
sights of upper Germantown. Ii Is
still called the Ncakel cottage, and 81
though more than n century aud a
half old il has always preserved
a cosy and homc.likc air. IL is said
10 lc the only survivor in this part
of the country or style of dwelling
that once prevailed almost universally
outside the cities and towns.