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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-03
Home Industries.

The Herald says: The absence of es-
adjustments in Hawaii for utilizing
wild-growing marketable articles is
the wonder of strangers. This ISL
and, better than any other, perhaps, Of
fers inducements to capitalists who
would start cannery for putting up
fruits; guavas, pineapples, oranges
and lines grow in abundance and
without unusual care, and the guavas
go almost entirely TO waste. 1t is adj
mitted that guava jelly made here is
superior in every way to the Italian
article, and yet no organized effort has
been made to produce it in quantities
for the market. Pineapples grow in
abundance and of flavor that is un-
excelled; Puma and Kona grow oranges
and lines that will find market at
any time, but the local demand does
not warrant marketing them. Any of
these fruits may be canned to advan-
tage and shipped to the Mainland at
a profit-once cannery is established.
Hawaiian-made castor oil, from castor
beans which grow wild, is now on the
market. G. H. Koelling, who adver-
tises for castor oil beans, has establish
ed plant on Oahu that is destined to
utilize all the beans grown on the
group, at the same time putting it in
the way of persons to make money
gathering the beans. Mr.. Koelling is
the starter in one of the many new
industries that will be developed with
in the next few years.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-03
Abundant Sugar Yield.

The Tribune says; Manager Won
Graevemeyer of the Hilo Portuguese
Mill Co. has just finished grinding
cane taken from the Lyman tract of
land back of the Boarding School. The
thirty-fve acres were planted by the
mill company, and one-half ton of the
to the acre. The yield of sugar was
$50 tons, or eight tons to the acre. H.
Hackfeld G. Co.. Ltd, are agents for
the fertilizer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-03

captain of his battery. Young Spen-
Ger has been appointed health officer
IN Hilo to succeed Charlss Vincent, who
returns to regular duty on the police
force.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-03
Clothing, Hats and
Furnishing Goods.

Mems Suits from $40
and up.
Boys Suits from Sc
and up.
Children's Suits from
81 and up.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
WHAT HUMUS IS.

1t has come lately to the knOwl
edge of many farmers that there is a
condition of soil that will help very
materially in resisting drouth, and
this is point that it is proposed to
discuss, says Farm and Home. First
we must learn to realize the word
''humus" and to know what it means.
1t should become a common word in
agricultural reading and speaking.
Humus is ''docaying and decayed
vegetable matter" Manure makes
it; green crops plowed under form
it; clover roots when decaying in the
soil create it; every plant when it
returns to mother earth takes the
form that is called humus, and adds
two things to help coming crops.
Heretofore most of us thought that
it did only one thing, add fertility to
the soil. We all know that manure
makes the land richer, as we say, but
they are comparatively few who un-
derstand that not only does humus
make the land richer, but it also
preserves soil moisture under the
influence of hot winds and scOrching
suns. Humus is one of natures
methods for storing up and holding
it. Our clay subsOil will store up
water, but when the south winds
blow and the hot suns burn it begins
to give up water by the ton, and it is
carried away from the crop that
stands so much in need of it. But
when humus takes up water, as it
can in large quantities, it holds it
locked fast, in spite of sun and wind.
When the roots of growing grain
take hold of this humus to feed
upon its fertility, they also find in
it the water; it supplies drink as
we'll as victuals. The moisture of
the soil may have been largely evap-
grated, but wherever the roots find
humus they find food and water
needed to dissolve it. Humus is the
cheap means that can and will pre-
vent the losses of what otherwise
would be disastrous drouths.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Since manures are the nOurishing
material of plants, and other things
being equal, the higher profit of the
field depend only and alone on the
greater easily extracted quantity of
the same found in the soil; there
fore, the more accurate knowledge
Of this substance, its preparations
and use, and how it may be procured
on a farm in sufficient quantity and
with the least cost, is of the greatest
Importance to the farmer.
The soil cannot produce or build
up plants unless it contains the in
gradients of which such plants are
composed. With nitrate of soda,
fine ground phosphate of lime, alkali,
carbonate of potash or carbonate of
soda, we can now obtain as the basis
of operations in the best form, COM
plete manures for every culture,
made according to any formula and
containing in readily available and
asslmllable form all the ingredients
called for.
There is no one subject in agricul-
ture which demands at the present
day more carefully continued and
widely extended experiments than
the practice of manuring.
ANDREW H. WARD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
IRISH POTATOES IN VALLEY FARMS

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The new land in the University
fruit farm was used for an expert
ment with Irish potatoes, the tubers
being planted between the orchard
rows, parallel to the slope of the
land. The ground was cleared in
March. The trees were planted in
early April, after which the land
was plowed and thoroughly disked
and all the larger roots were re
moved. The potatoes were planted
at three different dates, June /, June
26, aud July 27, the last planting be-
ing of tubers grown this year. De
spite the drought of August and Sep
tember, the soil was fresh below the
surface mulch, which was maintained
by frequent use of the horse hoe, the
rows being hllled with hand hoes
after the third cultivation.
The plants from the first two SOW
ings came weak, and the very hot,
dry summer was unfavOrable. The
third planting came stronger, but
the dry heat prevented vigorous
growth, so that in all three plant
ings few tubers were formed, and
these were uniformly small.
The crop is practically a failure,
but the lesson of the experiment is a
valuable one, namely: that it is use
less to attempt to grow cool weather
crops in the heat of our long dry
summers In valley farms the pota-
toes must be planted early, so that
it's principal growth will be made be-
fore August, when the summer
drought usually sets in. There are
exceptional years, when summer
rains are seasona BILE, in which late
planted potatoes are successful. In
the high mountain valleys, where
summer heat is less intense and
showers more frequent, late planted
potatoes should yield good returns.
CHARLES A. KEFFER.
Knox Co., Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
w. E. FARMER

We believe more attention should
be paid to our native pasture grasses
in the Southwest, and that, instead
of blowing and narrowing, buying
seed and planting, and often waiting
two or more years for a pasture, we
should give the native grasses a
chance. We know of cases where a
thorough scarifcation of the soil in
February has without any other
effort doubled the crop Of grass. The
fact that the native grasses have
taken and held possession against all
comers shows that they are adapted
to the conditions, which may or may
not be the case with other grasses.
Disking and cross-disking is about
the thing needed to give these grasses
a new lease of life, and in many cases
it is necessary to their preservation.
Those who try this process, we be-
lieve, will be surprised at the vigOr
OF the new growth that will spring
up after this treatment and after the
first warm spring rains.-Farm and
Ranch
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Harry Farmer wishes to talk lit
tie on farm topics and hopes to help
his fellows in the same calling. He
will try to mention some things that
need to be done and some that should
not be done as he travels over the
farm throughout the year.
Now Harry Farmer likes stock and
poultry and wants to see them COM
Portable in the winter So he must
look about the barn and see if the
stables are in good condition. See
that there are no large holes for the
cold winds to come in and chill the
COWS. Put in some clay in the bot
tom of the stalls and pack it down
hard so that all the manure may be
saved This clay floor will make the
work of cleaning the stalls much
easier
Mary Jane (that s my wife 5 name)
told me that eggs were a good price
and the hens were not laying much.
I noticed that there were a great
many feathers scattered around un-
der the houses; that nearly always
stops the hens from laying. Hens
sometimes will get too many sweet
potatoes this does not help egg pro
duction. Scatter some oats in the
potato patch when you go to dig and
in few weeks your hens will have
something to help make eggs. An
other good plan is to tie bundle of
oats, wheat or rice so they will have
to Jump up to get it and in short
time you will find d nest of eggs. It
is the exercise which does the work
more than the grain.
In the Southern part of the State
oats should be sOwn. Prepare the
land we'll, for it pays well for the
extra work. [ advised a young man
to plow his land twice, once before
sowing and once afterwards. He
said he plowed part of his land the
year before twice and the crop was
double on the land but never thought
the blowing had anything to do with
it. The more you stir the average
land the greater will be your crop of
everything. Our farmers do not
SOW as many oats as they should.
They are less costly than the corn
crop and when followed by COW pease,
will improve the land faster than
any grain crop grown.
HARRY FARMER
CO7T7Do buS CO N G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
Knox Co., Tenn.

A conservative estimate of Flor
ida s orange crop this year places the
yield at one million boxes. The
groves are in healthy condition and
at this season the fruit is begin
ing to be marketed. Before the
freeze in 1895, when the yield was
five million boxes, they sold at so
cents, but this year the average price
per box is 50.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Success in farming in the South
demands abandonment of negro ten
antry and partnership in crops, a
system of farm bookkeeping, an ac-
quaintance with the market prices of
products, avoidance of waste of time,
material and energy, avoidance of
debt and persistent industry -Ex-
Gov. w. J. Northen, Ga.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
Columbus Co., N. @.

When the inhabitants of the up
land cotton section of the Atlantic
coast attain sufficient intelligence
and power to suppress the yellow
dog, of which it is related that
''every poor man keeps two and
every = poor man keeps four, that
section may become the centre of
wool production of the world, while
the sheep fed with the nitrogenous
COW pea vine and the fat-producing
cotton seed meal will renOvate the
slave-stricken soils of these States
and will bring them to the maximum
production of food and of cotton and
woollen fibres.-Edward Atkinson.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

The farmer with the richest soil is
not the one who comes out best at
the end of the season. It is gener-
ally the man who has paid the most
attention to business.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
THE sILO-sOIL1NG CROPS IN DRY SEA
SONS.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
The provisions made against dry
summers and falls such as the season
just passed presented depend a good
deal upon the farmer and the charac-
ter of live stock he has. A man with
scub COWS and rundown sheep or
swine will not exert himself much to
prepare ahead of time for emergen-
cies. But if one owns pure bred or
| graded stock of any kind he is pretty
sure to make provision against
drought. IF one does not intend to
supply the animals with good food
other than what grows naturally in
the grass field, the scrub COWS, sheep
and swine are the best for his pur-
! pose. They can hustle for a living
better than the pure bred or graded
animals. But most intelligent farm
ers today make a pretence at least to
keep good stock, and they cannot
afford to run the risk of carrying
them over dry season with scarcely
nothing in the way Of green, succu-
| lent food to feed on. Never was the
value of the silo and soiling crops
better demonstrated in many lOcali-
ties than this season. They have
saved many dairyman and stock
man losses that would have turned
the balances on their ledger on the
wrong side.
Last year there was drought
enough to convince many farmers
that the silo was essential for cor
rect summer feeding. By raising
corn for the silo they made provision
against any accident to the summer
crops, and enabled them to carry
their animals along successfully,
summer or winter, through any kind
of weather. Consequently more silos
were probably filled this year than
ever before. Silos built large enough
will not only carry the cattle though
winter, but they will have surplus
enough to make up any deficiency in
the summer crop. OF course cattle
do not take to ensilage when they
can get green grass and fodder corn,
but they much prefer it to the poor
pasture that many animals have to
put up with in midsummer.
The natural accompaniment of the
silo for summer feeding is a good
sOiling crop. With these two prop
erly raised the stock raiser or dairy
man is entirely independent CT the
weather, and a drought does not
affect him at ALL Fodder corn can
be planted early in the spring for a
soiling crop, and when dry weather
comes there will be food in abund-
ance. The COWS then instead of
hustling for living in bare pasture
fields can eat good meals in the cool,
quiet, shady parts of the fields or
barn yard What a difference this
makes in their milk and butter pro-
ductiOn, and also in their general
health And yet the extra labor and
cost required to do this is insignif-
can't. It is something that a dairy
man must do if he would make money
in these days of competition and
comparatively small profits.
w. E. FARMER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Several new advertisements of i'm
proved stock for sale appear this
week. Our advertising columns are
for the benefit of all who wish to
buy or sell, and no reader gets the
full value of The Progressive Farmer
any week until he has carefully ex-
amined them.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Do you think church would in
crease it's membership if no meetings
were held that outsiders could attend.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06
Agriculture.
COMMERCIAL MANUREs.

How to Study the Soil and Find What is
Needed,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-06

Craven Co., N. G.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CAREY
RemOdeIing OF Hotel and Bar Add
Beauty and Convenience

Ben Eaton, proprietor Of the Carey no.
tel, is making numerous changes in his
establishment A new billiard room has
been constructed at the west end Of the
lobby and the present billiard room will
be utilized as a writing and reading
room. The building is being painted on
the outside and has been re-papered and
painted throughout on the interior. Mr..
Eaton has arranged to construct two
large parlors for the convenience of his
guests and has put in a half dozen new
rooms with baths. He has also ordered
an entire new set of decorated table china
at a cost exceeding $1,000. New velvet
carpets are being laid in the halls and a
new marble floor will be laid in the lobby,
with a black notified Dashboard. The
floor, however, will not be laid until
July, when business is quiet.
The Carey bar is also undergoing some
fine remOdeling. A new partition has
been put in just at the rear of the bar
similar to that in the front of the room.
Back of this partition will be a storage
room for stock also a cloak room and
other conveniences. A new stairway has
been built from this up to the pool room,
which Overlooks the bar from the rear.
The arrangements are very beautiful and
very convenient throughout.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

Rathbone Sisters meet in regular ses-
sion at 7:3O this evening. Initiation.
Regular meeting of Peerless Lodge No.
SIS, D. of H, this evening at o'clock.
There will be a farewell reception given
to Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Allison of the West
Side at the Dodge Avenue NJ. E. church
Friday evening at 1870 p. m.
The ladies of the Central Christian
church will hold their regular monthly
luncheon this (Friday) afternoon, from
to 5. at the home of Mrs. Cone. ia Uni
versity, West Side. Everybody invited.
Regular convocation of Wichita Chap
ter No. SO, r. A. NJ, at Masonic hall,
corner First and Main. this evening at
7:30. Sojourning companions welcome.
BY order of the NJ. E. H. P. c. F.
Adams, secretary.
All who take part on the program at
the meeting of the Young Womans For
eign Missionary Society of the First
Methodist church al the home of Miss
Mary Kelly, 3O5 South Water street, this
morning, will please meet there at 7:30
o'clock. Each member of the society will
please be prepared to state the amount
you desire to give on frank offering and
scholarships.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
I'll RUSSELL'S COMPANY
Company Playing a Poor Relation Is
Guaranteed GOOd

Manager MarJling Of the Crawford
theatre IS in receipt Of the following
from Mir O'Neu. manager of Sol Smith
RusSelTs a Poor Relation company:
DO not be afraid 10 too strongly recon-
mend the play and company 10 Your pat
rons. We Will fulfill 10 the letter all you
can possibly say Of the performance. The
same company is supporting Mr.. keenan,
thar played with Mr. Russell up TO mis- re-
tirement in Chicago. and this Is the same
strong cast that was engaged for New
York. Chicago. Boston Philaie phia ana
the large cities. You can readily grasp
what great thing it is Tor the smaller
cities ana one-nght stands. Mr. Berger
continuing the season with Mr.. keenan,.
in the part Mr. keenan, has made q
most emphatic hit as Noah Vale" In
fact It is hard 10 make people who have
seen Mr.. Russell in the part believe Il Is
nos him, some going so FAR as 10 say they
like Mr.. keenan, better. We are con
tnuaHy receiving word from managers
sSng fer a return date this season. The
venture has been a great triumph. In
ariy every place We have done the
la~ee-5 business Of the season. It is most
graf wing 10 see our audiences leave the
theatre. BY word and action they ex-
press their delight OF the play. company
and entire production. We have the at
traction that gives the utmost satisfac-
ton and the thing is "a impress 1t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
TROUBLE IS BREWING
Fight on Between Sam Amid0n
and Tammany.
w. [. BROWN is THE CAUSE
Claimed Amidon Promised
Him SedgWick Delegation.

A warm fight is brewing in the Demo-
cratic party in this county. The charge
is made by several Democrats that Coun-
ty Attorney Sam Amidon has promised
the Sedgwick county Democratic delega-
ton to the convention at Great Bend TO
Major W. L. Brown of Kingman, who is
fusion nomination TO congress.
"Since Mr. Amidon has set himself up
as the boss of Sedgwick county Democ-
racy," said Harry Stewart last night, Il
think we will have time to show him
that he has not got the party in his vest
pocket and cannot control the conven-
ton to nominate delegates. Mr.. Amidon
will be set down on hard What right
had ne TO promise Major Brown that the
Sedgwick delegation would go to Great
Bend instructed to support him for the
nomination for congress. I know what
I am talking about when say that Ami
don made this promise, and I can sub
stantiate my statements"
1t is understood that Tammany, of
which Mr.. Stewart is one of the leading
members, will organize a fight on Ami
don and. incidentally, on Brown. 1t IS
claimed that when AmidOn announced
that he was not in the race for the con-
gressional nomination he offered his aid
to 1. P. Campbell of this city, who is
also q candidate. The fact that he is
now alleged to have gone over to the
Brown side has created no little talk, and
is likely to precipitate quite a fight.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-23
BANK GETS II ALL
Receiver AIbaugh Makes Big
Winning in Federal Court.
PROCEEDSOF CROSSESTATE
To be Pro-Rated Among De-
positors of Emporia Bank

One of the most important events in
the famous case growing out Of the fall
ure of the First National bank OF EN-
poria was the decision Of Judge Williams
ing depositors $4,000 proceeds of Sunny
Slope farm, belonging to C. S. Cross, over
the claim Of William Martindale. vice
president Of the, bank, that this money
should go to the First National bank
of Emporia. the Fourth National bank of
ST. Louis and Ford Harvey Of Kansas
City, as special creditors, by reason OF
bill of sale made out by Cross in favor
of these creditors in July. 1898. In all
five bills of sale had been made for the
Cross herd of wfite-faced Herefords. The
one made out IN July, $685. was in favor
Of the New York and st. Louis banks
and Ford Harvey of Kansas City and
was found among the dying declarations
of Mr.. Cross. Through this bill Of sale
Mr. Martindale attempted to divert the
$50 900. the proceeds of the sale OF the
cattle, to them as special creditors. 1t
was the first intention of Receiver AL
baugh to appOrtion this generally among
the creditors, but in the contest over
the claims of Martindale for the eastern
creditors, another bill of sale made in
March was found. This was made to VIII
liam Martindale to protect the bank for
Indebtedness of Cross. Through this Mr..
AIbaugh, by Judge Williams decision yes
terday. will be enabled to pro rate the
entire $4,000 among local depositors,
which is much better than expected.