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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-08
DISASTROUS MINE EXPLOSION.

SALT LAKE, May Mime explosion
occurred at 10 o'clock this morning
IN the Winter Quarters coal mine, at
ScOneId, a hundred miles south of
this city and probably fifty miners
were killed and d hundred more in
jured. The bodies of thirty miners
have been brought out and the work
OF rescue is going on. The mine ex-
plosion is believed to have been
caused by the blowing up of a num-
Der OF kegs of blasting powder, but
the point at which the internal ex-
plos1on took place is not yet known.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DEAD.
SALT LAKE, Utah, May 4.-The
latest dispatch from Scofield, says
that $50 will be about the total num-
Der of dead. There are not enough
collins in the camp to bury the dead,
and to add horror to the situation
the bodies are rapidly decomposing,
and 1t has been suggested that ere
nation may have to be resorted to.
Comparatively few Of the men recov-
cred ere killed by the explosion.
The majority having no bruises or
wounds had evidently met death by
asphyXiation caused by the after
damp succeeding the explosion. The
conclusion. however, was so great
that five men working in the open
air around the mouth of the mine
were severely hurt.
One man was blown with his horse
a distance of two hundred yards.
If any n man is to blame for the
accident it will never be known, for
no nan who can tell the story has
come out of the mine alive. Many
old coal miners, familiar with these
mines, state that they have always
been regarded as among the safestin
the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-08
The Thinkers.
VOTERS.

Parties are good in their place, but
most if not all reforms come through
the independent voter. The, mug
wump or independent is generally
headed by men who are readers and
who see ahead where parties are
drifting and allow themselves to be
abused by old party leaders never
theless they persist and keep leaven-
ing the lump till large crowds are
converted to their way of thinkiag..
The political boss is a born enemy
to the independent. Why? Because
he, the boss, cannot rule the indie
pendent by the pop of his whip. The
father Of the political boss is the
party being in power for several
years, which breeds the boss system.
No new party has a boss, but if
they stay in long, likewise, one and
all of them will have their boss.
Hence, a good idea for no party to be
kept in power very long.
It is a good thing for the people,
for political parties to be very near
equal in strength, because the "ins"
will think if they do not govern we'll
the "oUts'' will get in.
After the election, the good citizen
will always do all possible to help
the lawfully elected officers to gov
ern by doing all possible to help them
administer the laws whether the off
GERS are of their choice or not.
Each man should study the issues
and read up on both sides of a public
question if possible, go to the speak
ings and then form his own con
illusions and vote as he thinks best
D. L.. Gore, in Southport Standard.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-08

ings and then form his own con-
illusions and vote as he thinks best
D. L. Gore, in Southport Standard.
EDITOR GREEN ON THE AMENDMENT.
In his literary address at the com
mencement Of Marshville Academy,
Prof. Henry Louis Smith, Davidson
College, said if the fear of of negro
domination is removed from politics
in North Carolina it is very uncer-
tain as to what political party would
be in control, and there is a great
deal of meaning in what he said. We
have said before and we still say that
there is not a question in politics
that appeals so successfully to the
passions (nOt to reasOn) of men than
the race question. To eliminate this
question means a great deal towards
elevating North Carolina politics to
a decent and higher standard. Pass
the amendment as it is and it will
partially eliminate it, but as the
negro race becomes educated the
same question will come up again in
a few years. Why not incorporate
an additional section making it I'M
constitutional for a negro to hold
Oficein North Carolina? This would
forever remove the fear of negro
domination and take that question
permanently out of politics, and such
amendment would not be in conflict
with the Federal Constitution either.
IF the Democratic party is sincere in
their claim that they want the negro
out of politics, they can, by taking
this course, get practically every
white man in the State to aid them
in passing such Observation-Disclosures
vile Home.
There are men in this country,
white, black and of every shade be-
tween the two, who could not be
made good citizens or safe voters
with any conceivable amount Of
book learning. In fact, education of
the intellect alone would only add to
their efficiency as enemies Of organ
lied socity. To qualify men for the
exalted duties of sovereign citizens
of a great republic, the moral nature
must be trained until a high sense
of personal honor and a realization
Of personal responsibility, becomes
second nature and instructive. They
must be educated in patriotism as
we'll as in books: Men who practice
bribery and corruption II not illit-
crate, however their moral natures
may be perverted, and one such is a
greater power for evil than a hun
dred voters who cannot write their
names. The South has spent millions
Of dollars in educating the colored
race. Are they better qualified as
citizens than they before?
There are many negroes who T
good citizens and vote honestly and
inteIligently, while there are whites
who never do. To be worthy Of the
right of suffrage there must be a
sort of esprit de corps, a realizing
sense that the individual is a part Of
the nation and responsible, as well
as his fellows, for the character of
the government which he has helped
to establish a personal pride in his
high position as a citizen. Such
qualifications are FURNISHED and
frightened by learning and intelli-
gence.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
To keep posted, read The Progress
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-08
TWENTY OUT OF THIRTY KILLED.

MANILA, May 5.-The American
garrison at Catubig, Island Of Samar,
consisting of thirty men, belonging
to the Forty-third regiment has
been attacked by rebels. Twenty of
the Americans were killed. The re
mainder We're rescued.
The Americans We're quartered in
the Catubig Church, which the enc
my, numbering several hundredm men,
surrounded and fiercely attacked.
The Americans fought for two days
and then the rebels managed to ig-
mite the roof of the church and it
burned away and finally fell upon
those inside the edifice. The walls
remained intact, however, and We're
used as a shelter by the besieged
Americans for three days longer,
the enemy attacking the building on
all sides at once.
The Americans continued firing
from the windows and doors of the
church and did great execution
among the FilipinOs. It is estimated
that over 200 of the latter We're killed.,
many dead bodies being removed
from the scene of the fighting.
After five days resistance by the
Americans a lieutenant and eight
men arrived from Loan and engaged
the beseigers who thereupOn retired.
The fortunate arrival Of these re
Inducements prevented the annihi-
lation of the American forces en-
trenched in the church, who had re
peatedly declined to surrender when
ordered to do so by the FilipinOs.
The ten survivors were without
food, had little ammunition and were
physically exhausted when relieved.
NJ. E. CHURCH's MARVELLOUS GROWTH.
CHICAGO, Ill, May 3.-The feature
today at the Methodist General Con-
ference was the reading Of the
Bishops ~quadrennial address by
Bishop E. G. Andrews. The address
was prepared at a recent meeting OF
the Board of Bishops in indianapolis.
1t showed that during the past hun
dred years the Methodist Episcopal
Church had developed ninety-seven
fold.
The Bishops address stated that
the church will not abandon its posi-
ton on the liquor question. On the
contrary s'aroused and indignant at
the a~ggressions Of the liquor power,
at the inexcusable miscarriage of the
anti-canteen law, and at the new
perils in which the nation is involv-
ing it's new possessions, it will sum-
mon and pledge all our ministers and
people to a more ,determined struggle
against this enormous evil"
AS to marriage and divorce, the
address continued:
In the presence of this evil the
church cannot allow its rules on the
subject of divorce and remarriage to
be in any case imperative and void.
Let. if need be, the church law be
amended to more perfectly express
the New Testament rule Of marriage.
But by the voice of it's public assem-
blies, by it's pulpits, and by the judi
ciOus exercise of discipline, the
church should keep itself pure, and
aid the civil law and the practices OF
society to become pure"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-05-08
State News.
TAR HEELS ARE DOING.

If the state P~ress-Drops of T~urpentine
cream Inns of Rice From the East-Clusters
anu Cr,pes and Tobacco Stems From the
,,rtb-Stalks of Corn and Grains
of Wheat From the West
Peanuts and Cotton
Seed From the
South.
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CONTINUED on PAGE g.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13
IL also the case 81 man ether $1,000 =
ofsthe Union.
Varied Custoams !. 81 4 &. Hiaoprss-gs sdins.

AyMSS
Ss Prot. w. Il "a. Henry ill., his book on
Feeds and Feed h says III At any
point OF observe Ion we Ind the RAJ
ton for the horse usually composed:
OF only one or two kinds of grain and
\ the same limited humber OF coarse
dry folders. the feeder Insisting that
these are practically all that can be
given this animal with safety and nd
economy. We need not travel tar.
however, to find the list more or less s
changed, sometimes entirely SO, yet
with the same claim as to SUI erior 8:
or necessity as before. II the north g
ern states the almost universal leeds ls
for the horse are timothy hay n and 81 1lt1
oats; il the south dian corn serves s.e
mainly for the conc entrates with dried re
corn orr leaves for roughage. On the s1. 2
racine coast, crushed barley - ne
prlnlclpal grain, While the nay ]. comes %
from rom the wild oat, the barley OF ]: wheat
plant. Passing to other countries, We
find an interesting array of articles
in the dietary Of the horse, though 'tgs
still no large number IS IN use 4; IN an any
one locality. In London we t5 read IS: g IN
some sterile countries, \: horses are
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13
Live Stock Items.

According to Western dispatches, thu
Colorado State Land Board has invited
trouble by leasing to Swift & Co. OF
Chicago IS, 1000 acres in the State North
Park. If such deal should be COM
Spleted some 800 settlers in the region
will be forced to vacate, and trouble
will probably result. u
Fort Worth cattle men are trying to
arrange for the holding Of a fat stock
and cattle. show at that point next
February. It is believed that the mon
ey necessary to make it success will
be cheerfully subscribed by the cattle
growers Of the locality. ts =
q. According to Lond on trade journals
that market has importe to date from
Argentina 81, 603 less cattle and GOATS
less sheep than at the corresponding
period last year. Increased shipments
of dressed beef have made up the def
cit in part, but will not compensate
for the decreased imports on the hoof
The Washington State Fair Associa-
tion will be entitled to the $500 pre-
MUM given by the American Short
Horn Breeders Association this year,
as it's managers have succeeded in
raising the $500 conditional amount.
This will give it $1,000 to be expended
in premiums for that breed, and should
attract good exhibit.
+ Secretary Pickrell Of the American
Short-Horn Breeders Association
writes that the $4,000 subscribed by
citizens of Kansas City for prize mon
ey at the combined sale and exhibit of
short horn and Hereford cattle, will
be divided equally between the two
breeds. The committee is now trying
to- classify the $4,000 subscribed at the
last meeting Of the Central Short Horn
Association. Entries for the Kansas
City sale. will close Aug. 10 and for the
Chicago sale Oct. !. S.si#. IA :Szs-s;s- 81
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13
EHOalt try Is SO %

~
Lice are very ldeztt ructi I've So turkeys.
and IL ID absoln.s necessary to in
spect the. birds rec uea:: 81 Is keep 81
The parasites One must not take IL
FOR granted that the turkeys have no
lice Just because most of them appear
thrift The lice ~ most of them.
attack the weak birds: q.
s3 s5ss i
4s#z The work OF breeding up layers al
the Maine5experiment station Is 6 good
one. In q recent periment they SCI
Sletted 236 hens and kept q record OF
their Individual performance for q
year after each one began to; lay. OF
these hens 80 laid 100 or more eggs
and 35 less than 100 eggs each. The
records vary all the way from SO. eggs
per yearato 2O8.. This difference is re-
markable, and shows the necessity OF
5cllling out the poor layers. The re-
suit OF the experiments is to unsettle
much that we formerly thought set
tied, such as the SUPP osed possibility
Of telling a good layer on sight. The
reports says: "a study Of the record
sheets shows great differences in the
capacities of hens, and marked varia-
lions in the regularity of their WORK;
some commencing early and continu-
ing laying heavily and regularly month
after month, while others varied
much, laying. well one month and
poorly or not at all the next. It is i'm
possible to account for these vagaries,
as the birds in each breed were bred
alike and selected for their uniform
ity. e ALI pens were of the same size
and shape and contained the same
number Of birds. Their feeding and
treatment were alike throughout.
Whenever. changes were made In the
feed in one pen, they were made In
the others. That they were in good
health is shown by the fact that but
two were ailing, and we're taken out
early, two crop bound; and one in
jured by rough treatment by q cock
erel Many Of the lightest layers gave
evidence of much vitality, and in many
instances there were no marked indi-
cations in form or type by which we
we're able to account for the small
amount of work performed by them.
Numbers 234, 70 and 296 yielded re-
spectively 36, 81 and SO eggs in the
year. They were Of the egg type, and
gave no evidences Of weakness or mas
culinity." 49, .%.,:c -
g y
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Tv1.s for ryisg yyssL.

- for Ty1ag ee5
The NfehiEaa experiment station
asked this question of sssas Of the.
largest dealers ID wool: ~ ths use OF 6
stnfertsr twtns nd to & ausA q II
common enough 70 naaks 70 aAvisa1ie
70 expaain . wool srsNsrs The bsst
grades OF twtns to use, TIE azaoa1t -
Use, etc: e II publishes the fslaswlax
answers: 3 $s5SI fs3S 5 81 sF#
Answer by NO. 1.-The use Of Inc
terior twine, and too much of It, is
certainly q great drawback to the
marketing OF Michigan wool, and I'm
der all circumstances should the use OF
sisal or binding twine BE avoided, as
manufacturers discriminate strongly
against heseess tied up in this manner,
as the vegetable substance gets into
the yarns and ruins them unless the
woel Is carbonized. The latter process
takes the life out OF the fiber and also
weakens it, hence carbonized wool is
only used in inferior fabrics. We thiak
six to eight feet Of Irvine is suMcient
to tie the wool in such manner#th the
deeces can be marketed in coed shape.
Answer by No. lit is advisable for
the grower to use as little Irvine as
possible, and such Irvine should be OF
the best grade. i It should simply be
wound round the heeces once. 8.
Answers by Nos. 8, 4, and 9.-Yes.
Answer by No. Ga small hard
round twine should be used, tying up
the Heeces once across each way, the
same as you would tie up a box, not
using any more twine than is actually
necessary. a thick fiber Irvine is very
detrimental and most especially that
called sisal 3s%#
Answer by No. THE use of infe-
rlor Irvine is a Disadvantage 81
Answer by No. S.-The use Of sisal
twine is very serious injury to wool,
and causes such damage in certain
kinds of manufacture that nanufac-
turers are Obliged to use foreign woods
to escape the risk of damage to their
goods. If your efforts can prevent the
use OF sisal twine throughout the state
it will make one step towards popu-
larizing Michigan wool.
me 0dl1cLln IuTtaer SAYS BESIDES
weight there is still another reason
why buyers object to coarse twine.
The coarse, hard hbers Of the tvine are
apt to work in among the wool fbers.
Manufacturers find it difficult to sep
arate these foreign fbers from the
wool, and unless they are renewed
they work injury to goods nanufac-
tured from such wool We believe the
tine has come when Michigan wool
growers should adopt small Irvine of
better quality. A small linen Irvine
used by nearly all wool growers in
Australia is to be recommended in
every way. While such Irvine costs
about 25 cents per pound it runs near
~ 2,7o0 feet to the pound. A pound Of
linen Irvine should therefore tie 270
neeces, allowing twenty feet to each
fleece. This linen Irvine Is soft Irvine
and should the hbers become mixed
with the wool fbers there would be
no injury done. Number Is hemp is
also to be recommended. There are
about sixteen hundred feet Of this
Irvine to the pound and it can be pur-:
chased for about 10 cents per pound
The only objection raised to the use OF,
a small fine Irvine for tying wool was
that it was hard on the wool packers
hands. :.- (. -.
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2. Winter Wheat for Nebrsska.

Press Bulletin Is, Nebraska experil
ment station, says: In the fall Of
1885 thlrty-seven varieties OF winter
wheat were soHn on the station farm.
OF these. all but three varieties killed
out SO badly that it was net ,consid-
cred worth while TO harvest them.
The three varieties that lived through
were Turkey Red. Big Frame and Cur
reH. In the fall Of 1888 there were
sewn more than hundred varieties,
and only five came through the winter
In good condition. Those just men
toned were three OF the Ave. Last fall
To- ft'orty-tWo varieties wee sown, Of
which seven did not terminate and,
nineteen winterkilled The seme three
varieties were among the best but the
Yields have not yet been aseertained.
In In. order to test the relative merits Of
the seed thus selected and that Of the
same sam varieties from some other sec
tons Of the country, seed Of the Ilr-
key Red variety was brought from tkr
Ohio and Iowa experiment stations
and OF the Turkey from Kansas. The
latter lis very similar to the Turkey
Red grown here. Seed Of the Currell
variety was also obtained from the
Maryland experiment station. None Of
these did so we'll "a the Nebraska.
grown varieties, With the possible ex-s
ception OF Kansas Turkey. Contrary
to expectations, this wheat matured
On rIj a.. + h an tffa N1Ahraala ru.rkay 6Re6
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r. 30 j. q 4 =. = 'I,
Egg Eating.

I. Egg eating, says a poultry *fancier.
can be prevented by keeping plenty
of ground bone, oyster shell and fine
gravel before your flock all the time
50 they may eat at will, and construct
the nest. in dark place. By doing
this you will seldom be annoyed by
those egg eaters. On those that have
formed the habit, pare of the upper
mandible quite blunt, also the lower.
and put china nest. eggs IN nests; they
will work awhile at those artificial
eggs, and finding they cannot break
them. will yield This is the best cure
I know Of. :|=: 2 Es :: IN! f,Fs
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13
SollIne Crons.


A communication from the Vermont
Experiment Station says: An old adj
age hath it that closing the barn door
after the theft Of the horse is not the
best method of preventing burglary.
Yet It Is held to be worth while as q
,diseoprager of further pilfering.
The dairyman who within the past
few weeks has seen his COWS shrinking
and his creamery checks dw1ndling
feels inclined to shut the barn door
and stop the loss. How may he do this
best? If he has planted soiling crops
like peas and oats, Hungarian millet,
and the like and has been supplements
ing the dying pastures with green feed
in the barn or yard, he has closed the
door before rather than after the theft
has prevented rather than cured.
Moreover, the necessity for the sum
mer feeding Of grain is greatly les
sened. # he has no recourse to soii-
ing crops, nothing but buying grain
can lessen the shrinkage. The Yer
mont experiment station has for many
years experimental with sundry soil
ing crops, and as a result Of its work
recommends e 'nt[l to Vermont dairymen the
large use OF summer sum. q silage and Of oats
and and peas 's soWn at weekly intervals and
fed during tlri July and August. III
Silage is probably the cheaper food;
oats and peas somewhat the better. IL,
the former is contemplated as a steady
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13
Horticult ura1 Obserya lions.

1T is hard work for the farmer to
keep watch for all the insects that prey
upon his crops. yet this hard work
must be undertaken If success is to be
his. A knowledge i Of entomology I; is
very necessary in nearly every position
in: which the: fruit grower is placed
Sometimes the insects that do the most
damage are the small ones. S y.
s{S# 81 45 y - ~ = MI.
Secretary Barnard OF the Nebraska
State Horticultural society says, that
the ground in both blackberry and
raspberry patches should be stirred
four or five inches deep once a year by
one-horse stirring pillow or some 9TH
er instrument that will thoroughly stir
the ground, then the soil kept loose by
frequent cultivation. Prune blackberry
In winter OF spring; take out all Old
wood, an 4 cut back n eW wood to three.
or four feet Cut off all side shoots
that hang over the row or. they will
make your horse afraid to walk close
to the row when cultiYating. Summer
pruning or pinching Of the blackberry
can be avoided with good results, as.
the. large leaves on top Of the strong.
young shoots will partially shade the
ripening berries, which is very bene-
fetal There viii be enough fruit buds.
below the four foot mark to furnish all
berries that the cane can ripsn with
out this pinehing back.
3sSS ~ = q, # tSs$
&s The Vermont experiment station re-.
ports that two insects have been very
destructive in Vermont this season.
The first IS the canker worm, some
times known as the Measuring worm. u
This IS 8 small green or brownish
worm or caterp II bout an inch
long. It feeds on the apple leaves, and
on other trees som etimes It may be-
found spinning down from the
branches on 4 fine silky thread any
time during the day This insect lis
smaller 1 and gTeener than the forest
tent caterpi1l lar. and does not run In
such large fanni Hes. r does ga Yo,od
deal of damage ii some cases, how
ever. The other insect IS the cigar
case bearer. SO ca He'd rom the fact
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-10-13

osene and water, kerosene emulsion,
l to -, or whale oil soap, 1 pound in
4 gallons of water, may be successfully
used, and as all the eggs hatch at
about the same time, one thorough ap-
plication made while the larvae are
crawling will so clear a tree as to
make it safe for two or three years at
least. X ~si' r''- - p 49, -