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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-26
FOR SALE AND RENT.

EOK KENT.
SIX ACRES OF LAND At Lochaber, ius,
north OF the city limin Good place iors
profitable market garden. Apply at this
Office. dacO2 ~
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-26

AVA AND Nc CHA COFFEE, best grade
- bean, ground, or pulverized, none better
at any price, delicious in fsvor, 25c per lb.. At
VIZ WOOLLS a SONS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-26

TT EMS PICKLEs.-A fine assortment
IL of Heinz's bottled Pickles. Sauces and
Cstsups just received by
J. c. MILBURN
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-07-26

WYE SELL TEAS LIKE WE DO EVERY
w THING ELSE at reasonable profit.
Our Green ! es at 40c equal to any SOC Tea
IN this city. ". p WO0LLS Il SON
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

ot the legum9s, salts Of ammonia nj.
crate Of soda, dried blood, cotton seed
meal, fish ard stable manures. Lime,
upon certain soils, is q fertilizer, and
IN Others mechanical agent for de.
composing muck and hoccuIate clay,
that ls exceedingly valuable. Wher
ever the water is hard, as We term it,
the soil contains enough lime. The
writer has conducted an experiment
with lime on clay soil that prod uced
distinct beneficial reeul5s for six years
after it's application. Oa strip 10 yards
wide and wishous accurate measuring
he quantity that was applied, the sur.
face was well whitened. We shoald
think that it was applied at the rate
of abouE 80 bushels to the acre. The
land was in sod at the time Of appica.
EIon, which was made in the fall. In
che spring the field was put in corn,
and whether in corn, potatoes, wheat
or grass, TIE soil to which the lime was
applied showed distinctly for six years.
t was always believed that the soil
~as somewhat eour, and this condition
was renedied by the Iiue. That is
ne OF the valuable ffi 2es OF lime.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20
FARM AFT AIRS.
STRAW AT ROMt AND FOR The
MARKET.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
StrAg n - been hlR DER priced this
winter IN the large E stern cities than
eInos5 an, other farm prod0cs selling
"a hIgn a 81 cents per huGdred weight
in Ne > YORK for the best lOr G rye At
such prtc the straw crop, instead OF
being al article to get rio OF the best
vay possible. Is bound co figure Proml'
nently In he market returns or tue
farmer IN the future OIe OF the
reasons for the relative scarcity OF
straw has been the consumptlon OF
large quantities of it oy the straw
board paper mills, which use thou
sands OF tens Of it every year. But
the s1aW tna5 pays to raise for mar
ket is long rye straw Of an unusual
length aud bright ano golden in appear.
ance. TuIs straw is used by private
stables, whjse owners can afford to
pay the price for 1t. In order to secure g
sucn sgrav i5 is necessary to raise
crops OF rye N which the grain irselt
is frs class Good rye is pro luced on
good straw Without q Rood stand OF
the stalk the grain is not apt to be
good. Taere are some variCies that
have q 81 OF and weak straw which
produces fairly good crops, but it does
not pay 60 raise them when long rye
straw Is seIlInz so we'll in the cities. In
ORD er TO MAKE this by product of the
rye crop profitable it must be sorted
out and graded With the same care
that tne hay farmer grades his hay.
There is such close discrimination
shown by the market men between
good and ordinary bedding straw that
it pays to do the sorting at home care
fully and conscientious!y.
But any OF The straw crop that fails
to grade 40 60 the best In demand can
be u liz d in profitable way at home
Cattle eat lt, and ir helps co make valu
able 4rIlK'r, while paper factories
will o'r4n pay good p ices for it by the
ton, Ia order CD get the On sc for the
best sCra 2 I5 Is q lite essential thai 1t
shou bs kept indoors through th3
winter .on until ready for market
Straw " stacked and lett ouUd oors through
the winter can never cuG much figure
in the city msTke ts. 1t becomes brt ken,
rusty dirty and soft, any Cne Of which
is suffi Gent Co condemn it Housing
Of the straw ehould be practice wher.
ever it is raised for market. Then If
there il an overflow, leave the poorest
grades out of doors in stacks with at
least a canopy or covering over the
top. If possible this straw should be
taken in ss soon as possible, for when
left oui ell winter it Rbsorbs moisture,
and cons q lensly it can absorb less
liquid manure when used for bedding
A little more attention to the straw
crop will not only prove matter OF
small economy, but an important item
Of prof. to toe owner.
WILLIAM CONWAY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20
EARLY FRUIT QUESTIONS.

OIEEeSpOnuonco OF Gne progressive Farmer
It is advisable to get the mulch away
from fruit trees and vines as early in
sprirg az possible, but not until the
danger from excessive free zing is past.
A warm spell in March will sometimes
start the sap Up, and then if the mulch
is removed and the ground worked the
roots may be severely damaged by
late cold snap. Fruit growers cannot
do better than to remove the mulch
early, work the soil as soon as it is
possible to do it, and then watch the
weather reports. On the f1rsg indic.-
tion Of cold wave put back the mulch
at night or give some proGec ion to the
early varieties of fruits 10 this way
one can have an early start with the
fruits and sometimes harvest the first
crop a week earlier. This means a
Good deal, for the first picking OF any
fruit crop, il good, is the most profit
able. Some in their desire to reap the
benefits Of these early high prices har-
vest their fruits before they are ripe
and ship them to market, and in nine
cases out Of ten lose. There is a differ
ence between an early harvest of ripe
fruit and green, half formed fruit
picked a week or two too early.
In the matter of spraying it should
be remembered that this must be done
at the proper time to be Of any use
Spraying is one of the most westetul
practices on many farms, simply be
cause the owners do not understand
the use Of it. We spray for scab early
in the SEASON, just before the buds
open. Later than this it is of little or
no use. Tbis applies to all fruits. II
one has reason to believe that there ia
no trace Of scab in the orchard what is
the obj 7ct of sprayiDg9 None at all,
for the codling worm and similar pests
will not be reached by this early work,
The time to spray for this pest is after
the bloom is over. Neither should the
spraying be done while the blossoms
are in full bloom. At such time the
spray has decided tendency to pre-
vent the setting Of the fruit, and the
orchard may be materially damaged
The blossoming period is the critical
time for the orchard. an6 nothing
must be done to blight or interfere
with the setting Of the fruit. The sen
si iveness of the blossoms is apparent
when we consider how an east wind or
a damp week may turn a promising
orchard into an improbable one by
blasting all tie blossoms. Another
danger that may arise from spraying
during the period when the blossoms
are in full bloom is that of poisoning
honey bees. The bees which suck out
the pollen are sure to take out some Of
the poison, and thereby suffer. All
orchardists do not keep beer, but they
may iDjure their neighbor's property
and Indirectly themselves, because
bees in an orchard distinctly help the
fruit crop. 8 W. CHAMBERS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20
COMMERCIAL FARTILrzaR.

Pants that are G. own under natural
coadstiors contain 13 elementary sub
etaEcr g, three of which come from the
air. nEne from the coil and one from
beth air and coil, remarks q CORE
sp0ndent OF the EpiSomist.
All, excep9 three of these, do not re
q1ige repleniehing as a rule, but nitro
gen, potash and phosphoric acid, of
which soils contain but a comparative
Iy small supply ard upon which all
CROP draw heavily must be added to
the sol from time to time. ALI com
merc,al fertilizers are principally com
posed of the se three elements in diff 5r
enG proportions, and TIE fer1il z de
pends for its value upon the q Iantity
and purity ~ ID. g. ingredients II a
fertilizer contains salt of ammonia or
nitrate of s)da-sources of nitrogen
or organic nitrogen; potash, as, for
instance, wood ashes or muriate Of
potash and phosphate Of lime, it is q
complete manure. Superphosphate Is
soluble in water and hence can be
made Immediately available by the
plant The bone phosphate and rock
phosphate are insoluOle in water
Wnen the plant fcst begins to groW
phosphate is very valuable to it. It
hastens maturity OF fruits. Among
che several recommendations for aid
ing non bearing fruit trees TO bear,
-ometimes there can be no more i'm
port4nt one than to advise the applIca-
zion of potash B me meal will fur
nish phosphate Of lime and nitrogen,
and is ex ,ellent as a top dressing for
grass, especially meadows that are
omewhet camp. Wood ashes, il they
can be had pure, are among our very
beet fertil ars. They contain several
elements-potaeh, phosphate and car
Donates OF line-tha5 place Ihen very
nigh among the renOvetors of the coil.
Nitrogen can be furnished by the roots
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

Just at this season of the year this
following for decomposing bones may
prove of value to some. Pack the
bones with wood ashes in an old fash
ioned hogshead or other wooden vessel
and keep the MACS we'll moistened for
several months. o. ceustic lime could
be used in the came way. Where
there are large quantities to be treated
trenches in the field may be used in
f tead OF wooden vessels. Mach heat is
developed and the b ones are decom
posed completely. Some farmers re-
port best success from the use of cru
caustic potash Make a stropg solu
tion of this, heat until hot in kettle.
then pour over the bones in proportion
of one part potash to four parts bone.
turn over occasionally for several
weeks, when it is f15 for use. Care
must be exercised in handling the caus
tics, for they are liable to cause bad
sores and irj Ire clothing,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.
ANOI HeR PLAN FOR THE TO.
BACCO ASSOCIATION.
.orrespondence Of the Progressive Farmer.

correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
see in your paper that you ask for
the opinion of your readers concern
ing the Tobacco Growers Association.
think that all farmers ought to or
gan,Z3 on terms fair to all. Do unto
others as you have them do unto you.
There is unrest among farmers. They
are mad with somebody, but cannot
tell who it is; they went to do some.
tnlng, but cannot tell what to do.
Nearly every one is waiting to see
what is going to be done, but does not
feel that it is his place to do as much
as anyone else. Every body complains
of trusts and combines We ought not
to complain 50 much fer they help IN
many things, though in many things
are curse, if allowed to continue in
the future as they have been in the
past.
think that have plan in view
that if adopted will get the most Of the
farmers to unite. Then they will be
in shape to help themselves. My plan,
think, will test all classes, whether
they are sincere or not.
But, let me say first that am not
going to condemn capital, for that is
what we need. Capital is what the
State needs, is what need, and is
what am trying to get. But want
to get it fair and want every other
person to have a fair chance and l
think every body is like me in that re-
spect, il honest, and think the honest
man can rule.
The tobacco trust people say they
" Int to be honest with the farmer and
my plan will test their sincerity. Let
us ba fair with them. / do not think
it wise to drive eff OF the tobacco mar
ket seventy five or a hundred mil
lion of dollars. We want more money
in the trade inetead Of less.
There has been much said about the
Jordan plan. From what can learn
from farmers with whom have talked,
l don't think they will organize on this
plan. They, seem TO fear that they
will be like the monkey and rat when
they had stolen a cake OF cheese.
When they were trying to divide it in
half they fell out about which had the
largess piece and agreed to call in
uncle Tom cat to settle the matter.
Uncle Tom brought in his balaneesand
said the monkeys piece was too heavy
and would slice eff a piece and eat it
himself; then tried it again and found
Mr.. Rats too heavy this time. SO he
would piece eff a piece Of his this
time, instead of Mr.. Monkeys. The
upshot was the rat and monkey were
not long in fiodiDg out where their
cheese was going.
lam not accusing Mr.. Jordan of not
being sincere in what he ssys. think
he is the farmers frieD d, but farmsEs
have baen fooled go often that they are
suspicious Of almost everything that is
presented to them. I think my pIap
viii test his sincerity.
Ny plan is, f!st, fer the State As:o-
ciasIon to declare in plain words chat
the purpose OF the Association is not to
antagonIE9 the capitalist, but to see
that capi al ia fairly treated, the man
CCOurVrTTrT, Ov pAeu
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

besides real fats. wax, the green color.
ing matter Of plants, etc TIE fat Of
food is either stored up in the body az
fat or burned to furnish heat and
energy
Nitrogen free ex,ract" includes
starch, sugar, gums, and TIE like. and
forms an important part of all feeding
stuffs. but especially nf most grains.
MISCELLANEOUS TERMS.
Micro organism, or m croscopic or
ganism, is plant or animal too email
TO be seen without the aid of q com
2ound microscope.
Fungus" (p ursl, Fungi is low
form OF plant life destitute Of green col
oring matter; molds ard mushrooms
are familiar exemples Many diseases
Of plants are due to fungi
'Bacterium' (1lural, Ba ,teria) is the
name applied in common to a namOer
of different or closely related micro
scopic organisms, all of whi n consist
Of single short cH lIndrIcaI or eltlptIca,
cells or two euch cells joined end tu
end and capable of spontaneous move
ment. Many kIn0s of bacteria are
harmful ana cause diseases and 9th, r
injurious effects, but mapy are 0eDe
hcIal Ampng the laGSer are tnoee
which give favor TO OuI ter q, cheese.
and those wnlc1 enable leKumin Gus
plants to use the free nitrogen Of the
air.
Bacillus" (2lural, Bacill) is genus
or kind of becUerlum.
-. erihz9d" muk or cream, properly
speaking, Is that In which all the germ
nav ben destroyed Casually by re
peated heeung e. 2l2 degrees + Doll
ing POM }, ouG ln ualry practIce 'he
term Is applied to cream or mllK whlcn
has been heated once 20 a tempera ,uce
of about 212 tegre es T.
'Pas5eur d" milk or cream is that
which has been heaGed to a Cempera-
ture (aOou5 155 degrees 2 whIcn does
not kill all the Oacteria, out ouly those
Watcn are IN Veg9G8un& COnQ1Glon
and ready TO begin their acsiylty at
ones
'L2ct .tion "-The formation or eecre
tioa OF milk. The ''perlod OF lactA
tion'' as applied 60 cJWs m9ans the
length of time since calvIDg that they
have bsen giving milk.
TuOercutln is q nd in which the
germs OF tuOueculosl' have been grown,
but from which all live germs of the
disease have been carefully removed.
IL is administered by hypodermlo IN
lection as a test fos tuberculosis in az
mails, rise of temperature after lnjec
tion indicating the presence of the dis
ease.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

The students of the A & NJ College
IN Raleigh txpsct to Whit Biltmore
Farms SOON To make the visit an in
teFesurg one. Mr.. Vanderbilt has
offered $50 in prizes to be distributed
as follows: % Fifteen dollars to the
best ] &c o. cattle; % Tn dolIers to
secon1 BIT j 'dge Of cattle; ~ Fifteen
dollars TO best judge of swine; a. Ten
dollars to second best j ldge Of swine.
These prJz g will be In tre form Of
gold coin or silver cups, sc the students
may prefer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20
Edgecombe Co., N. @.
Respectful

Somebody is always talking about
keeping the boys on the farm. The
farm glrl, says a writer, is fully as i'm
portans in the business of the universa
as the farm boy who is go much talked
about, and we don't know any philoso
pher who is trying to find a method Of
keeping the girls on the farm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20
RALEIGH, N. c., MARCH 20. 1900

zers bought, ard would we not be far
better cff9
Now when we get together and are
in working order, want to propose
plan to the farmers for Co operation
without coming in contact with the
trust, letting them severely alone. No
law compelling Us to patronize them,
not even necessity.
Respectfully,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

The ten cent lorg stapls cotton sold
IN Raleigh market this winter was
r Used from seed Of which the variety
ts unknown but the seed CANA origin
ally from Memphis, Tenn. Mr.. E 8.
Rlddtck grew and sold this crop.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

At the Michigan Experiment Station,
1913 lambs pastured for eight weeks on
five acres of rape, showed a gain Of
1850 pounds. or three pounds week,
aE a TO al c1st of 90.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-03-20

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-23
NO MERCY FOR WASHERS.
Men Who Insult Women Will Be
HarshIy Dealt With.

Patrolman Murphy, of the Gregory
street station, arrested Henry Philips.
thirty-one years old, of No. 331 West
Fifty-seventh street, a negro, last night
at eleven o'clock on complaint of Mrs.
Louise Davis, of No. $50 Bushwick ave
nue., Brooklyn. Mrs. Davis told the officer
that the negro had accosted her while
she was waiting for a friend at the Penn
sylvania Railroad ferry and insulted her.
He opened his remarks With
eff you are going to New York, why
come with me-
Mrs. Davis told him to go away and
leave her alone. He walked out of the
ferry house and beckoned her She there
upon called Officer Murphy and told him
of the actions of the man. Murphy
chased Philips to the boat where he was
arrested.
Justice Hoos in the First Criminal Court
examined Philips this morning and fined
him $40 and costs of court. The Judge
said in pronouncing sentenee:-
s'It has come to pretty pass when
negroes accost white women on the street
and insult them. This court is determined
to show no mercy to such people. The
women who come under the jurisdiction
of this city's authorities will be protected
fully Men like Philips can take warn
ing"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-23
LIpplNcoTT INDIGNANT.
Says Time of His Court Should Not
Be Taken BY TriAing Cas,s.

Justice Lippincott's indignation was
aroused this morning by suit for slander
brought by Undertaken and ex-Coroner
Richard Gutenberg against Rudolph
Rohde, a grocer at Washington and Es-
sex street. Jacob Mauritius, who died in
the City Hospital in 1898, left request
that Mr.. Rohde should attend to his fun
eral. Mr. Rohde consulted with sister of
Mauritius, and she suggested Gutenberg
be engaged to take charge of the funeral.
Mr.. Rohde said it would be useless to
engage him as he was to be sold out by
the Sheriff that very afternoon. Olden-
berg heard of this and sued Rohde for
S.. 900 damages. 1t was shown at the
trial that there were a number of judg-
ments against the plaintiff and that he
actually was sold out by the Sheriff.
Justice Lippineott said thet the suit
seemed to be the outcome of old women's
gossip and he forcibly expressed his in
ddgnation at having the time of the court
taken I'D with such cases. The testimony
showed that he PLAINTIFFS financial repu-
tation was rotten and is counsel, Mr.. Car
rick had even procured judgments against
him. The court concluded that Gutenberg
was probably entitled to nominal damages
and irected the jury to find verdict for
six cents.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-23
NO SUNDAY BALL.
Chief Murphy Suppressed
the CommunipaW
Game.
CROWD LOUD IN PROTEST
Ministers Accused of Med
ding - Captain Farrier
Doesn't Know theWhys
and Wherefores

Orders went out from Chief Murphy TO
Captain Fiarrier of the CommunipaW ave-
nue. station that nc Sunday baseball was
to be allowed in his precinct and the re-
suit of this order caused disappointment
among two thousand persons Sunday,
who gathered in the Johnston avenue
grounds to witness a game between the
Jersey and Jersey City teams.
The expressions used when the squad
of police appeared just before the game
to notify the managers that the game was
all off, are unfit for print. 1t was thought
at first that the pastors of Lafayette were
directly responsible for the discontinuance
of the game, but it developes that the
order came through headquarters and
that no complaints were lodged, as far as
can be learned.
The Jersey City team is composed Of
professionals and this is said to be the
reason the Sunday game was prohibited
Captain Farrier said that he had heard
no complaints against any Sunday games
since he had been in the precinct, and
therefore had never attempted to stop
the game which gave innocent pleasure
to hundreds of people.
'Its far better to have them in TIE
field watching a game,' said the Cap
tain. than to have them about the cor
ners creating annoyances to the resi-
dents and disturbing passers by. l would
not stop any game, only the order came
from the Chief on Saturday to see that
there was no playing on Sunday"
The crowd last Sunday was wild when
the news got abroad. Many shouted out
that ministers were to blame for the
action of the police and as result, the
compliments paid the dominieS were not
of hattering nature. Several games
have been played on these grounds on
Sundays so far this season, and the
present action of the police looks as
thought the game were killed as far as
Sunday ball is concerned. The loss to the
management Sunday was very heavy. 1t
took two hours to refund the money to
the two Thousand spectators.
Several times the game has been block
ed on Sundays because of protests by
LAFAYETTE pastors. The Rev. I. ]. Kom-
mers of the Lafayette Reformed and
former pastor w E. Robinson, of the
| Lafayette Methodist Church, were the
| main kickers against the game. A few
wears ago arrests were made by the
wholesale by Captain MeKaig, for Sun
day playing at Communipaw.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-23
cHILD's QUEER PLIGHT.
Four Year Old Boy Caught Between
Rails of Fence.

Four-year-old John Wisloh, of Hoboken,
had a narrow escape from death oy
strangulation yesterday afternoon. Fer
over ten minutes he was held by the neck
between the rails of a picket fence IN
front of his home at No. SH Garoen
street. When extracted from the painful
position he fell unconscious to the side
walk.
The boy got caught between the pickets
in attempting to recover marble whlch
had rolled inside the fence. His cries Tor
help attracted a big gathering. In trying
to extract himself he wedged his neck In
tighter. Several attempts were made to
force the rails apart by hand but they
proved futile.
The boys face was purple and his eyes
were bulging out of his head when Patrol
man C. MoIler came to his aid. Moller got
a crowbar and succeeded in forcing one OF
the rails from its fastening at the top.
The boy then tainted. He was carried to
his home. where he revived shortly after
wards This morning he appeared TO De
none the worse for the experience.