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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26
horticulture.
SWEET AND SOUR CHERRIES

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
If there is any fruit that the mar
kets r. eve over supplied with in
summer it is the cherry, either sweet
Or sour. The reason for this is that
it takes a long time to raise a bear
inc orchard of trees, and between
the time of starting the trees until
they begin to bear there T many
enemies to contend against, and when
the fruit is ripening the birds are
bound to get more than their share.
Consequently, cherries are not as
profitable as they should be. The
market demand is always good, the
prices rarely drop much, but yet the
farmers do not make very much.
Out in California, I believe, they do
make considerable from their cherry
orchards, but elsewhere the crop
seems a neglected one.
There should be remedies for this
state of affairs, and there surely
must be. The chief reasOn may be
that very few ever make a speciality
of raising cherries. They are usually
a minor part of the fruit crop, and
the trees receive less attention than
the others. If the crop is a good one
some effort is made to keep the birds
away. Probably a small boy is sta
toned under the trees to throw stones
at the robins, sparrOws and catbirds,
but that is all. A large cherry
orchard is quite a rare thing in any
part of the country outside of Cali
fOrnia.
Agood orchard cultivated with the
same care as an apple Orpeach orchard
will pay larger profits than either,
and the work is all crammed into a
few weeks of the year. The birds
do not begin to attack the cherries
until they begin to turn red. Then
the trees should be covered with
mosquito netting. 1t can be done for
a dollar or two a tree, and if taken
off carefully before picking the fruit
the netting will do for several sea-
sons. This is the only effectual way
of keeping out birds.
Only raise fancy varieties and cul-
tivate low dwarf trees. Make the
branches spread out so they can be
easily reached with a very tall step
ladder. On the tall trees half the
crop Is lost or the limbs are broken
in the harvesting. The orchard
should be composed of twO-thirds
fancy sweet cherries, and one-third
sour varieties. There is a good de-
mand for both at all times. Fancy
table cherries picked carefully with
their stems on and shipped in neat
boxes will sell like hot cakes in any
city. They T always the most ex-
pensive fruit in the market, but as
the season is short there are plenty
willing to pay the price.
s. w. CHAMBERS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26

No better butter is made than that
which can be made on the farm, and
II brought to market in neat pack
ages the maker need fear no difficulty
IN finding buyers. A farmer who
makes such butter can always al
range to have his regular customers,
relieving him of any trouble in look
ing for buyers every time he brings
butter to the town to sell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-06-26

THE NATIONAL FARMERS All
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.
President-J.C c. Wilborn, OldP0D
S. G. ,ro
Vice-President-P. H. RanLn'
Lake City, MINI. uoa
b. We
Victor, N. Y.
LECTURERS.
J. P. Sossamon, Charlotte n :.
J.. c. Hanley, ST. Paul, Midi
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE
LANCE.
President-w. A. Graham, Mac
pelah, N. G. ,ctcb5
Vice-President-J. 5. Mi''
WintOn, N. G. sid
Secretary-Treasurer anu H1
Business Agent. B. ParA0l'
Lee Teot Ei V N. seawen' F'l
~ C h, S. Mercer ho5'
N. G.. Cred
Doorkeeper-Geo T. Lane Wv
boro, N. G. w Wah
Sergeant-at-Arms-D W.
haywood, N. c.. Fund
Trustee Business Agency C.
W. A. Graham, Machpelah' y ~
Steward. c. Balm, Wao0'
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF d r.
CAROLINA FARMERS 7lA
ALLIANCE. n
j. W. Denmark, Chairman
eigh, N. G. .aoio,, De
W. A. Graham (Ex-on
pe1ah, N. G. .-ou-ay, ~
w. B. Fleming, Ridgewoo21, 81
John Graham, WaTrenGvTIe. NJ
DR.. J. E. Person, Pl E5o+ NJ
Thomas J. Oldham, Ie0l, nn
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY nc
J. t. B. Hoover, HiI E5in, &c
G. G. Mcclellan, Goodwin II. [.
81. II. Jones, GoldsDo[O'
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CRossBRED HOGS THE BEST.

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
While the pure, bred pig may be
the best for the fancy breeder and
represents the highest standard, the
o of a thoroughbred on common
stock will give the best results in
ordinary farming. This is a matter
that leaves little room for doubt, and
the most successful farmers make
the most by judiciOusly crossing in
this way. The thoroughbred does
not in one case in a hundred possess
all those qualities of hardness and
power of growth essential to general
use. A good deal of the fancy stock
is anything but suited to ordinary
farmers needs, and it is a mistake
for any except professional breeder
to attept to handle them alone.
There is, of course, a difference in
the fancy breeds for crossing, and
one must certainly use good judg-
ment in this work.
1 think, however, few will dispute
me when I say that a farmer will al
ways be safe in getting Berkshires
and Poland-C hinas. These two
breeds seem to be the general favor
ties in this country for good and
sufficient reasons. Both breeds will
give good and quick results,
and when fed literally and push
ed to their utmost they will
yield very similar results. Now, to
my way of thinking, a rOs between
these two breeds will prove of even
o value than either breed alone.
Although somewhat similar in their
manner of developing and fattening,
these two breeds have their special
qualities which really distinguish
them more than any external mark.
The tendency of young Berkshire
pigs, when turned into the clover
fields and fed only a little feed
through the summer, is to grow lean
and lank, forming a fine carcass for
fattening purposes later. This ten
dency to leanness, however, is some
times too much emphasized to suit
the farmer, and he wishes he could
reform it. Now a cross with the
Poland China will show just this re-
form needed. The cross will hold
up better under summer feeding
than the pigs of either breed.
In crossing any breed it IS always
we'll to know just whatyOu are doing.
The parent may not be thorough
bred, but their ancestry should be
pretty we'll known. To take any
kind of a hog and cross it with a
pure-bred mate is to bring into exis-
tence an uncertainty. The pigs may
prove satisfactory and again they
may not. The risk is almost too
great to run. 1t is not a difficult or
expensive matter to secure good
hogs for breeding, and often the
cross between good breeds a be
obtained at a little less expense than
crosses between common, worthless
pigs. In selecting the animals the
qualities of the parents must be con-
sidered from another standpoint.
Not every breed makes good moth
ers, and this important. We know
the Berkshire sows make excellent
mothers, and they T also prolific.
G. S. WEsTERFELT.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-13
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The steamship Cambroman arrived
at Portland, Wednesday, with three
saloon, three second cabin ana %
steerage passengers. including $50 boys
from the DR.. Barnado homes in Eng
land. and destined to find places among
the farmers of Canada. The party was
in charge of Mr.. \. +. owen. and was
forwarded to its destination on a spec
ial Grand Trunk train.
Philip II. WiIdes. aged 20, died,
Wednesday. at his residence on Wash
ington street, Bath. He had been in iii
health for several years with asthma.
a week ago he was taken down with
the grip and rapidly failed until his
death. He was born in West Bath, son
Of Francis Wildes. When young man
he moved TO Faith and worked in the
shipyard. His father was master
builder for the late Levi HoughtOn.
Philip succeeded him in the business,
and was master builder in the Hough =
ton employ for many years. He had
charge If building many Of the ships
in the Huughton Bros. fleet. Mr..
Wildes retired about l. years ago. HI
leaves a wife and three children. Two
sons. Fred Of Fort Dodge, Iowa, ana
Harry Of Bath. and one daughter. Mrs.
Addie Skinner of Mansfield. Mass. He
has Il brother, Frank, and 4 sister, Re
b"cca. of Minnesota
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FIGHTING TOBACCO TRUST.
An Association for Protection OF Dealers
Against American Tobacco Co.

New York, April 12.-An association
for mutual protection against the al
legged harsh methods Of the American
Tobacco Co. has been organized in this
city with the following officers: Presi-
dent, John f. Kenyon; treasurer, Louis
Biel: secretary. II. NJ Levin.
President Kenyon says that it is the
aim Of the new association 10 introduce
To city retail dealers more outside
manufacturers who Will be satisfied
with making a reasonable profit ana
give the retail men an opportunity to
make Il fair living. Many Of the re-
tailers, he said, wanted different
brands of cigarettes, but under the
rules of the American Tobacco Co. a
dealer who buys from it must not sell
other brands.
Mr.. Kenyon said that the retailers
We're successfully dealing with 4 num-
Der Of new manufacturers in the South
and West ana had cut down their pur-
chases from the American 60. TO the
extent of so per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-13
OREGON POLITICS.
Republican, Democratic and PopuIi.t Con.
ventions Being Held al Portland.

Portland, Ore, April 12-Thc Repub-
lican state convention met here. today.
The following nominations were made:
Justice of the supreme court, c. f.
Wolverton, re-nominated; food and
dairy commissioner, j. w. Bailey. re-
nominated; delegates to the national
convention, NJ. f. Ankeney, J. d. DAILY,
Wallace McCammant, N. p. Kluck.
The delegates were not instructed. The
platform adopted endorsed the gold
standard legislation of the present
Congress and the course of President
McKinIey's administration in the Phil
ippines: favorS immediate construction
! of the Nicaraguan canal under govern
ment control and favors election OF
| United States senators by a direct vot,
| of the people.
| The Democratic state convention, to-
day, organized and appointed a com
| mittce to confer with committee il
the Populist state convention regard
| ing a union of the forces Of the tive
| parties. For chairman Of the stat,
committee, II. b. Nicholas. put for
| ward by the anti-imperialStS. was de
feated by Il. S. Sheridan, by a vote 81
195 to &C. In the organization of the
convention the silver and Bryan force
were victorious and every mention o
Bryan's name was rOundly cheered.
The Populist state convention spen
almost the entire day in an attemp
to effect permanent organization. ThC
| contest was over fusion with tn,
Democrats. and the Fusion element
finally was victorious. A committee
was appointed to confer with a com
mittee from the Democratic conven
ton for the purpose of uniting on I
! fusion platform and ticket
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report, must have been heavy. The
bombardment lasted all day.
Nothing has been learned regarding
the rumor of Col. Baden Powell $
death, nor is there anything tending
to show how long the general advance
toward Pretoria will be delayed.
In the absence of existing develop
ments, public interest centers more up
on the personality of the new COM
manders and in the suggestions as to
which general will be sent home next.
The sailors of the Powerful are COM
ing in for enthusiastic greetings equal
ing that which met them on the first
arrival at Portsmouth. yesterday, when
young and old women kissed officers
and men Unfortunately as they came
off the dock
The Queen has telegraphed to Cap
tain Lambton of the British first class
cruiser Powerful, which arrived at
Portsmouth, yesterday afternoon, as
follows: Il sincerely welcome you all
on your, return home and heartily con-
graduate you on the gallant and Valu-
able services you have rendered III
South Africa. | hope to see you al
shortly after my return to England.
The Duke Of York also telcgraphoc
his congratulations to Captain Lamb
| ton. his officers and the ships com
! pany of the Powerful.
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IHE QUEEN
Reviews More School Children and Drives
About in Pouring Rain.

Dustin. April 12-Therc wls decided
Improvement in the weather; today. The
Queen after starting q drive 70 the
biological gardens in her donkey car
riagc. abandoned her proposed visit 70
that place ana, instead, remained driving
i'm the vice regal grounds, where she re
viewed 1000 children from Queens county.
who had arrived too late to take part in
the chiIdren's demonstration in honor Of
Her Majesty, Saturday, IN fhoenlx p2rk
rho children were compensated for their
disappointmcnt on that occasion by being
brought to Dublin on special train, to-
day. ,, ,i ~, ouoo,
drove AIT. late this afternoon, In q closed
landau. accompanied by Princess Henry Of
Battenberg. In spite Of the pouring ram AN
Her Majesty expressed pressure ut Iei
outing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-13
FATAL GRIPPE
Few in This City Have Escaped This
Dread Affection.
Pneumonia and Kindred Evils
to be Most Feared.
VinoI the Great Tonic That Cures and
Prevents Grippe's After Effects.
VinoI the Body Builder Should
be Taken Now.
We Personally Guarantee That It Will
Do All We Claim for It.
Your Money Back If 1t Does
Not.

Have you had the Grippe? Have you
been subject to colds and coughs this
winter? Are you all run down? Is your
system debilitated? Do you feel
weak? Do you take cold easily? Do
YOU sleep poorly? Is your appetite
tickle?
Then you had better look after your
self. The grippe leaves people in a
frightful condition. Another little cold,
and pneumonia has hold of you. and
that too at a time when it is apt to
prove fatal.
Do not neglect your health, if you
have had the grippe. or have suffered
from colds this winter. Fortify your
system. get strong. be rugged ana you
can defy the diseases that are lurking
in the atmosphere.
Come and see us and let us tell you
about NinOl. 1t is a great tonic recon-
structor that makes rich. red blood.
sound flesh and hard muscle. Ninol
acts faVorably on the stomach. We
have proved that those who take it
sleep and eat as they should. There
is nothing that we can recommend 50
strongly as Ninol. especially to be tax
en- at this time Of the year. and by
people who have suffered from Grippe
and other facilitating diseases.
BECAUSE WE KNOW VINOL so
WE'LL, AND BECAUSE WE, KNOW
SO SURELY WHAT IT WILL Do,
AND HOW IT WILL ACCOMPLISH
THE GOOD IT DOES IN a SCIEN-
TIFIC WAY, WE UNRESERNEDLY
ENDORSE AND RECOMMEND IT,
AND IN EVERY INSTANCE GUAR
ANTEE TO REFUND TO ANYONE
WHAT THEY PAID Us FOR NINOL,
IF THEY DO NOT FIND 1T EN-
TIRELY SATISFACTORY.
BowditCh, Webster & Co.,
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| An accident occurred on one Of the mine
siiings q The Hellcf"nlc \ snow Shoe
ra.. Thursday by which three men were
Instantly killed ana one injured.
\ severe earthquake has occurred at
Turon, Bohemia, 60 houses being de
stroyed. though without loss Of life The
shocks continue and it is feared that the
town must be abandoned altogether.
George Motley. treasurer of the Apple
ton mills of Lowell. Mass. from 1861 to
1914, died there. Thursday night. aged n
years. He was a native Of Portland. Me.
ana had attained some prominence as a
literutcur.
Copies Of the recently issued report Of
the New Hampshire Old Home Week As
sociation We're sent. Thursday to VIM.
O Bren, the prominent Irish member. His
request for them came through Major f..
a. Devine of Manchester, who says Mr.;
o Brien is planning to adapt the Old
Home Week idea for use in ireland.
Concerning the incorporation at Dover.
Del. Wednesday, of the Anglo-American
Rapid Vehicle Co. the New York Press
prints Il Philadelphia special which says
the purpose of the inCorporators is to
gain control of all the automobile manu-
featuring and transportation companies
and to amalgamate them into one giSan-
tic concern
A Tacoma special to the Minneapolis
Times says: "Couriers from koyokuk
have reached Dawson bringing news
of important strikes on Bryan and
Mckinley creeks and other streams
holding into the hills south of that
place. Four creeks are known to pos
sess pay streaks over 80 feet wide and
3 to feet thick. Bed rock is II feet
deep. Hundreds of miners are working
on Mckinley and Bryan gulches. Min
ers have organized the district and
prohibit stalking by the power Of at
torney The size Of claims is limited
to 500 feet along from rim to rim. Ii
is estimated the district contains
claims for 5000 men,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-13
MANY Lives Saved.

In almost every neighborhood there
is some one whose life has been saved
by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. or who has been
cured of chronic diarrhoea by the use
of that medicine. Such persons make
a point of telling of it whenever oppor-
tunity off us. hoping that it may be
the means Ct saving other lives. For
sale by Jno. Coughlin. IL Water St,
Druggist.
NJ, w, T, If
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The Count of Lubersac, eldest son
If the Marquis of Lubersac. and Baron
Edouard Rothschilds, a son Of Baron
AIphonse Rothschild, fought a duel
with swords. Thursday, near Paris.
RarOn Edouard Rothschild was prick
cd in the right forearm. but was able
to return home for lunch and to go
on a stroll in the afternoon. This duel
is another of the series of encounters
arising over Il letter written by Count
IIbersac to Baron Robert Rothschild,
the son Of Baron Gustave Rothschild.
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CAUGHT in Belt-Death Instantaneous.

Lawrence. Mass April 12.-Thomas No
Ian. an employee of the Mitchell Paper
co, was fatally injured. at $50 tonight,
nv being caught in Il belt and whirled
against the ceiling. He was tagging a
nHIlev when his clothing caught. Death
ms almost instantaneous. The victim Is
Survived by a widow and four children.
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New York, April 12.-Forty-three
Irish-Americans have gone from Jersey
City and other Hudson county towns
to fight for the Beers and against the
British within few weeks, according
to the statement Of Justice James Is.
Murphy OF Jersey City. Justice Muir
ply is n steamship ticket agent. He
says he sold second-class tickets to the
IS men. Money for their passages and
expenses was sent by an organization
of Irish Nationalist in Paris. one of
the young men told Murphy that 500
recruits from New York. Jersey City,
Newark. Hobokcn and Bayonnc are
fighting in the ranks of the Beers and
that 200 more would go.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-04-13

Bloemfontein. "Wednesday, April IL
According to information received here
the I3ocr activity eastward of the rail
road and in proximity t. the border is
largely due to the fact that Presidents
Kruger and Steyn have found they
are unable to keep their forces together
in inactivity. the burShers declaring
they are unwilling to remain with
their commands unless actively en-
ployed as they are convinced the Brit
ish game is 4 waiting one.
1t is believed the Bocr movement
was originally designed to oblige Lord
Roberts to weaken his force at
Bluemfontein. in order to protect the
railroad. when the Beers would have
attempted to recapture the capitol.
But the burghers are evidently igno-
rant # the enormous forces Lord Rob
erts has at his disposal. Advices from
karec siding say the Beers are busily
entrenching their position east vi.
Brandfort running parallel with tn
railroad. while still strongly holding
the Watervaldrift water works.
1t now appears that Gen. Brabant
himself is at Aliwal north and that
only a portion of his column is at
Wepener.
The BOer announcement of the re-
occupation of Smithfield by the burgh-
ers, just received, is no news, as the
small British force at that place with
drew thence after the Reddersburg af-
fair.
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FERROUS circumstances which surround
the case are cleared up.
She was the Doctors third wife, was
his amanucnsis and had been married
to him only about seven weeks
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New York, April 12-Great Britain has
to large extent stopped buying food
stuffs for her army in South Africa
from this country. according to local
steamship agents. equipments to
South Africa are now confined almost
exclusively to hay, oats and mules, with
an occasional large order for canned
goods" said one Of them. today
when the war broke out the ship
ments from this port We're very heavy,
ana we sent away a 1O.OO0-ton ship
load every week. The war department
officials then began to buy corn and
meats from Australia, and found that
they could get them quicker and cheap
ct from that colony than they could
from us. ana since then the shipments
have been dropping off. The ship
monts Of hay, oats ana an occasional
order for canned goods are fairly
heavy yet, but ships leave three weeks
apart now instead Of eight days apart
rs heretofore. Natal is full of Austria
Ian corn at the present time"