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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17
Miscellaneous.
ECONOMY OF TINE IN FARMING

Written on the face Of my fathers
old clock were these words, ''Timc j.
money" These words faced me for
20 years, l first wondered what they
meant, afterward wondered why
others didn't know. When I left the
quiet, easy-gOing country and saw
the hustle and stir of city life I
thought others did know, writes w.
L. Anderson in a recent issue Of
Farm and Home.
Save every minute you can and
you will save money. A farmer who
paid one hand One-third more than
he did his other hand said one worked
as hard as the other, but did a third
less. l asked him why. because
he puts on too many extras" he re-
piled. These extras" are where
the loss Of time comes in. [ know a
man who has his corn bin in the loft
of the barn when he could have had
it on the feed floor, He climbs up
and down that ladder two or three
times every day to feed his horses.
The unnecessary labor caused by this
ill-arranged crib costs him not less
than $25 every ten years, if time is
money, One of my neighbors has a
crib 100 feet away from his feed
room. For 40 years he has been carry
ing a few hrs two or three times a
day from the crib to the feed room.
What has that crib cost him?
knew a farmer who each year had
his hands cutting down corn stalks
with hoes in May. It would have
been cheaper to have knocked them
some cold morning with a team and
pole at $40 a day. Invent into a barn
the other day where there were -
horses and two COWS. A man was
carrying water to them from a pump
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE II

burned in early fall all leaves raked
up and burned.
For spraying an orchard a strong
barreI-pumD is needed. This should
be all brass and have ball valves. The
hose connecting the pump with nozzle
should be of tough 3-ply cloth and
rubber. The best noz for general
use is the Bordeaux nozzle for that
fungicide and the "VermOrel' for
soap or clear solutions.
There are several concerns which
manufacture good spraying pumps.
These ought to advertise their goods
in this paper. The pumps may be
had of seedsmen, hardware dealers
and also believe from the Business
Agent of the Farmers Alliance, at
Hillsboro, n. G.
GERALD MCCARTHY,
Entomologist n. G. Department of
Agriculture.
Wake Co.. n. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17

THEN we will send you the
IlIEN paper for four weeks
free. 1t won't cost you a cent,
and if at the end of the four
weeks you do not care to sub
scribe, the paper will of it's own
account stop coming to you
and we will be just as good
friends as
ever.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17

In raising calves, I have for a num-
Der Of years used a formula to be va
ried by the Judgment of the feeder,
or suspended on close inspection, if a
feeder Of immature Judgment is en-
pIoyed. The calf may suck its dam
two or three days, or not at all, and
is then fed on freshly-drawn moth
er's milk. Then change calf from
mothers milk to skim-miIk, as soon
as it learns to drink. The change is
accomplished b. replacing one pound
of milk at every feed with one Of
skim-milk, until all skim-milk is fed,
if all goes well. Any indication of
indigestion is met by the suspension
Of the change, reduction in quantity
Of food, and addition of lime-water.
Should a case appear obstinate, sim
pie remedies are resOrted to. The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17

Gent accuracy her butter-making
properties.
Probably there are few herds where
one or two improbable animals will
not be found. It costs no more to
feed and care for a good COW than a
Door one. so why waste grain and hay
on one that does not pay for her
keep? Often it will be a surprise to
find what was considered one of the
poorest COWS in the herd showing
the best test, and prOpOrtionately
disappointing to find the favorite
dropping behind some of the others,
but remember that if properly man
iDulated the BabcOck never errS. 1t
is a detective which is un~hesitating-
" accurate in its decision, so do not
think yourp recOnceived ideas should
have anv weight if the test shows
differently. To the man with ten
COWS the Babcock machine is worth
the price of a COW, yes, and a good
one at that. No dairyman OF farmer
should attempt to do business with
out one.
AS to the standard to set, each COW
should make $50 pounds of butter a
year at the very least. 1t takes all
of 200 pounds to furnish her with
food for a year. This leaves fifty
pounds only as a profit, but since the
manure, skim milk, etc, are worth
something, we may say that the $50
pound COW will pay for her keep and
give a small profit.
Yet, if one sets out with the deter
mination to bring up the average
above this mark he will not find it
very difficult to do it. Indeed, the
possibilities of intelligent are com
bined with a good COW have rarely
been realized. It is something not
often attained.
Farmers, dairymen, this matter Is
worthy your careful consideration.
Do not be foolish enough to keep on
year after year in the haphazard
way so commonly practiced of feed
ing your COWS indiscriminately and
pooling their milk, making and sell
ing the butter with NO idea of each
animals individual earnings. With
out doubt there are rObber COWS in
your herd and these are consuming
the profits which the others give.
Study on this question and find out
where you are at" Ferret out the
improbable animals and dispose of
them, giving the rest a chance to
show whot they can do. You may
be surprised to find that you I get
ting almost as much butter as before,
and with a less number of COWS to
feed and take care of.
r. r. WOOD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17
The Dairy.
FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS IN
A DAIRY.
s. w. CHAMBERS


EDITORS PROGRESSIVE FARMER -
Most of the large class of success
ful dairymen in this country today
started life in a small way, and did not
reap their rewards until after many
years of struggle and hard endeavOr.
Their success should be a bright ex-
ample to many a young man who to-
day is facing problems that seem dis
cOuraging. With only a few acres
and COWS to start with it does not
look very promising, and the way to
final success is a long and winding
one. But if we look at the great
business world about US we Will find
that success in most cases does not
come any quicker and surer than to
the farm. The reasons and secrets
of success apply in each "a 1t is
hard, persistent work intelligently
applied. There is no other way to
succeed either on the farm or in the
business world.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17
THE ORCHARDS IN SPRING.

EDITORS PROGRESSIVE FARMER =
No time of the year requires more
intelligent work than the spring to
make visible results in the bearing OF
the trees and vines. The work needs
to begin early, and it should be con
Quoted well through the growing
season until the crops I harvested.
More and more are successful orch
ardists becoming convinced that
there is money in all of our fruit
crops, from strawberries to apples, if
proper attention and cultivation are
given. We are raising up as a con
sequence a generation of fruit grow
ers who get the most possible out OF
their orchard trees at the minimum
of risk from blights, insects and other
pests. We no longer recognize off
years in the orchard years when the
crop is next to nothing, while the
following seasons crop is so large
that the markets T glutted and
prices very low. By careful cultiva-
ton, pruning and thinning out the
old-time trees that used to produce
big crops in alternate years, now
yield a fair crop every 5 If
they won't do this then root them up
and plant varieties that will. To
make Orcharding successful we must
be able to depend upon a good crop
every season, and there are plenty of
trees that will do it for us. But if
you let the trees take care of them
selves, they will do as they used to
do, produce such Il big crop this year
that their vitality Will not be up to
the mark of yielding much fruit next.
So they will take a season off, and
the owner will say this Is the off
year for his apples.
By pruning, thinning out and fer
tihzing orchards we strike at the
very secret of the success of the
trees. In pruning we keep the vital
ity of the trees in proper limits. 1t
is not allowed to spread itself out in
dozens of useless and fOrmless twigs
and limbs. By keeping the trees into
a certain form and symmetry we CON
serve their powers and energies.
Likewise in thinning out the fruit we
enable the tree to send all of its
vitality into the few fruits left, and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17

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POLK MILLER'S
POULTRY FOOD

will speedily restore them to health and vig'T again.
1t is lot merely a food, but a medicine, scientifically
compounded. A small quantity, mixed ' It'll the usual
amount of food every other day, prevents diseases and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17

calf is taught to eat corn meal, mid
dlings, ground oats or bran by put
ting a little in its mouth when its
milk has been drunk, and Il small
quantity for it to eat at viii is kept
within its reach at all times. Fine
hay is kept where its earliest nib
blings can be ~gratifed. Thus good
calves have been raised, but we have
not been able to compete successfully
with the prevailing prices for young
stock, A well-fed animal costs
more than the common average
market price and if itisa wel1-fed one
is worth far than that price, or
at least it should be worth more, for
the common price is a composite of
poor breeding, poor feeding, and
often the necessities of poor people,
with fluctuations dependent on SUP
ply and demand Of foods as we'll as
of stOck.-Frank E. Emery, in Coun-
try Gentleman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-04-17

WF WANT 10000 or more
W. WIN new Subscrib-
ers, but we won't give the paper
away, and we won't send the
PAPER to anyone who doesn't
want it. But we will give any
body all the opportunity any
body wants to get acquainted
with Us-and it won't cost
anybody a cent to
DO it.
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Second P. S. 5 51rtd between
The Progressive Farmer Is the
best au-round weekly paper
especially for farmers-Dub-
hshed in the South
even if we do say it
as shouldn't.
ADDRESS
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
RALEIGH, N. G..
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

THE New York legislature is trying
to sooti5h common law marriages.,
thE- ate. Under this rule all that
was necessary to constitute marriage
was for the contracting parties to &C
knowledge eacA other verbally as hus-
band ard wife before witnesses. Now
it is proposed to require them TO sign
a written contract, ettestsd before
a notary public and filed ithin six
months with the county or town clerk
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

Mr.. SHELDON'S experiment has
been q most unfortunate experiment
for Mr.. Sheldon. The Springfield Re-
publican, one of the leading newspapers
of Massachusetts, dubs him a "rever.
end Pharisee,' and the Oregonian, oil
Portland. says: Somebody Is engin'
eering pious fraud out OF zeal for his
holy religion, and in the name OF
Christianity the Oregonisn protests
Mr.. Sheldon himself IS silent ard his
old admirers are sad. He has had his
lesson-the gay world has had its
laugh. Drop the curtain.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

THE night before his execution, q
Georgia convict wrote the following
letter to friend:
Dear Jim: 1 send you FIVE tickets
to my hangin'. l want you to fetch all
the family. Everything will be plea
sant-weather permittin'. They've
painted the scatfold my favorite color
which is bright red-like the dress
Mollie Spilkins wore when l took her
to Zeke Hanford's psrty-an' I'm to
swing In the middle of green lawn,
sprinkled with daisies. I'll ask the
sheriff to provide seats for you and
your'n. l want you to hear my speech,
which. il l do say it myself, is as good
a piece OF word-psintin' as ever I done.
So be sure an come, Jim, and bring
all the family
The HERALD makes no extra charge
for printing the above. As pictur e
OF aesthetic justice It stands out
strikingly with those scenes in other
lands where any common old scaffold
suffices. Georgia is advancing in al
aesthetic as we'll as in commercial
way. II you want to get hanged in a
nice. neat way, go to Georgia.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

ed that it would be a capital idea to
admit to mem bership business men,
and men representing the agricultu-
raj, stock and mining interests OF the
entire southw est whether they lived
in Ell Paso or not, as SUCH step
would strengthen the organization.
The HERALD has not changed its
opinion. now that the chamber is a
strong body. 1t can be MADE stronger
and more useful by securing the CO.
operation of men whose interests bring
them into the cure n. Of the com mer-
cial life Of the Pass City.
Action. upon the suggestion would
not be in the nature OF an experiment.
In other cities meetings OF men re-
presenting out OF town interests are
held in the rooms OF commercial
bodies. The farmers meetings in the
chamber OF commerce at Portland,
Oregon, as reported in the Oregoni-
an. ere developing much of value TO
the agricultural, horticultural and
stock interests of the state. The old
days wherein farming in all of it's
branches was carried on by main
strength, upassisted by brain power
beyond certain limits fixed by the faith
ers, have passed away, and men have
come to the knowledge that. to make
farming pay, the farmer must be q
progressive, wide-awake man, fully
abreast of tn e times.
When a congress composed of men
of this class meets "to study and ex-
tend the markets for Oregon products,
and to gather and disseminate informa-
ton concerning and encouraging the
production Of such things adapted to
our soil and climate as We do not now
produce" says the Oregoniap, the
event may be regarded as proof that
old things in agriculture have passed
or are passing away and that new me- h.
DDS with good and sufficient reasons
for tb cir existence are coming rapidly
upon the stage.
This is as it should be. There is no
reason why the most ancient of all in
dustries should not also be the most
progressive. Farmers institutes as
precedent to the farmers congress
have shown that the farmers of today
work with their brains as well as with
their hands.
The doors OF the Ell Paso chamber
of CONNIE cree should be opened to farm
ers and miners, and an effort be made
to induce them to enter it.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
RAILROADS AND PROSPERITY

The Railway Age publishes a de-
tailed list OF railroads projected and
under construction for the present
year, which indicates that the great
record of 1899 will be exceeded. More
miles of new railway were built in the
United States last year than in any
year since 1890, but the promised
activity for 1900 is much greater.
In the aggregate, the Age says,
there are nearly $4,000 miles of road
projected by $50 lines, Of which the
following is summary, arranged by
sections:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

A LETTER has been received by a
citizen of Sharps burg, Md, from an Of
fcer il the Philippines which states
that the Sultan of Moro has 20 wives.
mostly the best looking girls, IL or 16
years OF age, while the Dato, or chief,
has five or SIX. When the sultan ira
wells he goes in state, has a canoe 100
feet long and Is feet wide, with SO row.
ers. The stars and stripes and numer-
GUS streamers are in evidence. He Is
accompanied by five or six Of his
harem. The gentleman from Moro
must drive through the divorce courts
with sixty-nine horse chariot before
he can secure a standing in the United
States of America
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

a FRUIT company which purcb ssed
a million acres of land at Nipe Bay,
have the titles examined, deed record
ed and documents put in such state
as to make it safe to take the property
OF course such eXtoriionate charges
are we'll calculated to prevent invest
ments in land on the Island. II enor-
nous fees are not paid to the lawyers
to perfect titles to land every obstacle
is placed in the way, aud the probabili-
ty is that you will own land with sn
insecure title.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates of advertising in the Daily or W eekly
GERALD will be made known upon applica-
sios at the business Office. Those who pre-
fer can have a representative of the business
department cali upon them. who will quote
prices and make contracts for space. Call
telephone No. 115-
Classified Advertisements or locals, ten
IN cents per line for first insertion and Ave
81 cents for each additional insertion.
pecisl rates upon five hundred 600 or one
Thousand Qe0O) lines of local. to be used in
one month. win be. furnished upon applica-
stou.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

en- in China, whlch some Of US are not
willing to admit is civilized country.
Minister Conger informs the state de-
partmert that the Pekin government
has prohibited the expectation OF
pheasant skins, to supply which to meet
the demand in the European markets
the birds have heretofore been merci-
lessly killed by tens and hundreds OF
thousands.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
Notice In Probate.

Whereas, w. d. Howe was, on the
9Th day of March, A. d. 1900, duly ap.
pointed, by the county court OF E.
Psso county. Texas, administrator OF
the estate of George Harvey, deceased
and whereas he, on the 10Th day Of
March, A. d. 1900, duly qualified Of
such administrator and was granted
letters OF administration on said
estate.
Now, therefore, all parsons having
claims against the estate OF said George
Harvey deceased, ere hereby required
to present the same within the time
prescribed by law.
The residence and postoffice address
OF said administrator is Ell Paso, FL
Paso county. Texas.
w. D. HOWE,
Administrator of the estate OF George
Harvey, deceased.
Ell Paso, Texas, March 13, 1900.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

IT has beer discovered that lot of
expensive furniture in the capitol at
Washington, though purchased for
solid mahogany,is only thinly veneered
with that wood. Some of the men who
sit IN the chairs are also only thinly
veneered with patriotism, If the op-
position to wise measures that they
show reveals it's depth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

PRESIDENT STEYN, of the Orange
Free State, seems to measure up
well with stern old Dom Paul aud
brave old Joubert and the intrepid
Cropje. He talked brsvely to his
men yesterday at the great camp
meeting at his new capital.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

THE Holland torpedo boat has been
given another trial and has worked sue
csssfully. But it has not been &C.
copied by the experts of the govern
ment. Hence the Minneapolis Times
hints that tie reason the Holland
boat meets with such poor success in
getting itself bought by the govern
ment is that it was not conceived of
and built by regular graduate Of
Annapolis. 1t will be remem bered
that the Texas was considered worth
less on this very account until she had
demonstrated IN battle that other
people outside of the officers know q
few things.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

complished anything in South Africa
until Rudyard Kipliog arrived On the
scene. The pen is mIghtier than the
sword.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

AS the prospectors for gold range
farther and fsrther over Alaska, new
and even richer placer deposits are de-
veloped. The latest discoveries, on
Wade Creek, in American territory,
are reported to be richer than either
the Klondike or Cape Nome fields. Il
is considered certain that the most
sensational yield Yet announced is but
the casual overflow OF a tremendous re-
servoir of metallic wealth, and that when
the territory shall have filed up and
the great mother lode is discovered, the
results will probably cast iuto the shad g
all records of previous gold production.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

1T Is rather remarkable fact that
the first official step taken in any coun-
try to save birds from ruthless slaugh-
ter for the sake of securing their
plumage for ornaments has been tax
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

JUDGING from the Boer camp meet
ing yesterday the Beers are very
much alive. They are not trekking
to the cold shades to which Great
Britain would consign them. The war
is about to begin.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
PROJECTED

The great field of railroad extension
1t will be seen, Is in the south rest.
where over 81 900 miles are projected
Nearly 10000 miles are also projected
In the South Atlantic states. Thus
the south has more than half the con-
templsted mileage. This is proof of
the great prosperity of this section.
La the former active railroad building
era the south did not keep pace with
the north, but now it shows signs Of
catching up.
The sOuth's new pros perity is based
largely upon the enormous expau sion
of manufacturing industries, especial
1y of cotton, lumber and iron an ex-
pansion that has been made possible
and encouraged by the republican
policy of protection to American in
dustry. The fact should be noted that
t he south has doomed up as a great
m an ufac.uriug section only since the
passage of the Dingley Law. The
people of this section will be wise if
they do not speak i'll of the bridge that
carries them over and vote away their
daRning prosperity by seeking to put
the opposition in power.
The total Of the miles OF track laid
from Jan. to Dec. 81, 1899, was 4, 5S7
95, and the Railway Age thinks that
the total this year will be in excess OF
5000 milss. OF course the projected
IS, Sal miles will require several years
In building, If it Ia all built. Five
thousand miles finished this year would
constitute very eneoureging record.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
TO ADVERTISERS.

In order to insure proper changes In adver-
ttsing. copy for'seme should be at the busi-
SIS Office notslater thani1o a II.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
OPEN THE DOORS

While the chamber of commerce
was In embryo THE HERALD suggest
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22
The Herald's Local Representative

is Sheldon G. Clark, who is authorized
to make advertising contracts and take
orders for job work.