The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-07
IN THIS NUMBER.

and Gates are both young men, and
we are glad to number them among
our correspondents. We are sure
that our older readers have enjoyed
their arguments on the question of
Charge VS. small FARMS
"The Farm Sign Works" is the title
of a very suggestive article by an
Illinois farmer. If you are not
afraid of new ideas, it will probably
be of value to you. There are peo-
pie in all professions, however, who
seem to believe that to get out of old
ruts in any degree would be as dan
gerous as entering a lions den. If
there were no other kind of people,
we would still be living as our an
~cestors did in the days of Abraham.
Broom corn has paid we'll for some
years past. DR.. Lewis and Cores
ponding Editor Irby discuss this
subject elsewhere in this issue.
Though rather new to many South
ern farmers, rape has been grown in
the North and West for many years
and with marked ucces Our North
Carolina station has also grown it
aud heartily recommends it. Try it
on d small scale, at first, until you
learn the best methods of cultivat-
ing and feeding. The article from
Professor Henry on page 1 may help
you. Several subscri bers have asked
us to tell them where to purchase
seed. Two well-knOwn and reliable
seedsmen have advertised the seed
in our columns. Read the advertise.
ments they are inserted for your
benefit.
Mr.. Blacknall's article will inter
est strawberry growers. We should
like to hear from more of u berry
growers and truckers. Thousands
of them read The Progressive Far
mer, but only a few of them r
among our correspondents.
The wheat hay question was dis
cussed in a number of Southern peri
odicals a year ago. The Southern
Planters opinion may be of some
interest.
''Good Manners and True Polite
ness" is clipped from Mrs. Clement
Farley's department. of the Ledger
Monthly. The Ledger is one of the
best of the dollar magazines, and no
periodical has a more ably conduc-
ted girls department.
Perhaps you think it all nonsense,
but as a matter of fact there is
much sound philosophy in Josh Bill
lings' bit of verse on page 4, en-
phasizing as it does the Importance
Of industry, cheerfulness, Cor who
that is not cheerful can 'sleep
hard all nite?'O economy and SO
briefly. With these four virtues the
farmer will certainly "get rich" in
a happy and independent life if not
in worldly possessions.
With pleasure we welcome DIR.
EICAduuC1 - 4Cbu1A w Jul OO1uL41uS.
Our readers still remember his .ex
cellent review of nineteenth cen
fury events.
1.-The Grievance of an Authoress''
will call up a troop of motley rem
i~niscences in the minds of any edi-
Tor who reads it. We had "a similar
experience two weeks ago when one
of our compositors carelessly dumped
the concluding lines of a joke into
the middle of a letter to "Aunt Jen-
ME-" Our readers were probably
mystiaed by Mrs. j. L. D. s "5cra
ping" experience this explains.
In a later issue of The Progress
sive Farmer we propose publishing
in full DIR. Charles w. Dabney's'
article on Education and Produc-
ton" to which allusiOn is made on
page 5. 1t should be carefully
studied by all that are interested, or
should be interested, in education.
x X X X x x
On page 6 we have the conclusion
of the article IN agricultural Or
CARNATIONS in France" This should
be read in all the farmers clubs in
the country and by all farmers that
do not now reslize the value of Or
~ganizatiOn.
- x X x \
And now a word as to the progress
of the world as shown by our news
columns:
We r again told that the Filipino
rebellion is nearing its end, and this
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