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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

seven-tenths. Nearly one-haf OF
them were ~illiterate.
These immigrants are a source OF
danger, not only because they are
illiterate and ignorant of American
institutions, but because they crowd
into the cities. OF the Poles in Hi
nois, fve-sixths are in Chicago; OF
the Italians in Illinois, three-fourths
r in Ckico. The same tendency TO
colonize in the great cities appears
in New York, Massachusetts, and
other States.
Chemists prepare tables showing
how much time different kinds OF
food require for digestion. If SINH
lar tables were to be prepired for the
body politic, it would be found that
the earlier type of immigrants re-
uuired a comparatively short time
for assimilation, and that those OF
the later type are assimilated with
extreme difficulty, if at all. Every
crowded ship.load of this GLASS of
immigrants adds to the public bur-
dens, and teaches the need of re-
striotive legislation.-Youth's Com
DaniOn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01
FOR A -REFORMATORY.

The story which follows reminds
us that the advocates of a reforma-
tory for North Cardinals youthful
criminals are not dead, nor yet sleep
ing, but are hopeful of success in the
Legislature of 1908. The one thing
needful is for each friend of the
movement to make his influence felt
in its behalf among his neighbors
and in his party meetings.
The r~eformatory spirit is the spirit
of the times. All the facts go to
show that it is not only nobler, but
also cheaper to reform the youthful
wrong-doer than to capture, convict
and punish the confirmed criminal
he is likely to become under our
present system of confinement with
hardened criminals with no training
looking to his reformation. In sue
ceeding issues of The Progressive
Farmer we hope to give statistics
showing the truth of this statement,
but in the mean time the story
which we set out to give is worth re
Numbering:
On one occasion the great Horace
Mann, speaking at the dedication of
an expensive institution for the
reformation of hayward boys, said &:
''If by this school one boy shall be
recovered from sin and ruin, it will
prove itself to be worth all it has
cost" Afterwards one of his audit
Ors said to him: ''Mr. Mann, were
not your words extravaganza? Would
the institution be really worth all it
has cost if by it only one boy should
be saved? With deep emotion he
answered: Eyes, all and more, if
that one boy should be my boy"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01
. THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUOATIoN-

THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION
AL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
MoUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
OF STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform it shall rise II fall. Serving
o master, ruled by no faction, cir
oumscribed by no selfish or narrow
policy, it's aim will be TO foster and
promote the best interests of the
whole people of the State. 1t will be
true TO the instincts, traditions and
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On
all matters relating specially to the
great interests il represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will ~fearlessly the right defend and
ImpartiaIly the wrong condemn. =
From Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb:
10, 1886.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

part in political afairs-and here
again he is right. SIT is not the
man." he writes in his American
Ideals" 'Fwho sits by his freside
reading his evening paper, and say
ing how bad our politics and poll
ticians are, who will eve do any
thing to save us it is the man who
goes out into the rough hurry burly
of the caucus, the primary, and the
political meeting, 4 4 and bears
his part as a man should" Then
let the good citizen fight for his
highest ideals, not forgetting, how
ever, that political action, to be
effective, must be the joint action of
many men, and that he must sacri-
foe somewhat of his own opinions to
those of his associates if he ever
hopes to see his desires take practical
shape" In a speech published in
The Progressive Farmer two years
ago, remember that he said in sub
stance: Work for the best, but if
you cannot get the rest, be content
with the best possible.
E'In the end, progress is accom-
plished by the man who does the
things, and not by the man who
talks about how they ought or ought
not to be done. Therefore the nan
who wishes to do good in his COM
munity must go into active political
life. If he is a Republican, let him
join his local Republican association /;
if a Democrat, the Democratic asso-
citation if an Independent, then let
him put himself in touch with those
who think as he does. In any event
let him make himself an active force
and make his influence felt. Whether
he works within or without party
lines he a surely find plenty of
men who are DESTROYS of good gov
eminent, and whoIi if they act to-
gether, become at ono a power on
the side of righteousness"
In fact, all through his essays on
american Idials" and "True Amer
loanism" we find a continuous vein
of good Progressive Farmer doctrine.
This, for instance: "The party man
who offers his allegiance to party as
an excuse for blindly following his
party, right or wrong, and who fails
to try to make that party in any way
better, commits a crime against the
country and a crime quite as seri-
Gus is committed by the independent
who makes his independence an ex-
cuse for easy self-indulgence, and
who thinks that when he says
he belongs to neither party he is ex-
cused from the duty of taking part
in the political work of party organ
izations.""
So. Mr.. Roosevelt contends, and
with reason, that if politics and poll
tioians are bad, the people have only,
themselves to blame for the indiffer-
ence or inactivity that permits such
a state of affairs.
x X K X
While we remember that q man
should be judged by his deads and
not by his words, we submit that
there is much excellent doctrine in
the foregoing extracts from the
President published opinions. They
should at least cause us to stand
ready to give him a fair trial before
condemning him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

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bit receiUe a copy Of this paper, re-
member that 1t IS sent yOu that
you may critically examine 1t,
Please do so, and If yOu decide that
1T IS tUOrth q dollar a gear, yOu need
the paper, we need the dollar. Send
as the dollar and the paper 10iU go to
You for q gear, then If yOu r not
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

Before the end of this gear North
Carolina should haze ut least $50
rural free delivery routes instead of
II as at present; and 500 rural school
libraries instead of 1O4 as at present.
"FIrst come, first SerUed."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

Sampson-W. j. Powell.
Cumberland-D. B. Culbreth, T.
R. Billiard.
Halifax-W. r. Clark.
Pasquotank-M. N. Sawyer, J. W.
Hollowe11.
Iredell-Thomas J. COnger.
Neutrality-suspicious. Query, w.
T, Craven.
Harnett-Dan Hugh Mclean.
Robeson-T. F. Toon.
Pamlico-W. H. Sawyer.
Edgecombe-W. r. Cox, r. H.
Speight, J. M. B. Battle.
Beaufort-B. W. Thompson, M. j.
Whitley, W. B. Grimes.
Chatham-J. N. Atwater, T. E.
Carroll, J. J. Jenkins, John W. At
water, Everett Bryant.
Franklin-Robert Cooper.
Scotland-Hector Mclean.
Tyrrell-J. c.. Meekins.
Pitt. Bryan Grimes, A. J. Moye.
MI. Stephenson moved that any
person present from a county not
represented, who is interested in an
advance in the price, of cotton seed
should be admitted to the conven
ton as delegates. This was adop-
ted. Z
Col. j. Bryan Grimes moved the
appointment of a committee on or
g~anization, plans and resolutions,
and the following gentlemen were
named:
Plaps-S. L. Patterson, M. N. Saw
yer, E. A. Hughes, Hector Mclean,
D B. Culbreth T. B. Parker being
added by motion.
Organization-J. Bryan Grimes,
J. A. Stephenson, L. Query, J. N.
Atwater and Thomas J. Conger.
Resolutions. W. B. Battle, W.
h. Clark, Plummer Bachelor, W. j.
Powell and R. g. Craven.
After remarks by Mr.. M. T. Leach,
Mr.. J. W. Denmark, Mr.. J. W. At
water, Mr.. Hector Mclean and
others, Commissioner of Agriculture
Patterson read a letter from DR..
Mott giving an account of the farm
ers' meeting in Iredell and giving
ideas along the line of the conven-
tons work.
DR.. Kilgore, the State Chemist,
was called on as to facts along the line
Of the conventions work and for
some minutes was kept busy answer
ing questions fred at him by the
farmers DR.. Kilgore distributed
two circulars which he had prepared,
one showing the value of cotton
seed and meal for feed and the other
giving some facts about cotton seed,
the yield per ton, and the value of
seed and meal as fertilizer.
NIGHT SESSION.
Upon the reassembling Of the con-
vention at $50 o'clock the report of
tho committee on organization was
submitted by Col. J. Bryan Grimes
as follows:
"This body shall be known as the
North Carolina Cotton Farmers State
Association.
''It shall consist of a President,
Vice-President and Secretary and
Treasurer, and an Executive Com.
mittee of seven to be appointed by
the President.
"In every county there shall be To-
cal organizations.
"The county organizations shall
consist of a President, Vice resident
and Secretary and Treasurer.
"The township organizations shall
consist of president, vice president
and sectary and treasurer.
1--WE invite the CO, operation of all
farmers organizations in furthering
the purposes of this Association, and
extend to them a hearty welcome to
all our meetings.
"All cotton farmers, ginners and
others interested in securing to the
farmers better values from cotton
seed may participate in it's meetings.
delegates or Representatives from
five or more counties shall constitute
a quorum.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-10-01

In the two preceding issues of The
Progressive Farmer we have given
biographical sketches of Theodore
Roosevelt, and it may be that our
readers now have a clearer idea of
his career than of his opinions and
ideals. Upon these much light is
shed by his published works, of
which there are several.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Tenant EARNING.

Why should not the American sys-
TEN OF tenant farming be abolished 7
asks a correspondent of The Prairie
Farmer. II is already fruitful source
or wrong and menace to free institu-
lions, dethroning the goddess OF jus.
tice and supplanting her with the god
dess Of greed keeping in a state of
Bervillty our dsinherited fellow farm
ers, many of whom were robbed of
their birthright before they were born
when their rightful heritage was given
TO the railroad magnates, who In turn
have robbed and now continue TO rob
their beneficiaries, the people, by ex-
brilliant rates. We, the surplus land.
owners. both rural and urban. hold i'm
our grasp the destiny OF this republic
for veal or woe. Then why not heal
the mortal disease that is gnawIng at
Der vitalsf My - years under mon-
archy convinces me that the landlord
and renter system is the blight and
ieathknell OF republics and the bull
wark OF monarchies. The Kansas land
lord paid only Sl.25 an acre 40 years
ago for the land that now brings him
an annual rental OF from 81 to So and
upward The system begets an impov-
crushed soil, Impoverished peasantry
and poorhouse and penltentlary candi-
dates.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
The HOUSEHOLD.
Easy Work In ceramics-A Useful
Homemade Device - Kitchen
weights and Measures.

II is not absolutely necessary that
the girl who wishes to decorate some
cups and saucers for her tea table
should understand all about ceramic
art. for pleasing decorative results can
be produced on china with steel pen
and gold that has been properly pre-
pared. AS matter Of fact. the scrolls
and borders on cups. saucers and plates
are never put on with brush, but
with pen.
To start with, the worker must pro-
cure a prettily shaped, perfectly plain
cup and saucer. which must be mois-
tened with alcohol after first being care
fully washed and dried; then some
bottles Of luster-green, pink and VIC
let. for instance-a bottle of essence
for mixing gold and small square
shader. If strong color Is desired,
the luster must be used in its full
strength, but to secure a daintier eff
feet q little Of the essence must be
taken on the brush before dipping into
the bottle of luster. The luster is best
kept In a bottle, as 1t evaporates quick
ly when exposed to the air and should
never come In contact with turpentine.
To free the brush from color II should
be dipped In alcohol, kept In a small
open vessel. and the worker needs also
to have a dauber. An old silk hand
kerchief or piece OF surgeons cotton
will serve the purpose.
To tint the cup start at the top with
the rose luster. Work into this deli
cately, the green toward the top. deep
ening with the violet toward the bot
tom. Pad as soon as there is enough
Of one color to pad into another. Ii
the worker waits until the entire sur
face Is colored, 1t is apt to become too
dry to blend the different colors into
each other evenly.
When the tintlng Is finished let the
piece stand until perfectly dry. Then
the gold should be mixed with gold es-
sence to such a consistency that 1t will
flow from the pen. If IT is too thick, II
will not flow. and II 1t Is too thin 1t W
rub off the china when ii comes from
the kiln. When skill has been acquir-
ed. girl with artistic ability may dec
crate the china with some effective
graceful design before It has been
fired. The beginner however. is apt
to be more successful II she apply the
gold design when the article comes
back from the kiln.
The handling Of gold with the pen Is
no more difficult than writing with ink,
but a new pen should always be mois-
tened before the work is begun.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Winter Work.

Winter is coming soon. and the farm
a season of rest, but because it will
give him an opportunity to do so many
things that he has neglected in the
hurry of planting. cultlvating and har-
vesting. says The American Cultivator.
We fear that we should not make a
success of farming If we were in a re-
gion Of perpetual summer. We should
hinder our work by trying to do too
much and leaving undone the work
that should be done. There are many
little things for which there seems to
be no great haste. They can be done
at any time. and that means that they
are never done or done In great haste
when they reach the point where they
must be done. When we were farm
ing. we used the days when IL was not
suitable weather to work out Of doors
I'm putting all tools and machinery in
good condition. including farm wag-
ons and carts. and they were painted,
If they needed it, which most OF them
did even after one years use. The
work might not have been done very
artistically, but the paint served to
protect the wood from the weather
Then harnesses were cleaned. mended
and oiled and repairs made on gates,
fences, etc, while during the pleasant
days manure was drawn out and the
summer wood brought home All this
helped when the spring work began.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Seed wheat.

The experiment stations and farmers
who have trained themselves TO close
observation Of cause and effect have
given evidence many times that the
amount and quality of the wheat crop
and OF other grain crops depend large
~ upon the quality of the seed used.
The larger and plumper seed gives the
most vigorous growing plant 1t stools
out more. usually has a sitter straw,
II il is not forced by the use OF too
rank fertilizer. by which we mean
one too rich in nitrogen, and therefore
the better the crop. But there are 9th
er things desirable in good grain
crop. one is TO secure large heads well
filled, and il may also be desirable to
have the grain grow rapidly and ma
ture early either to obtain the best re-
suit In n short season or to escape in
sect attacks The best way to secure
this would be to select the earliest ma
turing large heads to be found and re-
serve them for seed. The farmer who
sows large areas may think this too
mucn trouble to get all the seed he
needs, but he should remember that il
there Is a profit in doing so for one
doing so on hundred a modification
Of this plan is to select in this way
enough to SOW a small plot very thin,
so that each plant will have chance
to do it's best. and then reserve a piece
Of the best land to sow that on 1t to
produce seed wheat. A continuation
of this process for few years would
result In the production of an extra
early, hardy and prolific wheat.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Candy Recipes.

Butter Scotch.-Take one cup each OF
brown sugar and molasses and one-h half
cup Of butter.
Coffee Caramels.-Take one pound OF
brown sugar. one cup of strong coffee,
one-half cup Of cream and one ounce
of butter. AS soon as cooked sufficient.
ly to be brittle when dropped into wa.
ter pour into buttered tins and when
nearly cool mark off with a buttered
knife into squares.
Violet Popcorn.-Take a cup Of gran
ulated sugar, one tablespoonful Of but
ter three tablespoonfuls Of water and
a few drops of violet coloring. Boil un'
til ready to candy. Have handy In q
large earthen or wooden dish three
quarts Of freshly popped corn. Pour
the candy over the corn, stirring brisk
ly until 1t Is evenly distributed, ard
you will find each grain crystallizet
with violet sugar.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
oa.o~o-o~o.o.o o.o~o.o-o.o.
FOR TIE FARMER.


The Minnesota agricultural expert
ment station. after long series OF
tests 10 discover the relative cost Of
producing pound OF dressed beef and
one Of butter, has come TO the follow
Ing conclusions:
First-With 100 pounds OF grain and
an equal amount of hay and roots four
steers made a gain OF "a. 10 pounds, and
four cows with the same amount and
kind Of feed produced 1904 pounds Of
butter.
feed valued at $S.5l and gained 424
pounds. being an average daily gain OF
2.52 pounds. costing 2 cents per pound
and returning a pound gain for 80
pounds Of dry matter.
Third.-The four cows consumed feed
valued at $ll.S4 and yielded 255.43
pounds Of butter fat. being a butter
equivalent of 297.99 pounds, at a cost
of food of 3.97 cents per pound, produc'
ing pound OF butter to 1923 pounds
Of dry matter consumed.
Fourth.-Type has not so much sig
nifcance with steer as II has with q
dairy COW, for the reason that steer
not of good type may he large feeder
and good digester and convert all the
food taken over his needs for mainte-
nance into gain, while COW not Of the
dairy type has the alternative Of con-
vertng food into either milk or gain,
and she may choose the latter at a
time when the owner wants only the
former.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
A DAINTY woRKBox.

a pretty and useful novelty may be &c
ceptable Ii Is folding workbox,
made as follows:
1t Is really combination OF two
boxes made Of heavy bristol board
and the illustrations show II as 1t ap-
pears when open and closed. To make
them cut four pieces like No. 3, which
are for the lids and bottom; two pieces
like No. 4, to be bent around the curve
Of the boxes; two like No. 3, which
form the ends, and one like No. o.
which Is the handle. Every piece is
covered separately with fancy silk,
which Is overcast on the edges with in
visible stitches. The pieces are then
sewed together to form the two boxes,
and the piece No. Is stitched to each.
The handle Is bent and stitched across
the ends OF No. Z, and the basket
which folds like Fig. 2, Is completed
New York Tribune.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Kitchen weights and Measures.

Four teaspoonfuls Of liquid make
one tablespoonful.
Four tablespoonfuls Of liquid, one
gill or quarter OF a cup.
tablespoonful OF liquid. half an
ounce
pint OF liquid weighs a pound.
Four kitchen cupfuls OF -four, one
pound.
Three kitchen cupfuls OF cornmeal,
one pound.
One cup OF butter, half pound.
A solid pint Of chopped meat, one
pound.
Ten eggs. one pound.
A dash OF pepper, an eighth OF a tea
spoonful.
A pint OF brown sugar. IL ounces.
Two cupfuls and half OF powdered
sugar. one pound.-Ladies' Home Jour.
nal
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Consultation, Examination and
Advice Free. e.
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DIR. MCDONALD'S success in the
treatment of Female Diseases is simply
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DR.. MCDONALD has been called the
wizard OF the medical profession, be-
cause he reads all diseases at glance
without asking any questions. Sick
folk, call on DR.. Mcdonald 1t is~1
pleasure to meet him. DR.. Mcdonald
never turns the poor from his door.
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Those unable TO call can address
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03

Peptorene Tablets cleanse and i'm
prove the blood, curing all eruptions
of the skin. % cts. Per box.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-03
Useful Homemade Device.

At this season. when deft fingers are
already beginning to busy themselves
with Christmas tribes, description Of