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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
AS A VETERINARIAN.
A Davidson county farm boy

A Davidson county farm boy
writes:
"May I ask information through
the columns of The Progressive
Farmer as to what success a poor
boy could expect by attending a
veterinary college? Also, what COL
lege would you recommend?"
If this young man has a liking for
this work, we are sure that he can
make a success of it. The business
is by no means overcrowded, and is,
as a rule, profitable. Cornell Uni
versity has an excellent veterinary
department.. But it will hardly be
necessary for this young man to go
outside of the State for this train
ing. Beginning with the next ses-
sion, the A. and M. College at Raleigh
will have as a member of it's faculty
a thoroughly competent, we'll
equipped professor of veterinary
science, and this department of the
College should be quite popular.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
General superintendent, Rural Free
Delivery System"

General superintendent, RuralFree
Delivery System"
For the poor showing made by
North Carolina in this exhibit we
have only ourselves to blame. Our
people have not shown the proper in
terest in the system, have not de-
manded their quota of routes. True,
a number of applications are now
pending, and within a year we shall
probably have than fifty routes
in operation, but this is not a fourth
of what we should have-and would
have, if they were properly petit
toned for. Right now is an excel
lent time to demand the establish
ment of new routes. The appropria-
ton for this purpose for the fiscal
year beginning with the first day of
this month is So, 500, 900, exactly
double the appropriation for last
year. We may add, parentheCically,
that the first appropriation was
$50, 900 in 1897, next $3.50, coo in 1898,
then $3.50, 600 in 1899. With the
heavy Appropriation for this year at
least 200 new routes should be es
tablished in North Carolina before
next spring. But be it remem
bered that Uncle Sam will not force
a route upon your section, or beg
you to take it. The people must ask
for it. This is the point we wish to
emphasize. You and your neigh
bors II paying taxes to maintain
rural free delivery as surely as the
people of Illinois or Ohio are doing
so. But they have asked for their
quota of routes we have not asked
for ours. From the State of Illinois
at this time three times as a many
applications are now pending as have
ever been received from North Caro-
lima.
There is little red tape in the mat
ter of asking for the establishment
OF a route. Some one-quite often
the man who wishes to be appointed
carr1er-maps out a proposed route,
twenty or twenty-five miles long,
n gets a petition for it's establish
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16

quite another race, and anno.--
themselves aristocratic prerooa+g
which the brief association '0S'
hour in the Sunday-school d. 0n
wholly eliminate. Now all obiIa LOT
of the town are of our oommnnit
and merit wins, not the parentoT|US'
session of dollars, or being a foat
in some ''sphere of influence. y Nv
scholar is as good as another ou9
talent and department r tn ~ru
avenues to merit, and in our sob1,
the scholar from the back distr;ot'
as often recognized as those - IS
"manor born" "0
It is not here contended tbo4r
centralized school is as yet narfo1
It is in a state of evolution. bn+oo
step seems the better move toraS,
solving the question of a bettar -u
cation for the rural boy and girI
average attendance, the new, =,
far exceeds the old. In Soma -
the attendance is 25 per cent, botta
on the average. It is fully that =.
our township. Then it promises -
add at least two years more sohooI
ing to the school life of the nrn;I
To be taught along ever unfo7dina
and new lines in study insn;ros
A@SG1
where the ever going back to retro
verse old study byways causes list
less and lifeless ways, even to dasor
ton of school life. The cost is loo,
in most instances. The transnorto
ton of a school district to q oentro,
point is less than the cost of its sano
rate maintenance. In some tovvns
the centralized plan saves hundreds
of dollars. In some the cost is abon+
the same. In a few. where causas
have been beyond the boards cor.
troll, the cost is more, but in all CASES
the instruction vastly compensates
for the slightly increased cost
Granted that the cost is the same 90
by old methods, the ease and com.
forth attending school, the increased
attendance, the system of study and
promotion, the increase in total
months of school life, the actual par.
ticipation in what actually amounts
to manual training, rural education
and life together, is not the cen
tralized school a plan and a posi-
bility worth striving attain for the
country, making rural life more
worth the living? Shall this car of
educational progress be helped for
ward OF it's movement hindered?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
GRANGE PROGRESS.

The history of the Grange in North
ern and Western States ought to be
a source of inspiration to those who
sometimes get discouraged over ALI
ance conditions in the Carolinas. The
Grange was more than ten years in
reaching full growth, for ten years
thereafter it steadily declined, then
it rallied and has since made slow
but steady, healthy progress. It is
now in excellent condition. A note
from the National Secretary, John
Trimble, to Farmers Voice, contains
the statement of the new oranges
organized and re-organized from o.
tober 1, 1900, to June 80, 1901, inclu-
sive. The new oranges organized
r given by States as follows: Cali
fornia, 3; Colorado, 3; Connecticut,
2; Illinois, 9; Indiana, 8; Iowa, 1 ;
Kentucky, 1; Maine, II; Maryland,
1; Massachusetts, 5; Michigan, 40 ;
Minnesota, 2; Missouri, 1; New
Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, 2; New
York, IL; Ohio, II Oregon, 4 Penn
sylvania, 9 South Carolina, 1; Ten
nessee, 1; Vermont, 16; Washing
ton, 3. A total of 1874, and the num-
Der of oranges re-organized in same
period is So, a grand total of 222.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
1.-THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATION

1.-THE INDUSTRIAL n EDUCATION
AL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARA
MOUNT TO L OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
OF STATE POLICY, is the motto of The
Progressive Farmer, and upon this
platform it shall rise or fall. Serving
no master, ruled by no faction, cir
cumscribed 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 it represents, it will
speak with no uncertain voice, but
will ~fearlessly the right defend and
lmpartially the wrong condemn
From Col. Folks Salutatory, Feb.
10, 1886
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
B RECENT DEATHS.

DR.. Joseph LIE Conte, who died
last week in Yosemite Valley, Cal.
was a Georgian by birth. Prior to
the war he occupied a chair in the
State College of South Carolina.
After the close of hOstilities he was
chosen to d p~rofessorship in the
newly founded University of Cali.
fernia, with which latter institution
he has ave since been identified.
His fame as a teacher and writer on
scientific subjects was as wide as the
world. In theory and practice he
was a Christian gentleman of the
highest character.
It has been known for some time
that Joseph Cook, the founder of the
"Boston Monday Lectureship, was
in failing health, and his death on
the 25th ult. at Ticonderoga, N. Y,
was not a surprise. Twenty years
ago he was read and quoted in every
part of the country, and, for the
matter of that, in every part of the
English speaking world. Endowed
with immense physical vigor, and
with an aggressive intellectual en-
ergy, he was a stout and stubborn
defender of orthodox views in re-
ligion. His learning was cOpiOus
and his eloquence had a commanding
ring about it. On the platform he
had a most commanding manner. On
the platform he had q most com,
handing manner. He made a dis
tinot and valuable contribution to
the religious life of his times.
The death of Prof. John Fiske at
the early age of fifty-nine years
takes away one of the brightest
scholars, most entertaining lecturers,
and charming writer's that America
has ever produced. A youthful
prodigy, he became a man of amaz-
ing erudition, and a thinker of no
common force. First appearing be-
fore the public as an interpreter OF
Herbert Spencer, he later drew
away from the teachings of that
great author toward a more spiritual
philosophy. It is as a historian that
he will be best known. His "Begin'
nings of New England" cold Vir-
ginia and Her Neighbours" "Critical
Period, and other similar volumes
have had a very wide reading, and
no wonder. They are not merely
accurate in the statement of facts,
but also possess every quality OF
good style. We should be distinctly
poorer without them.-NashVlII0
Christian Advocate.
True dignity is never gained by
place and never lost when hOnOrs are
Withdrawn -MasSinUoT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
IN THIS CUMBERSOME RANDOM COM
MENT.

The place of honor on page 1 this
week is given to Prof. Jas. B. Hun
nicutt's letter on fertilizers. His
letters Ire invariably plain and prac-
tical. Next week we shall publish
an article of his on the use of the
corn shredder. We should like very
much to hear from those of our read
ers who have had experience with
this machine, so rapidly and deserv.
eddy growing in popular favor.
In this issue there are two or three
references to the new public lands
now being opened up for settlement
in Oklahoma-an echo of other days
when Horace Greeley's 600 West,
young man." vas on every tongue.
Oklahoma, from an agricultural
standpoint, is one of the richest sec
tions of the country, and the lands
now being opened for settlement are
said to be quite fertile.
A Rhode Island correspondent
sounds a note of warning against ex-
treme 'patchwork farming" His
ideas are in the main correct, and
we are glad to have his letter, but
the average Southern farmer needs
a different brand of advice.
Our Social Chat again appears this
week. Let the old members heed
Aunt Jennie's call for a reunion
Our Correspondence Department
is, we are glad to say, fuller than
usual this week. We are never quite
satisfied with an issue of The Pro
gressive Farmer unless the sixth
page is filed with letters from cor
respondents and the last three col
umns on page 4 with letters to Aunt
Jennie. But this must be done by
readers of the paper. Now while
the editor is working on other de-
partments, will not our readers give
their attention to these two?
"One thing thou lackest''-so say
we of this number of The Progress
I've Farmer, that one thing being
Harry Farmers Talk. Up to this
writing cOpT for it has not been re
ceived, why we do not know. (Since
this was put in type, Harry has
been heard from. And he says some
thing worth the saying.)
A number of the vely best and
most ably managed schools in North
Carolina are advertised in this issue.
Apply for catalogues, compare the
advantages offered by the different
schools, and %patronize the n you
think best for you. Don't worry
over that ancient problem, "Will a
thorough education pay?" Sensible
people have long inc ceased to dis
cuss it. OF course, that boy or girl
OF yours should go to school this
fall; to which school is for you to
decide.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Two letters, n from Entomolo-
gist Franklin Sherman, the other
from Mr.. L. E. Newsome, of Wilson
county, arrived too late to appear in
this issue, but will be published next
week.
There is something worth think
ing about in these two sentences
from the Mt. Olive Advertiser ''The
State has made a dismal failure in
farming with convict labor. Why
not put them at road building?"
The North Carolina Press Associa-
ton met IN Greensboro last week.
We regret that we were unable to be
present, owing to press of other
business. No mistakes we're made
in the selection of officers for the
ensuing year.
The death of Mrs. Patterson,
daughter of President Andrew John
son, again reminds US of the sugges-
ton, made by Prof. NJ. H. Holt in a
recent issue of the News and Oh
serrer, that Raleigh should purchase
the little house on Cabarrus street in
which Johnson was born and pre-
serve it as an historical object lesson.
We hope that this will be done.
The Charlotte Observer prints in
tuIl the address of Mr.. r. F. Beasley,
of Monroe, on "The Battle of Eliza
BEETHOVEN" delivered at the Gull
ford Battle Ground celebration, July
4th. Mr.. Beasley has done his State
good service by preparing so com
pIete a record of this engagement
The address was an excellent one,
evincing the fact that Mr.. Beasley
is no less giftel as orator than as
editor.
Congressman j. William Stokes,
of South Carolina, who died last
week, was twice President of the
South Carolina Farmers Alliance,
and for awhile, we believe, editor of
the Cotton Plant. But h will be
longest remembered for his splendid
work in behalf of rural free delivery
of mails, of which he was a pioneer
advocate. About eighteen months
ago there was in operation in South
Carolina a larger number Of routes
than in all the other Southern States
combined, the enthusiastic work of
DR.. Stokes being largely responsible
for this.
We have said it many times be,
fore, but it can do no harm to repeat
in the language of the Texas Farm
and R4noh Farmers meetings
are always profitable, a1d if any In
dividual fails to secure his portion
of the total acCretIOn, it is his own
fault. This applies to individual
discussions among neighbOrs at each
others homes IN Sunday afternoons !;
to gathering of half a dozen at the
market town the smallest organtza-
non for mutual benefit to we'll pat
ronized county or district societies ;
80 regularly organized Farmers In
stitutes, and to State and National
representative bodies of farmers.
Farmers cannot rub against each
other without deriving some benefit
from the attrition."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-16
AFTER CROPS ARE Glad BY"

AFTER CROPS ARE "LAID BY"
Now that in spite of the late sea-
son and the unusually persistent at
tacks of General Green" crops are
being at last ''laid by" it is we'll for
the farmer to lay plans for using
wisely the season of comparative
leisure between nov and the time
for gathering the crops. 1t will pass
quickly, and unless me has we'll de-
veloped plans in mind at its begin
ming, little can be accomplished.
The editor, being now engaged in a
business in which there is no ''laying
by" season, is disposed to envy the
farmer this period of rest and rec
reation we're we now back on the
farm, we should appreciate it more
highly than we did before entering
journalism.
Politics being side tracked this
we are thankful that it is
so-let us see if there is not other
important work that can engage the
attention of the farmer during the
period which, in campaign years, is
usually devoted to political discus
sions and other campaign work.
X x X X x
In the first place, we again ask at
tention to rural free delivery of
mails. We are firmly convinced that
no other movement begun by our
State oH National government for a
quarter century past promises such
beneficent results to country peO-
pie. 1t carries to the country one
of the greatest advantages of city
life, and will bring the farmer into
touch with the worlds progress as
nothing else has ever done. AS we
have said before, the neighborhOOd
with rural free delivery of mails,
other things being equal, is fully 25
in advance of the community
that must depend upon the average
country postofice as the medium of
communication with the outside
world. But our North Carolina peo-
pie have not yet realized this. In
communities fairly thickly settled
and with fairly good roads, rural
free delivery routes r established
they are petitioned for.
In density of population and condi-
ton of her highways North Carolina
compares favorably with any ad-
joining State, but how far she has
been outstripped in this work for
be tier mail facilities may be seen
from the following official state
ment:
"POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT,
washington, July 8, 1901.
"1Er. @. H. Poe, Editor Progressive
Farmer, Raleigh, ". G.
"SIR In reply to your request of
the 26th ult., / give below the num-
Der of rural routes now in operation
in the States named by you:
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"POsTOFFICE DEPARTMENT, +,
washington, July 3, 1901.

~5ND-1 - =
orr. G. II. Poe, Editor Progressive
Farmer, Raleigh, ". @.
"SIR In reply to your request of
the 26th ult., / give below the num-
Der of rural routes now in operation
in the States named by you:
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Be sure to give both old and new addresses in
~ordering.change of pOstOfice.
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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER is the Official
Organ of the North Carolina Farmers State
Alliance.
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When sending your renewal, be sure to give
exactly the name on label and pOstOf1ce to
which the copy OF paper you receive is sent.
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True dignity is never gained by
place and never lost when hOnOrs arc
Observation-Disclosures.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22

business as We are, ana if they prop
agate and cultivate in the sane waT
and vita as much ears Is We %. Why
not use their surplus goods when We
are short, and they reclprocatef That
may Be an right from the standpoint
Of the nurseryman. but Il e honest.
II q man buys Of one nurseryman be
frequently does 50 because be has con-
faenee that the man of whom be buys
viii sell him only what be wants and
be does not want stock that has passed
through q number Of hands before Il
reaches the man Of whom be buys.
This Is doubtless az the bottom o. 3
good deal Of the dissatisfacti0n that
is reported due 10 falsely named trees.
To illustrate: We know a man In IL
linois who ordered several hundred
trees Of certain varieties Of an Illinois
nursery. The Illinois nursery being
out OF those varieties, or some OF them.
sent TO a nursery in Missouri and Allied
the order. The trees sent from the
Missouri nursery were not the kind the
man had ordered Of the home nur-
sery. but he did not hnd this out till
years after when his trees came into
bearing He was. Of course. righteous
ly indignant and reported the facts to
the Illinois nursery. At that time he,
for the first time. learned that his
goods had come from another nursery.
The Illinois nursery offered 70 supply
him with new trees Of the varieties be
had At first ordered. but 70 the mind
Of the man land we agree with himl
this was no recompenses for he had
lost years OF time and spent a large
amount Of labor on the trees palmed
on on him. II q nurseryman wants to
substitute the goods Of another nur-
sery for the ones ordered be should
state the whole case TO the buyer and
leave him TO accept or decline the Of
fer. Any other course II tricky.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-22
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
ACRIcULTURlsTs.
soms Up-to-nats Hints About cuitisa-
sion cf the son ana Yields Thereof--
Hortieuifars. EialealtaEs sad EiaEieui-


Alfalfa auu Clever
There has been so much said and
written about alfalfa that It has be-
come popular outside OF the regions In
which conditions are suitable for It's
growth. This has led 70 a good many
farmers experimenting with it IN
states where red clover grows abund-
antly and where there l. no pressing
need for the growing Of alfalfa. When
ever asked about the matter the ad-
vice OF the Farmers Review has been
for the farmers to be satisfied with
red clover In the states In which IL
can be grown successfully.
For Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana,
Michigan and the neighboring states
there Is no necessity for the growing
Of alfalfa and in most parts Of them
the plant would most likely prove
failure II tried There are a good
many reasons why We should stick to
red clover. The first reason IS that It
can enter into the rotation with the
other crops. Its roofing is not 90 deep
that It cannot be disturbed. and Il does
not take years to get It well rooted.
With alfalfa the case Is different II
Is regarded as a permanent crop and
grows better after having been per-
mitted to take a few years In estab-
fishing its root system. The great
difficulty In getting a catch Of alfalfa
is iuring the years when It's roots are
small and ils growth comparatively
feeble. But after It has reached down
into the regions OF eternal moisture.
10. IS or 20 feet below the surface, il
will grow on forever. Il Is said that
IN Chile there are fields OF alfalfa
that have not been disturbed for 200
years and yet annually yield good
crops. This win readily show how
little It Is fitted for the rotation.
Without the abundant sunshine to
which Il Is accustomed It Is dlficult to
cure alfalfa, and this is a very serious
matter IN a country OF clouds and fire.
Quent rains We note another thing IN
regard to alfalfa grown out OF its nat
ural habitat Il is smaller and does
not yield the heavy crop that is cred
tied to t. The writer has In mind
In particular a crop that was grown
a few years ago At the Michigan Ex-
pertinent station. We doubt II In that
case. under the best OF conditions. the
crop was az large as would have been
realized from red clover