The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-03

passed the experimental stage and
will within few wears become an
important source of revenue to this
Republic. A new species, which has
been produced by GROSS fertiliz 4tion,
is said TO surpass in many respects
the best Cuban grades One factory
there, under American German man
agement, employs a force of skilled
Cuban cigar makers, who are turn.
ing out lily many thousands of fine
cigars, amounting in value to $l5,-
600 Ler month. Fifty per cent. of
this is oonsum' as home, 25 per
cent. g es TO Germany, and the re-
mainder to France, England, and
Mexico. Owing TO the high tar fl,
no attempt has as yet been made 20
introduce the cigars into the United
States.
VETERINARY SURGEONS WANTED.
The Agricultural Department ia
anxious 80 secure number o. veter
mary surgeons for service in the
Bureau Of Animal Industry, where
they will be EN- plOy ed as quarantine
officers, TO supervise the experiments
OF the Department., to inspect dairy
products and certify to their purity
and for other purposes. A civil ser
vice examination Ia required, but Hs
h. cd III
to supply the Department with the
number of surgeons needed by it, no
oompetent man will have the least
difficulty in securing an appoint
ment.
De. Salmon, Chief of the Bureau
of Animal Indu-try,
URGES THE KEEPING OF POULTRY
on all farms, and especially in all
fruit orchards. He says: Chick
ens are especially valuable in oroh
ards, where they can have a free
range nearly all the SEASON without
doing particle Of damage, while they
keep down insects. This ia particu-
larly true in regard TO plums, which
they sometimes save altogether from
the ravages of the curculio; apple s
also are greatly benefited. Where
there are small fruits that the pOul
try might damage, it is easy enough
to confne them during the limited
time when these are ripening. The
was to fruit will also form u substan-
tial part of their food. Poultry,
however, are exceedingly valuable
on any and all farms, when fenced
away from the gardens and flower
beds. The amount of good they will
do in preserving the crops from
W, rms, var, 8 and insects is simply
inoaloulable, to say nothing of the
profit derived from their sale.
United States Consul Albert, re
pOI ts to the State Department from
Bruins wick, that the Germans are
MAKING EFFORTS TO R ,IsE COTTON
in their possessions on she west coast
OF Africa. The government has taken
into it's aervice four intelligent ne
groes from Alabama, who have had
a school training and are experienced
in the cultivation of cotton. They
we're selected by the President of th'
Tuskegee Institute, in Alabama. The
mon left New York last year, taking
with them all ne nes"4ry tools and
machines. The President of the
Tuskegee Institute has received Il
letter from one of them, saying
''We have brought under cultivation
100 acres of lan1 a part IF which has
been planted in cotton, oOrn and pea
nuts. The cotton has already more
fruit than many a farmer IN America
gets in u whole harvest. SIX months
ago there was nothing to be seen
here but thicket and elephant grass,
but TO day several buildings have
been erected. am engaged in set
ting uu the cotton gin, 50 as to b.
ready for the har vest find the
natives are glad to work, but they
cannot accomplish much and soon
hecOme tired" 1t ia reported frOn
Alabama that there are many COL
Ored cotton planters preparing t"
settle in the German possessions.
TIE attempts of the English to es ab
Iish cottun planting in Africa have
failed, because the work was done
bv white men, who oOnld not stand
the hot climate. The Germans have
male the experiment with negroes,
whose ancestors came from Africa,
and who have become masters OF
cotton planting in America. This