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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06

old kind of scrubs that weigh four
pounds, to say nathing of the eggs
and the satisfaction of seeing nice
stock. Do not take my word for it,
but go to work and prove it to be
true.
If the farmers of this Southern
country would get up a little bust
ness tact, and invest a little in good
stock they would find that the in
come would be fourfold, especially
if they got good enough stock so
they could sell it for breeding pur-
poses too. It will be a long time in
this country before good stock will
go a begging for purchasers. AS
proof of this you will find that a man
who ever gets a start of fine stock
will not be willing to go back to the
scrub.
A man who stands back and waits
for some one else to do the improv-
ing in any line of business will never
be much of a success, and it is no
less true in the line of stock raising
and farming. If I am wrong in this
matter I would like for some one to
come forward and correct me. Take
the matter of Belgian hares, if you
will allow me the privilege of digress-
ing. Only about i've years ago peo-
pie were laughed at because they inn
ported these little animals at a high
price, but how is it to-day? Men
who did some of the laughing IRE
spending hundreds of dollars in the
business, and they are getting re-
turns from the business too. They
will for some time to come too. See
if I am not right on this line too.-
F. j. Marshall, College Park, Ca, in
Southern Cultivator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
strawberry OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
S. w. CHAMBERS.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
There T two vital points in
strawberry culture at this season.
the prompt destruction of weeds and
grass and the conservation of moist
ure. Fortunately both of these can
be achieved by n and the same
means-two birds killed by one stone.
as it were.
Frequent and shallow culture are
the means. This we accomplish by
means of d small, five tooth horse
cultivatOr and light hand hoes. The
cultivator is run down the middle
once or twice as may be necessary to
stir the soil we'll within a reason
able distance of the plants. 10 to
about July Is we plow within six
inches of the plants, using a small
tooth n inch wide on the side Of
the cultivatOr next to the plants.
This small tooth cuts over an inch
and a half inch deep and throws no
dirt on plants. Later as the plants
get older and larger, we drop back d
little farther with the plow.
The strip around the plants that
the oultivatOr does not reach we stir
with hand hoes, cultivating very
shallow just around the plants and
a little deeper further off.
A. We make it a rule to cultivate this
way every two weeks. Timely done
such cultivation ia rapid and mex
pensive. 1t is when cultivation is
delayed and grass and weeds in
trench themselves that arduous and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
KEEPING MILK COOL IN SUMMER.

The great problem of butter-mak-
ing in the summer time is a way of
keeping the milk cool. The only
satisfactory way with the average
farm convenience is by using cans
that can be set in water. When
there is any quantity of milk, it
would pay to build a milk house over
or beside the we'll. If the amount of
milk handled does not warrant so
much expense, a large box to cover
the milk tank containing the cans
will answer the purpose. All it is
necessary to do is to shade the cans
from the rays of the sun. The tank
must be large enough to contain all
the cans and a sufficient amount of
water besides to insure against it's
temperature being affected by put
ting in the warm milk. 1t should be
deep enough to allow the water to
reach we'll above the milk in the
cans. By arranging pipes to carry
off the surplus water from the tank
into the watering troughs of the
stock, all the water used can be
pumped through the tank, thus
changing it several times a day and
keeping it cool. A long tank has
some advantages over a round or
square one. There is not so much
danger of an upset. With Stats
nailed across just far enough apart
to let the can set between them,
there will be no trouble in this line.
By having several escapes at differ
ent heights, the quantity of water in
the tank can be regulated by means
of plugs to close all but the one that
allows the water to escape when it
has reached the desired height. AS
each can is not liable to contain a
like Quantity of milk, it is a good
idea to have several convenient
weights handy to regulate the
weights of the cans. A square tin
box set in the water will make a
good cooler for butter or meats -
Jim L. Ir win, in The Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
VALUABLE A R BOOKS.

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L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University.
Handsomely illustrated. 800 pages.
Price, SIPS.
we really do not believe that the
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vantage than by sending that
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ii. Bailey's Principles of Agricul-
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the why's and wherefores'-the
principles-Of the business" OF
farming. 1t is written by a man OF
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md scientific study. Tie farmer
tho secures Il copy OF this wOrk
aud studies It during his spare
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There are many books upon the
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We guarantee satisfaction.
A SPECIAL PRICE
We have now decided to send a
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who need it.
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Farm Miscellany.

Vance Co., n. G.

While attending the fairs We could
not help noticing the glaring igno-
rance on the part of many visitors in
regard to what it takes tc constitute
a pure bred fowl. There certainly
is room for much improvement in
this direction. You may converse
with any of them upon the different
breeds of cattle, sheep or hogs, and
they are perfectly familiar and can
tell you their good qualities and
their weak points. But when it
comes to chickens as they call them,
it is like going to a menagerie. They
will walk up to a pen of Barred
Rocks and be heard to exclaim ooh
my, what fine Brahmas these are"
Or in looking over the Leghorns
they will say these are Games, Eyes,
l know these are Games by their big
combs" And they will approach
the owner and say, 81 want to get
one of your premium roosters. How
much do you ask for them?" When
told they are worth So to SIS they are
perfectly Mortified and exclaim ::
"You must think I don't know any
thing to give such q price as that for
a rooster. Why, 1 bought one of my
neighbor last spring, as big IS that
one for fifty cent?, and they were
full blOoded Plymouth Rocks, for
they had yellow legs and bills and
speokled all over white and brown,
or black" I have taken chickens
to the fair in the fall that were
Matched the first Of April that
weighed eight pounds and werr tst
picked up from the fock as they ran,
and not fed a grain more than the
balance of che flock, and the general
expression of passers by was that
those were last years chickens.
Many farmers and others are not
used to seeing such fine thorough
bred fowls. They look on them as
simply monstrOsities, gotten up
especially for the fairs. OF course
there are many exceptions to this
rule among farmers, but the rank
and file are of this class. Let US
strive therefore to have an awaken
ing in this matter and see what we
can do. We like other kinds of
stock Of the berry best. Why not in
clude poultry in the list? 1t is a
practical matter and will bear close
inspection for it takes but few fig
ures TO show that there is more profit
in raising a flock of Plymoth Rocks
or Brahmas that will weigh seven or
eight pounds at six months than the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
horticulture.
THE M1rsUMMER APPLE CROP.

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Not a little of the profit of the ap-
pie crop depends upon proper mid
summer treatment of the trees.
More and more are we beginning to
realize that it is the fine, fancy
fruits which pay. The large, sound,
handsome apples always bring their
price, and in seasons Of depression
they are the only ones that have
any profitable market. They are the
only apples which foreigners will
take, and the only mes that will.
stand transportation across the
ocean. Such apples must be per-
fectly grown, and they must reach
maturity without defect or blemish.
A tree with a few bushels of such
fancy apples yields o profit than
another with twice as many defec-
tive ones. 1t is the quality and not
the quantity of the yield that de-
cides the profits.
A SOON H1AJ oPE4SS o4O SPO4@O0
through summer c~arelessness in the
orchard. Just now the trees are in a
condition which need our particular
attention. One should go through
the orchard and make careful note
of the condition of each tree. A
good deal depends upon the past
performances of each tree. Some
have a record of producing very good
apples in spite of the heavy crop.
Such trees consequently need less
thinning out than others. There
should be made an effort to dlslodge
so far as possible all defective and
understood fruits. Relieved of these
the tree will be able to make the re-
naming apples grow larger and fair
er. But in leaving too many fruits
on a tree with a good record the
danger of breaking down the limbs
is invited. This must be carefully
considered. Even though we sup
plJ props later damage is actually
done to the tree by straining it. AS
a rule a tree should not be asked to
carry more apples than it's limbs can
actually support without props
These latter can then be put up to
keep the tree from straining when
storms and winds are beating
through the orchard.
Proper thinning out of fruits, es.
pecially the apples, is one of the
most delicate of questions, for one
must learn how to do it from expe-
rience. One does no damage TO the
crop by overthinning, except as he
limits the size of the crop. The
trees do not suffer therefrom as they
may from o~verpruning. 50 in this
respect n a decide for himself
just how large a crop he wants. Al
lowances must, of course, be made
for the havoc created by storms.
These will thin out the fruit later in
spite of all precautions. 1t may
then be necessary TO leave a few
more apples on the trees than you
expect to harvest. Another consid-
Grafton is that some of the apples
will develop specks or rotton centres,
later these will have to be thinned
out. The thinning out process con-
sequently should be carried on by
degrees, always looking out for the
small, understood and knotty fruits.
These should always be pulled or
knocked off
S. w. CHAMBERS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
Grasses and 6 Plants Of The South,
nv ]. 9. KILLERREW.
OF the University Of Tennessee.

It is a complete manual of the oul-
ture of grasses and forage plants OF
the South. It contains about 14O
pages, and is written in a style to be
understood by everyone.
The book discusses the character
lst1cs of the principal praises, the
maintenance of pastures and mead
ows, legUminOus forage plants, wild
pastures, etc. It is fully illustrated
with original analytical engraving
by Scribner, our greatest grass Ok
pert, and embellished with a large
number of half tone cuts of field
operations.
K~tJte6ren0's former e0ork on gro8ses
IS mo0 entirely omt of print and
brings So q copy. This new book con-
totns all the Information In the for
me-" UO"6, re-0ritten, and em6Odjes
the results of ta0enty gears additional
experience Of the 1Oriter and all the
information attained By the expert
ment stations and the United States
Department Of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
Marion, N. @.

Use no wood ashes among the drop
pings, as the effect is to release the
ammonia in them, thus wasting it,
as well as making an unhealthy at
mosphere for the fowls to breathe.
Marian Meade.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
In Effect May 26th, 1901,
SRHTHWARn.

Lv New York, N YP & MI SIS a NJ IS p
Lv New York, S Co..f8 90 pm -.
T-u RolfjmOro r 8 p 10 + e RI n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
Grow Grasses and Raise Cattle.

Examine agricultural statistics and see the
high rank North Carolina takes in Weld DER
acre Of grasses and forage crops. Com
pare her advantages for stOck-raising with
those of other States. Profit by these factS
Grow grasses: raise stock. And whether you
have few animals or many, you cannot afford
not to read
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-06
BECAUSE 1T DOES THE WORK.

Downing, Wis, Oct. II, 1899,
sell your CAUSTIC BALSAM and find it a
good seller because % does the work. Would like
some advertising matter; let a thing be ever so
good. ifyou don't keep it before the people sales
VIII E. F. STODDARD.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-06-01
SEvENTY-FOUR MILES AN HOUR.

Coffee cups Which Failed to Record the
-, Speed OF the Traiu
To a Washington group Col Wells
H. Blodgett of st. Louis told story
of railroad travel which caused his
hearers to marvel. His theme was the
improvement of transportation facil-
tiles in the United States His argu-
ment was that these advantages are
coming so rapidly and with so little
mention that most people do not APP
preciate them
ION stretch Of the Wabash recent
ly, Col. Blodgett said, several of us
were at breakfast The coffee cups
stood SO. evenly that, although they
were full, not drop splashed over the
SIDES. Conversation turned upon speed,
and one who was at the table remark
ed that he had often desired to realize
what rapid rate meant quotes the
New York Mail and Express. "He
said he had often been on the New
York Central when it was claimed that
the train was going sixty miles an
hour, but he had his doubt about it,
because the jar did not indicate any
thing unusual.
At the time of this conversation
the car upon which we we're taking a
meal did not seem to be making any
unusual time. We discussed the sense
of speed as it would be experienced by
the traveller. As a matter Of curiosity,
we asked the conductor to look at the
registering apparatus at the end of the
car. He came back a.ld reported the
train was going seventy -four miles an
hour. Chicago Daily News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-06-01
RESULTS OF PEDANTRY.

How the Early Printer Hurt the English
Language.
Both in debt" and doubt the 3D.
is the result of sixteenth century pc
dantry, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
In all our earlier literature these
words, which came to us through the
French and not direct from the Latin,
were correctly spelled "det' or "dette,"
'dout'' or "doute.''' The truth Of the
matter is that in consequence of the
introduction Of printing the spelling
OF our language became crystalliZed to-
ward the end of the sixteenth century.
The classical revival of that period
accounts for many of the plumbers in
spelling which were then committed,
but an even more serious cause of con-
fusion was the foreign origin of the
new art of printing. Most of the early
printers were foreigners. and instead
of cutting special types to represent
the old English letters, they dropped
these letters out of the language alto
gether and introduced various foreign
devices for representing English
sounds. How little sanctity attaches
to spelling thus established may be
further gathered by observing how
constantly our spelling used to adapt
itself to the development of the lam
guage until printing stereotyped the
combined pedantry and ignorance OF
particular epoch. The following
words taken from the Oxford Diction-
airy will sufficiently illustrate my
point:
Earth-Older forms: lrthe, urth,
yerthe, berthe, yorth, earthe, yearth,
orth.
Heaven-Older forms: Hefen, heo
fen, hevven, hevin, heven, hevyn.
Head-Wyclif, 1882, heved. Pastor
Letters, 1850, hedde. Tindal, 1926,
heede.
Dead-Older forms: Daed, ded,
decide, deid, deyde, dyde, dedde. j.,
And l cannot conclude better than
by quoting from the Vernon manu-
script Q4O0) the following illustration
of earlier spelling and perennial
truth: Better is quik and hol hounde
then a ded lyon"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-06-01
EQUAL SUFFRAGISTS GLAD.

Rejoice That Women May Practice Law
in Pennsylvania.
Chicago equal suffragists are rejoic-
ing over the defeat of the attempt to
bar women from practicing law in
Pennsylvania by amending the consti-
tuition of the Law academy in Phila-
delphia. Judge Bradwell caustically
remarks: 'These enemies of progress
no doubt wished to see signs hung up
in the law library like that which for
SO. many years hung in one of the
largest libraries in Oxford: Women
and dogs not admitted here" The
Philadelphia Item, which opposed the
change, declares that the action taken
IN allowing women the freedom of the
courts shows that even in Philadelphia
the twentieth century has dawned. It
gives some interesting history in re-
gard to the disabilities of women in
recent years. No less: than eight wom-
en- nave seats on the London board of
education. !Ailton thought it improp-
er. for. women to learn Greek and
Latin. Mary. Woolstonecroft had to
argue personally with her friends, who
thought it unwomanly and improper
for girls to study botany There was
! time in the history of Boston libra
rles when women were not allowed to
take books from the library Now
more books are taken out by women
than by men. In Jane Austen's day it
was considered very unsexing, degrad-
Ing and unwomanly for woman to
write novels. Miss Austen always kept
large piece of sewing on hand with
which to conceal her manuscript in
case conservative visitor should come
In. "How absurd! How ridiculous!
How idiotic!" In regard to the objec-
ton that women lawyers are physical
~ untitled for fighting the women have
dug up records from the statistical bu-
reau which show bad state of af-
! fairs among the male members of the
profession. They say: THE objec-
tion of physical disability was most
unfortunate one for our critic to ad-
vance. From the published record of
United States military statistics we
see that out OF all men examined for
military duty during the rebellion
more than a quarter of them were
found unfit. But this varied with the
different vocations. Of every 1000
lawyers, 544 were disqualified. More
than one-half OF such physical array
as that of which the time honored. law
academy may t~ presumed to consist,
were far more useless for warlike pur-
poses than the fighting women of Da-
honey" The constitution of the law
academy, which it was proposed to
change. has been in force more than
100 years.-Chicago Journal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-06-01

scenery will be of the newest and
most brilliant kind. Pearl Castag-
|snino, handsome young burlesquer,
will lead the jolly girls in two farce
comedies, The Widows Dream and
The Widows at the French Ball.
Both of these comedies will be brim-
full of clever dialogue, with scenes and
situations Of the most hilarious char
acter. Among the specially perform
ers, every one of them a star of the
first degree, will be Smith and Vannet-
ia, masters of humorous art; Lester
and Curtin, comedy acrobats; Deda
Walker, a skilled contralto, and the
Powers sisters, soubrettes and dancers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-06-01
A Drink Cost $1,000.

Harry Vokes, a member Of the Ward
and Vokes company, which has been
playing at the Bastable theater, made
contract with e. D. Star, the man
ager of the company, at the beginning
OF the season that If he INDUCED in
any intoxicating liquors he would for
felt 81 900. Harry is member Of the
Elks and happened to drop in on SYRIA
scuse when they were having social
time. He SO far forgot himself as to
take a cocktail. The maragcr dropped
in town the same night and caught
Vokes indulging in his quiet drink,
Vokes admitted his guilt and paid over
the 81 200. His manager made ont a
bill as follows: Mr. Harry Vokes-
To 3. D. Stair, manager Ward and
Vokes, Dr. one drink Cocktail,
81 GOO. Chicago Journal.
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Mr.. Wright and can be found there
between the hours Of IL m. and 2 D. m,


between the hours Of IL m. and Q D. M.
. The merry war ]. between Chicago
Afro-American Democrats is still CO.
ing on. Broad AK Taylor has been
indicted by the grand jury for Grim
inal libel and Capt. Carter and his
friends are happy. The Broad Ak
.Ta,ylor's paper, continues to pour hot
shot into the Carter ranks in the shape
of, editorials so vitrolic that one can
scarcely read them. Charges and
counter charges are the order of the
day.
Richard Oglesby staggered into the
Plaza hotel drug store, North Clark
street and North avenue, late Sunday
night and told the clerk in charge that
he had been shot. The man was
found to be suffering from bullet
wound in the abdomen and the police
OF the Larrabee street station were no
titled. .Oglesby was taken to the Alex
ian Brothers hospital, where the bull
let was extracted. He will recover.
He refused to say how he received the
wound. Oglesby is a musician and
lives at Dearborn and Twenty-first
streets. The, police believe that he
was shat in saloon tight.
Mrs. Charles G. Nicely, Of Evanston.
and Mrs. George Bancroft, formerly of
that city, have started an Industrial
school for Americans in Deland.
Fla, where they have spent the last
three winters. 1.-THE organization is an
auxiliary society of the Colored Peo-
pies Forward movement and has been
incorporated. Miss Mary Myers, a
graduate of the Chicago Training.
School for Home and Foreign Mis-
slons, has been engaged to teach in the
school. There will be classes in cook
ing, sewing and kindergarten work be-
sides Sabbath classes for boys and
girls A Number of Evanston people
have contributed books as the nucleus
for a library. 49,. .@-.-
One day last week while Arthur
Brown and Clinton Weaver, two young
boys, were playing in the stable of
Willis Sykes, 1906 La Sale street,
pistol that Weaver found in the wag-
on was accidentally discharged, the
ball entering the abdomen of young
Brown. He was hastily removed to
Provident Hospital, where DR.. D. H.
Williams performed very difficult
operation, but Monday morning he
died. Young Weaver was arrested by
the police and is now in Jail. Arthur
Brown, before he died, told his mother
and DR.. Williams that he and Clinton
were not quarreling at the time of the
shooting, but on THE contrary were
the best of friends. The best inform
alton obtainable is that the sad affair
was the result of a playful scuffle be-
tween the two boys. Young Weaver
fourteen years old. The APPEAL ex-
| tends it's sympathies to the families
of the two boys in the hour of their
is fifteen years old and has always
borne a good reputation Brown was
trouble and loss. I
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MlMN EAPoLI9

J. K Il. AID Lere1, Ne. nsets s7st SEQ vss
aad Tuesday In each nonts ct Masonic Fan ats
enn street between Uennepin and Nicollet AvSi
Aasons In good standing always welcome
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HARVEY BURKE sec Medical BLOCK
2he fret and second Monday IL each nlanra y
Masonic Hall Second street ce:wsss x-.-7:es
and H'co!le, Ave'o. A.s"ns "a good stsEtlas
ways welcome.
GEO. ". DAY. ". =
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NORTH gsAa CsEsIsTaHoz k-Hfo4 IT,
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