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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-13

are some times not all that we need.
One soil may become deficient in
nitrogen, phOsphoric acid or potash,
and sufficient of the proper element
cannot be supplied with the natural
manures. 1t is then that an applica-
ton of the right commercial manure
comes in to make matters right. But
no application of artificial fertilizers
will ever keep soil up to the proper
standard. We may stimulate the
plants for few seasons, and think
that we are performing wonders, but
we are doing it all at the cost of soil
fertility. Sooner or later we will
discover that the soil has become
thin and worthless, with hardly suf-
ficient strength to grow blade of
grass, and then we may realize that
we have been raising crops on stimu-
lants. We may as we'll attempt to
fatten and strengthen man on alco-
hOlic drinks, which do for time
stimulate the body and muscles to
unusual performances. The back
bone of our farming is barnyard ma
nure and green fertilizers. Plow
them under every year in sufficient
quantities, and the heaviest crops
can be raised without injuring the
land. Then, when needed, dress the
10 4, i
nitrogen, potash or phosphoric acid,
as the case may need. Some crops
absorb more of one of these elements
than others, and it is essential to
know which is being used up in ex-
cess of others. G.. L. MASON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-13
HOME FERTILIZERS AND FERTILITY.

correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
The main thing in farming is keep
ing up the fertility of the soil while
annually gathering crops from it. If
the soil degenerates just a little each
year it must be only a short time be-
lore bankruptcy mEst stare the
farmer IN the face unless he makes
sufficient profits from his crops to
-Ay aside something. But even this
Is p9gc policy. That effort should
be made 20 maintain the fertility of
the soil up to d high standard. This
Is Just as important as it is fora busi-
Ness man to keep a good stock of
goods IN hand, and not let his busi-
ness run down through lack of good
plant.
o.li fertility is u question intimate
" Connected with the question of
home fertilizers. Tho farmer can
not depend upon commercial fertili-
z5as q supply his plants with food.
--ey may help at certain times, and
@~A I'D the land certain particular In
srs.ie1ts SHAT are lacking, but they
o"1 never take the place of home
-e''i-ll-rs BArnyard manure and
green fertilizers must always be the
'-'e- dependence of the farmer for
..-1''ohlng his soil Contained in
'DeSe are all the elements needful to
uaAe slAe plants thrive. They vary in
-0feht foods, and their proportions
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-13
THE COST OF QUALITY.

Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
Quality is always an important
factor in disposing of farm products,
but in many cases it's cost to the
farmer is practically nothing. In
the matter of butter making it costs
absolutely no more to make high
grade quality than inferior butter.
Even the cost of extra labor in keep
ing things clean and sweet about the
dairy Cannot be counted, for is really
does nos take more work to keep
things clean than to let them go
dirty. 1t is merely question of
method and system. If one adopts
system in handling everything about
the dairy he will find that time and
labor are actually saved, while the
results are more than doubled. The
slovenly man or woman only adds to
his or her labors. 1t is carelessness
that produces accidents and misfor-
tunes.
Quality is worth good deal in the
market. Whether it is butter, fruits
or vegetables or animals that one is
selling, the determining factor is the
quality of the goods. The extra
payment received for good quality
most generally represents the differ
ence between prof5 and loss. The
e--...,o,,- --I,C RrJ +ba4 NJ hrvvoI GF
farming pays are usually those who
pay little regard to the quality of
their goods.
In some lines of work On the farm
quality does cost. 1t may in some
cases cost more to raise fine fruits
than poor ones. To begin with, fine
seeds OF trees usually sell for a trile
more than ordinary ones This initial
cost is further added to by the extra
labor of cultivation, spraying, pack
ing and marketing. 1t is hardly true
to say that il costs as much TO raise
inferior fruits, which will take care
of themselves, as it does to produce
fancy grade. There is always extra
cultivation, which must be paid for
in la Dor or money, and extra care in
protecting the fruits from insects
and blights
But the difference is not so great
as it may seem to some This IL d 1e
so organization and system. 1t one
orders his work after some good pan
which will save time and worry the
difference will hardly be noticed.
Some times the differen"e IS summed
mp In the working capacity Of the
individuals One prefers to idle
most of the time, ind let things on
the farm drift. Another seems born
for work, and finds his greatest en-
ioyment in cultivating and improv-
ING his crops. If we are not willing
TO give our time and labor to the
cultivation of the crops in the hest
Dossible manner we have no business
calling ourselves farmers. We are
on the farm to plant, cultivate and
harvest. All this takes labor, brains
and constant strivings. The man
who is not willing TO pay the price
must fail. The secret of good farm
ING is quality, and that can be OBJ
tained by areful planning and in
telligent work.
w. L. EDWARDS J
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Agriculture.
HARRY FARMERS TALKS.
XXXVIII.

-,,rrespondence Of The Progressive Farnt
..What soil shall I select when
looking around for a piece of land on
which to make a farm?"
Before trying to answer this ques-
ton. we say that farms are made in
North Carolina. You might find a
very small place on some Western
Drairie where the farm is not to be
made, but even there some drainage
or other w0lk may be needed in or
der to get the best results from the
soil. Some time ago we asked man
who has been fairly successful in
farming, yet he has rented or leased
land nearly all his life, what kind OF
soil was best for farmer. to buy?
He said in part: ''If you want TO
make farm that will last and give
the least trouble, take moderate level
land with a clay subsoil. This soil
can be enriched and made very pro-
ductive if well drained. Rolling
sandy soil cannot be made perma-
nentIy rich. It will be necessary to
manure or fertilize land of this kind
every year. Putting manure on
level clay land is like banking money.
1t increases every year. If 1 we're
going to buy farm, 1 would take
the clay land although the sandy
soil is easier worked"
The most of our own farming has
been on the level pine lands found
all over the eastern part of North
Carolina. If you want TO grow early
truck for Northern markets the
sandy soil is best, because it is much
warmer than the clay soils. Melons,
cucumbers, squashes, tomatoes and
peanuts all seem 80 do best on sandy
soils. Such crops as corn, COW peas,
cotton and sweet potatoes do best on
clay soils. Cabbage and a few other
plants are almost a failure on sandy
land. We mentioned these things
tor it is something that will interest
every person who cOntemplates
farming for a business. The best
thing for a young farmer TO do is to
decide what he wants to grow and
then buy the land best suited for his
crop. Many farmers are failures be-
cause they have a piece of land given
them by their fathers and think they
are compelled to keep it and try to
raise crops not suited to the soil.
Fathers often make mistakes this
way. You will find farmers scat
tered all over the country who are
tied(?) to some place on which they
spend their whole life trying to make
a living and end their life poorer
than when they commenced. If
son wishes to go into the mercantile
business, he does not try to take
place that does not suit him, but
goes away from home TO place that
gives promise of success. Then why
not let the farmers son have the
same privilege?
HARRY FARMER.
Columbus Co., n. G..
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1t Is claimed by some farmers that
corn stalks cannot be saved in the
Southwest as in the North and West !;
that they become too dry and woody,
and even if shredded will not be
eaten by cattle. They tell us that
unless the corn stands in the field
until the corn is hard that there will
be great loss in grain. They have,
or at least many of them have, the
idea that the corn must be gathered
and the stalks cut afterwards, be-
cause the universal custom has been
to gather the corn from the stalks as
they stand in the field. IT they will
wait until the kernels are we'll glazed,
and then cut and shock the corn
closely, the substance remaining in
the stalks will be sufficient to mature
the corn, and the stalks themselves
will not cry out as they would stand
ing in the field. The corn may then
be pulled from the stalks and the
stalks hauled to the shredder and
made into u nutritious hay, or they
may be pu5 through a cutter and
made into silage, and if mixed with
pea vines will make a feed about
equal in value TO the whole corn
silage. 1t is an enormous waste of
feed to let the corn stalks dry up in
the feld.-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-13

Mr.. N. A. Kline, OakdaIe, n. c.,
wishes to know what Progressive
Farmer reader has home bred, pure
blood White Chester pigs to dispose
of. Write him particulars, if you
have them.
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THE CORN CROP.
Kansas Farmer Writes of the Great
Drought in the West.


Drought in the West.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
At this writing the hot, dry
weather has so severely injured the
corn crop in the "corn belt" that it
is doubtful if half crop will be har-
vested. It is one of the sad sights
of Western farming to see ones
hopes blasted by adverse weather.
Many a farmers heart has been
broken by seeing his years labors
whitening up in the pitiless sun and
hot, scOrohing wind. Is there no
help for it? Cannot science do some
thing so overcome the fearful effects
of the drought? This question is the
one that cuts deep into the soul of
tens of thousands of corn growers,
and if it could be answered in the
affirmative it would bring Joy and re-
lief to those living in dozen West
ern States.
The Western drought is something
that is difficult to overcome or con-
troll, and yet this season has demon
strated that a good stand of corn,
healthy and vigorous, will withstand
the dry weather far better than for
merly. Better seed and culture have
enabled the farmers to fight the
drought this season, 80 that a good
part Of the crop has been saved. Ten
years ago dry spell such as that ex-
perienced this summer would have
caused total failure of the whole
corn crop. I have witnessed the
complete destruction of crops by dry
spells no longer or severer than the
one that prevailed this summer.
There is consequently some reason
to rejoice at this seasons expert
ence. It has demonstrated to US
that the science of good culture has
some practical merits. The better
the culture the sturdier and harder
the stand of corn, and this means a
more successful resistance to the
drought. In Illinois three pIOwings
are now generally given to corn, and
in Missouri and some of the other
States as high as five and six. This
accounts largely for the larger
yields and the better stand.
There is one other point that
must be considered in the near
future, and thatis the question of
storing water for irrigation. Say
what we will, it must come in time,
when there will be some comprehen-
sive system of storing water in a
series of reservoirs in the corn belt
so that the corn crop will not be
jeOpardized. Just how this will be
accomplished I do not pretend to
say. Yet in way the establish
ment of wind mills in many parts of
the fruit growing regions of the
West seem to point u way to success.
The hot, dry winds that nearly al
ways blow across the corn belt in a
drought could be utilized to pump
up water to spread over the corn
fields. By converting the hot winds
the worst foe to the cOrn-into an
agent of usefulness would be one of
the best trium ghs of modern agri-
culture @. T. WILLIAMS.
Kansas.
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FARMER.

Columbus Co., n. c.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-03-13
GEO. HOUGHMASTER.
REDWOOD FALLS MINI

nesota should not recognize them.
The osteopaths did not want to have
their system considered as a prac-
tice of,medicine, but simply a sys-
TEN Of rubbing in which thous-
ands believed Senator Horton con-
tended that the opponents of the
srubbers' were physicians of the
old school who were opposing it for
selfish reasons. Senator and DR..
Chiffon 'bucked" Mr.. Horton s
contentious, and Senator Halvorson
of Lac qui Parle county branded the
system as fraud, carrying with it
a new name which deluded many
people. A motion to recommend
the bill for passage met with tie
vote, 81 to "a, and the bill was
allowed to remain on general orders
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tons that I had utterly
worthless.
It has been said that Blue Earth
county politicians were always
playing the s'hog act' so far as
Second district plums are concerned.
This may be true of some of the
leading politicians. but it cannot be
said of the three representatives in
the legislature from that county.
If there are three modest and retir-
ing representatives in the house
they are, Messrs. Nyquist, Norman
and Wilder. Mr.. Nyquist is SER
wing his second term in the lower
house. He makes no pretensions to
style but has a happy faculty Of get
ting around among the members in
a very effective way. He worked
earnestly to keep Blue Earth in the
Second district did not blame Red
wood, Lincoln and Lyon for want
ing to stay in, and when among the
members from the latter three coun-
ties passed off the fight good-natur-
eddy by saying that the best way
out Of the troubl was to move Blue
Earth county over into Iowa or
Wisconsin, and leave the gap I'M
filled no one seeing to want it.
Messrs. Norman and Wilder are
level-headed farmers, proposing
and advocating wise legislation,
and are most excellent new mem
bers.
The bill recognizing the osteopa-
thists- the srubbers and the bill
that contains many medical terms
of the tongue tieing character, de-
veloped unexpected strength in the
senate very recently. It was up
for consideration in committee of
the whole, and Senator Horton of St.
Paul, the author of the measure in.
that body, grew eloquent in urging
the bill. He drew out the fact that
Wisconsin and California had al
ready recognized the arubbers, &
and there was no reason Why Min
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until more votes could be obtained
to give either life or death to the
measure. In the meantime the
rubber men are on tip-toes, seek
ing recognition by the house.
One of the surprises of the ses-
sion was the refusal of the house TO
adopt the joint resolution offered
by Mr.. jacobson Of Lac qui Parle
county calling for a joint committee
to investigate the consolidation Of
the Northern Pacific and St. Paul &
Duluth railroads. The joint reso-
luton was a long one, reciting the
purchase of the St. Paul & Duluth
by the Northern Pacific for So, 1885,
824.5l, and after contending that
the two lines had no right to con-
solidation, by reason Of their being
competing lines, the resolution
called forth the conclusion of the
railroad and warehouse commission
ers to the effect that the sale and
transfer werewolf in all respects,
and in violation of the laws of the
State.
When the joint resolution was
read it sent ripple of excitement
over the chamber of the house. At
the conclusion Mr. jacobson moved
that the matter be laid on the table
until some time as he desired to
call it up. The next morning he
announced his readiness for a vote
on the matter. Mr.. Laybourn of
Duluth led the fight against the
proposed investigation He con-
tended that the purchase of the St.
Paul 8 Duluth by the Northern Pa
cific was valid in every respect and
that there was no reason to put the
State to the expense of an investi-
cation over the matter. He was
supported by Mr. Rich of Ramsey
county, who moved an indefinite
postponement of the joint resolu-
ton, which he afterwards with
drew. Mr.. jacobson became heat
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voted down by So to 49, and the bill
was made a special order for last
Thursday
The vote on the preliminary skir-
mish simply showed thot there we're
80 men in the house opposed to the
paroling of the Younger brothers.
1t did not show that there were 81
in favor, because number of the
Representatives voted to sustain the
report of the committee simply be-
cause they believed the friends of
the bill were entitled to a hearing
in general committee A number Of
them will undoubtedly be found on
record against the bill, while some
W no were absent on the day the,
bill was made a special order for
last Thursday, were probably pres
ent on the day the. bill was finally
considered. and voted in favor of
its passage. Both sides admitted,
when this article was written, that
the vote would be very close.
1.-THE bill passes the house there
is no doubt but what it will pass
the senate. It was before that body
two years ago, and passed after a
sharp skirmish, but was killed in
the house, and this year it has been
introduced into the house with the
hopes that it will pass that body
first. and make it's enactment GER
tainty.
A representative in the lower
house, residing in one Of the coun-
ties on the southern tier, in the
Second district, passed up a good
remark recently, in talking over
what he had secured from his con
gressional representatives. Il was
turned down on everything,' said
|
the old veteran Not a single rec
ommendation that I made was &C
cepted. Finally I received small
package of seeds. with the request
that I plant them and report the re
suits to the representative. I fol-
lowed instructions carefully, Guilt
waited the ground day after day,
and two months after I planted the
seed, not being able to discern a
shadow Of break through Mother
Earth, I sent in a report that the
d ID seeds had evidently been
pushed along with the recommen da-
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r,.n.g,.s.er. Reunsss Up

S. r. Wells and Norman Hall
were arrested in Rocky Ford last
Monday on charge Of forgery
and lodged in the county jail.
Hall. who is well known in this
city, joined a picture enlsrging
outfit last week, whose business is
strictly of the "graft" species.
The advance agent makes a con-
tract with some furniture dealer to
supply picture frames to prospec-
tive customers at 81. so each. So-
licitors then canvas the town TAX
ing orders for enlarging pictures,
which are given away free Of
charge when $7o dollars worth of
goods have been purchased from
the furniture dealer, the custom-
ers also agreeing to buy picture
frame from him at cost of 81. so.
When the solicitor presents his
orders the dealer pays him $3.50
for each one. and the incident is
closed SO far as the solicitor is
concerned-sometimes. When the
solicitor, however, in his eager
ness to accumulate coin of the
realm, turns in q lot Of fake orders
to which he has attached, without
authority, the names OF various and
sundry persons, there is trouble,
and in consequence the young
men are in the county jail with a
very serious charge against them.
! They will probably have to abide
! there until the November term Of
! the district court.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-15
Accident In Rsiiresa Yards.

John Hise, young man 10
years OF age, while beating his way
on No. Coz, attempted to leave
the train as it was entering the
local yards last Wednesday night
and fell beneath the wheels. His
left foot was crushed and he also
sustained several severe cuts aud
bruices about the head and body.
He was taken to the county
poor farm and attended by County
Physician Armstrong, who found
it necessay to amputate his foot
just above the ankle.
The young mans home is in In
dian Grove, Mo-, and he is mem
Der in good standing of the Mod
ern Woodman lodge of Edmond,
Okla. Officers of the local lodge
of that order received a telegram
from the Edmond lodge Thursday,
instructing them to give the young
man every attention and he is be
ing well cared for and getting
along nicely at present.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-15
Auction Sale.

Four hundred pairs OF Ladies
shoes, sizes from two to four. will
be sold at auction to the highest
bidder, Saturday, June I5th, after
noon and evening. We intend to
move next week and these shoes
must be sold regardless of cost.
You will never have a better
chance for bargain.
p. A. PETERSON,
South Of Dalton's Drug Store.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-15
Attempted Jsiibresk.

Sheriff Barr was awakened
about II o'clock Tuesday night by
repeated dull, sickening thuds
which seemed to emanate from the
vicinity Of the Jail corridor. He
arose to investigate, and in stock
ing feet approached the entrance
10 the Jail corridor. Just as he
looked through the "peep hole"
the electric light in the corridor
was extinguished by one of the
prisoners and all was darkness.
The sheriff then dressed and
buckled ON his gun. Opening the
outer door to the Jail he looked in
and everything appeared to be still
as death. He demanded that one
of the prisoners turn on the cleo
tric light and to be quick about it.
Avery sleepy prisoner approached,
rubbing his eyes and complied.
When Sheriff Barr asked them
what they had been making SO
much noise about, all innocently
replied, "notliing" When he in
vestigated, however, he found that
several stones had been removed
from the corridor wall, and in a
very short space of time three of
the prisoners would have been at
liberty.
There are fourteen prisoners in
the county Jail at the present time,
and as the steel cage is only I2xI4
feet in dimensions, it is not large
enough to accommodate all Of
them. 1t has been necessary to
keep three OF the prisoners in the
corridor at night, and this gave
them an opportunity to attempt to
"bore" through the wall. They
secured a slat from one of the iron
hunks and lever from one of the
doors and by removing the plas-
tering succeeded in making q
hole in the stone wall large enough
to see through before they were
discovered.
Sheriff Barr locked two of the
men in the cage, and after chain
ing the third prisoner in the cor
ridor SO that he could not do any
damage, retired for the night. The
following morning the sheriff
opened the jail door and inquired
If everybody was there, the only
response being from the prisoner
in chains who answered, "pres-
ent."
The Jail is entirely too small,
and nothing but the constant
vigilance of Sheriff Barr has pre-
vented a jailbreak. The county
commissioner are too busy build
ing imaginary roads and bridges
over the county to waste time
considering the necessity of other
improvements. II the jail is evel
enlarged it will probably take an
order of court. This means. how.
ever. seems to be q very effective
way Of dealing with our democrats
| ic board and never fails TO brlne
about the desired results.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-15
Sealed Proposals.

Sealed proposals will be receiv-
ed by the city clerk for the pur-
chase OF the old city water tank,
and the paraprernalia belonging
thereto, with the exception of the
iron pipe, until Monday, June
18th, 1901. All bids will be re
ceived by the undersigned, at his
Office on Santa Fe avenue.
g. S. THOMPSON,
City Clerk.
La Junta tribune., 1901-06-15
Special Meeting.

There will be special meeting
of La Junta Camp, No. 1851,
Modern Woodmen Of America, at
the hall, Saturday, June 18th, at
3 p. m. By order OF the vice
chancellor,
H. E. Bird.
MATT FRIscH, Clerk.