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The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
Farm Miscellany.
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL LIVE STOCK
ASSOCIATION

The fifth annual report of the pro-
ceedings of the National Live Stock
Association has just been issued from
the press. These annual reports are
popular and interesting literature.
The last volume is probably the best
vet issued and besides the large
amount of business and scientific mat
ter in relation to the industry, it con
ta;ns some of the most important sta
tistical matter yet published. Through
the courtesy of the Agricultural Dc
pertinent and the Census Office, l'.e
Association. has published in this vol
ume the latest and most reliable sta
tistics in relation to the industry, in
Guiding the official figures on the first
classified census of live stock ever
taken. As this census was made by
the request and with the assistance of
the National Association, the usual
rules of the Census Office were sus-
pended and the Association permit
ted to make the first publication in
this annual report. It is very unus
ual for a department of the govern
ment to so recognize an industrial or
ganization and shows what a high po-
sition this organization has secured in
governmental circles. The National
Live Stock Association is not yet five
years of age and a glance over the
pages of this annual report must as
tonish the reader at the vast amount
of work being done by this young or
ganization. In less than five years the
live stock interests of the country have
built up an association that has not
only accomplished many important
things for the industry it represents,
but has become a most potent factor
in local and national politics. With
headquarters in Denver, where it's of
fcers are constantly in close touch
with the men on the range and farm,
it also maintains a representative in
Washington who is constantly heard
before Congressional committees and
in the departments of government in
the interests of the great mass of
stockmen in the furthest parts of the
country. The National Live Stock
Association seems to be meeting with
success in whatever it undertakes, and
other industrial organizations could
learn much by studying the methods
adopted by this association.
The members of the Association re-
ceive a copy of this report free, and
other bona-fide stockmen may have it
on application to the secretary, G. F.
Martin, Denver, Colorado, enclosing
25 cents to pay postage or expressage.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
CROPS BREAK RECORD.
Most Bountiful, it is Believed in Nation s
History Estimates Indicate Total
Production That Amounts to
4,O76, ,231, ,374 Bushels

Nature and the farmers of the United
States have outdone themselves in the
wheat, corn and oats crops for 1902.
The most bountiful harvest in the
history of the nation has already been
garnered or is practically immune
against damage by bad weather. From
compilation of figures of crop econ
omists it is estimated that the profits
for the farmers this year will be $2,
OOO,OOO,OOO or more, most of which has
been realized on corn and wheat. The
calculation is based on an average of
the estimates of statiticians. This
average gives approximately the fol-
lowing results:
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
FERTILIZER \
\ ANNOUNCEMENT.

We have again arranged
with the Durham Fertilizer
Co. for the manufacture Of
the Alliance brands of Fer.
tilizer North Carolina Off,
cial Farmers Alliance Guano,
and Acid Phosphate, and
Progressive Farmer Guano.
These Fertilizers are too we'll
known in every community
where fertilizers are used in
this State to require an ex-
tended description of them.
They have been time tried
and time tested, and always
found reliAbl Our arrange.
ment for this year provides
for their being kept in stock
by all Agents for the Dur
ham Fertilizer Co.'S Guanos,
who will furnish them in
any quantities at lowest
prices. For further informa-
tion concerning them, ad-
dress
DURHAM FERTILIZER CO., DURHAM, N. G
Orders will be received for
Fruit Trees, to be delivered
next Fall.
Make all Post Office Mon
ey Orders payable at Raj.
eigh, but address all letters
to me at HILLsBORO, N. c,
Fraternally,
7. B. PARKER, S. B. A
HILLsBORO, N. C.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26

also do much harm this way by send
ing their roots in the strawberry
fields, robbing them of moisture and
nourishment. 1t is a good plan to cut
these pilfering roots. We do it by
means of sharp spade driven down
deep around the outer border of the
field next to the trees, using a mattock
or grubbing hoe when a root is found
too large for the spade to cut.
o. w. BLACKNALL.
Vance Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
Additional SIeepers
Go into Service From Various Points
to Principal Resorts, thus afFording
GREATLY IMPROVED FACILI-
TIES

For Reaching Those Points.
Particular attention is directed to the
elegant Dining Car Service on
Principal Through Trains.
The Southern Railway has Just is
sued its handsome Resort Folder, de-
scriptive of the many delightful re-
sorts along the line of its road. This
folder also gives the names of proprie-
tors of hotels and boarding houses and
number of guests they can accommo-
date. Copy can be had upon applica-
tion to any Southern Railway Ticket
Agent.
For detailed information as to rates,
ETC., call on nearest ticket agent or
address, T. G. STURGIS, G. T. A.,
Raleigh, n. @.
W. A. TURK, P. T. M,
S. 81. HARDWICK, G. P. A.,
Washington, d. @.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
How to Make Money with the
Corn Stalk Shredder.

FIRST: Cut the corn about one week later
than the stage at which farmers usually "puIl
fodder"
Sc OND: Place l 0 to 800 stalks in a shock
and tie well at the top with ong cord
After letting it stand four or five day go back
and retighttn the cords on each shock. Then
Iet 1t remain in the field until thoroughly cured.
Now haul to your barn and run the talks
through st. Adams" or g L size" Shr edder.
DO this and we will guarantee the shredded
stalks wi pay you 100 tn $l2 90 per ton
Write for catalogue telling you about shred
ding and etc
ST. ALBANS FOUNDRY & IMPLEMENT co
l. A MADDEN, Southern Agent
137 Whithall st, Atlanta, Ga.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26

The State Museum has received two
very fine Elberta peaches from the e1-
pertinent farm of the North Carolina
State Horticultural Society at South
ern Pines. They measure 1912 inches
and weigh 1912 pounds. This expert
ment farm is in the piney. woods of
Moore County and is doing valuable
work in showing what can be done in
pure sand in the way of growing tree
fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. 1t is
in charge of Mr.. A. d. McNair, an ac-
compliShed horticulturist, who has is
sued several books of value, notably
one on Cow Peas" and another on
Tobacco Culture" Raleigh Cor
Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
POULTRY NOTES.
Raleigh, n. G.

In order to have neaICny, vigorous,
profitable poultry, new blood must be
introduced annually.
Beware of overfat, inactive hens;
they are most certain to be a source
of trouble, and at best are unproit-
able stock to keep either for layers or
breeding stock.
The straw and chaff from the barn
floors make excellent scratching ma
terial for the hens to work over, fur
nishing food and exercise at the same
time.
Any breed Of fowls that is care
fully and Systematically bred for egg
production can be made to produce
good layers. But the individual spe-
cimens must be bred along the right
line.
If situated so you can raise a patch
of millet this year do not fail to do so,
for there is nothing better for hens
in winter or for littlechicks. 1t is
easily grown, yields well, and can be
fed Without being threshed.
Let your fowls take a run occasion
ally where they can get green stuff
furnished by nature in the springtime.
They much prefer to pick it them
selves to it being supplied to them in
pens, and it seems to do them more
good.
A correspondent asks how to feed
ground dried beef. We feed it in
trough just as it comes from the fac
tory. We have never discovered any
evil effects following this way of feed
ing. A good way to feed it is to cook
it in the mashed feed, but we do not
feed mashes.
Feeding hot mashes is forcing for
eggs and forcing eggs is not what is
wanted in the breeding pen. There
you want not only eggs, but good,
strong, healthy chicks from the eggs.
Another reason why it pays to have
a separate pen from which to select
eggs for Matching purposes.
When cleaning out the hen house do
not dump the droppings out on the
ground to leach their strength away.
Either barrel up and house for fer
tilizing some special crop or else put
them at once on the general manure
heap so they will be incorporated in
the mass when drawn to the field.
Oat meal, cracked corn, corn bread,
moistened bread crumbs, wheat and
cottage cheese are among the best and
most generally recommended food for
small chickens. It is not so much the
kind of food as it is the care in feed
ing it that insures success. The great
danger is in overlooking, especially
while the chicks are very small.
Nests and rOosts in the hen house
should be frequently treated with ap-
plications of kerosene from now on
through the warm weather months, but
care should be taken not to have the
kerosene come in contact with the
eggs; the nest box should receive
thorough application of the oil and
new clean nest material used to re-
place the old.-Selected.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
SOUTHERN R'W'Y'S CHANGE
IN PULLMAN SERVICE.

The Southern Railway announces
change in their Pullman service eff
fective Sunday, June 18th, Raleigh
and Greensboro car on train Nos. II
and 10 will be operated between
Greensboro and Goldsboro. This will
prove a great convenience to the trav-
cling public, especially the Morehead
City travel. No. II leaves Raleigh
1 a. m, for Greensboro, and No. 12
leaves 5.25 a. m, for Goldsboro.
7. @. STURGIS, @. T. A.,
Raleigh, N. O.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26

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The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26
LITTLETON FEMALE COLLEGE.

One of the most prosperous schools
in the South. Room for 200 boarding
pupils. Twenty-frst Annual Session
begins Sept, 18th. Large illustrated
catalogue on application to Rev. J.
M. Rhodes, A. NJ, President, Little
ton, n. @.
The progressive farmer., 1902-08-26

POISONOUS SNAKES are hap
plly few IN this country, but singing
bugs are many. Take Perry Davis
PaInkller with you on your vacation
and use 1t free when bitten by noxious
insects. Directions on every bottle.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16

five dollars to the Treasury Depart
ment. AS proposition of common
sense or law. this idea is absolutely
ridiculous. Even after paying this fee
required by law man should be COM
pelied to show that he has real necessity
for carrying a frearm. The fact that
the revolver or other weapon is licen-
sed does not prove the necessity for
carrying it, and justices of the peace
would have perfectly legal right to
sentence men fer carrying dangerous
weapons even with the license, unless
hey could show that there was absol-
ute necessity for carrJin it.
1t is the easiest thing N the world to
go to the Treasurer's office and pay the
license. 1t is rather difficult however
to prove the necessity for carrying a
revolver.
Orindarily certain vacations furnish
excuse for the carrying OF a revolver at
al times. There arc also extraordin-
ary circumstances which justify a man
" q priva,e citizen III carrying a revol-
yer on special occasion, but as rule
the average citizen has no more excuse
for carrying revolver than he wou,d
have for dragging cannon around the
streets.
The license is simply a permit te
carr a revolver When it is necessary
to do so. The fact of the matter i
that when a man finds himself in sllcf
a position that he must carry or use {
revolver, he has a D rfect right to dC
so even without the license.
The possession Of five dollars doe:
not give one rights, which persons no
having five dollars do not possess.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16
The Steamship Combine.

The details of the steamship conbi-
nation, so far as the articles of incor-
poration go, have been made public.
The companies joined together are the
American and Red Star, the Atlantic
Transport, the Whie Star, the Ley
land, and the Dominion. The three
last named are under the British flag,
but at least one of them (he Leyland)
lis owned by Americans. They are
brought together under a New Jersey
charter and under the name of the In
Iternational Mercantile Marine COM
pany. This coMpany has formed an
agreement with the two large German
companies the hamburg-Anerican
and the North German Lloyd by which
said German companies agree to CON-
tribute a portion of their dividends to
the International, and the latter agrees
to pay fixed sum each year to the
former. In other words, the Interna-
tional pays from its own funds to the
German companies per cent. per an
mum on at least 10000 900 marks (Ss,-
100000 in any event. If the German
companies do not earn dividends within
the year they pay nothing to the Inter
national, but they get 100000 as an
annual bonus or subsidy from the com.
bine' This, we suppose, is paid to the
German companies to prevent rate
cutting.
The capitalization of the Interna-
tlonal is $I2o 600 900 stock. and SIS ,ooo,-
900 in Az peg cent. bonds. or. $Ios ,ooo,-
600 in all. One-half of the stock is |
classed as preferred, and one-half com
mon. The preferred is entitled to 81
per cent. cumulative dividend, as in the
case of the Steel Corporation. If the
business should prove less profitable
than the promoters expect and the div. |
ldends on the common should be nut |
IN jeopardy, a conversion Of some part
of the preferred into bonds at AZ per
cent. as in the case of the Steel Corpor-
alton, would be natural consequence.
What would be fair valuation Of the
entire property nobody outside the COM |
Dination (and probably few inside(
knows. It is customary to say that Tie
property is worth what it would eost To
-eplace it, but that would be an over
estimate in tllis case, since an old ship
$ not worth SO much as a new one.
Judging by the usual procedure in the
promotion of Trusts, the capitalization.
$ probably three or four times what il
'ost TO build the ships, The overplus
"a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16
Coffee CONGRESS To Be Held
Delegates From American Produc.
els To Meet In New York City.

Under the auspices Of the Bureau of
American Republics, at Washington, a
congress composed of delegates from all
the coffee-pr~ ducing countries in Amer
ica, is to meet in New York Oct. 2Ist.
Its sessions will begin at II A. NJ, in
the room Of the Board Of Managers of
the Coffee Exchange, No. lis Pearl
Street, the use of which is given by the
Exchange. This institution has also, at
the request of the promoters of the con-
ference, appointed its President, Percy
B. O'Sall!van, IS delegate to the con-
gress. The purpose CT ;he meeting is
to consider and d scuss various question
relating to the production and ccnsump-
ton of coffee, with the object, pri1nari-
ly, Of devising means to secure better
outlet for coffee, in view of the i'll
mense accumulation of it in the last five
years, as result of over-production.
Further information il re ard to the
plans of the managers IS lacking in this
city, and at the Coffee Exchange it is
not known how long the congress will
continue, or whether the proceedings
will be conducted in Spanish or Eng
lish.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16
R0ydI'S 5 |DSu|IeCfO|l.
Orders to Commander Patch OF
the Montgomery.

Secretary Moody has sent the fol.
lowing cable dispatch to Commander
Hatch of the Montgomery at Cape
Hayden:
Proceed Port-au-Paix. Use discre-
ton about length of visit before pro-
ceeding Santa Marta.
The order to the Montgomery were
a result of reports received at the Sta
tie Department indicating disturbed
conditions at that place. She will pro-
ceed from Portrait Paix to Santa Marta,
on the north coast of Colombia, near
the mouth of the Magdalena River,
where telegraphic and railroad COM
muaication is reported interrupted, as
a result of revolutionary operations. Il
is said at the Navy Department that
the cruiser San Francisco, which is now
on the way from San Juan, Porto Rico,
probably will be ordered to make the
Short ruin over to Cape Haytien, and
take the place Of the Montgomery.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16
sArJ JUAN, OCTOBER 10
Editorial Comment.

Not so very long ago Kings County
(Brooklyn) New York had Two sherills.
The people of the country elected one,
a nd the governor believing his election
Invalid appointed another. Bob o.
them held Office at the same time.
Legal writs issued by one was served
On tue other and vice vers. A man
arrested by one Sheriff would ob.ain an
order for his release aud have it exocu-
ted by the other. Bo.h Sheriff5 ere
sued for Illegal and false imprisomm mt
in serving writs rom the various Courts.
The thing became so serious after a
while that all the IDLE and unoccupied
citizens of the town began to open Sher-
ifs offices. The Courts, however, fin
ally settled the dispute.
The Corozal election, or rather regis
tration bears striking resemblance to
this Kings County incident, in that
everybody in Corozal was on the verge
of appointing his own registration board
when the clock struck six, the closing
hour. Obtaining possession of the re-
gistration blanks and forms, one man
appointed two more, and together they
HClu q iI1Ool u NASltS t|i'Nt, " tL1Cll4o~lNSEj
satisfactory registration.
The other two ldges we're left alone
smoking their cigarettes and wondering
when the show would open. An clcc-
ton in Porto Rico develops just as :lla-
ny tricks and devices of the political
profession as one in the states.
1t should be notcd however in his
connection that 10 one has been heard
crying Robbery Fraud Turba " OF
any of the other Pet terms OF certain
portion OF oar citizens.
The thing has been looked upon as q
political device. In due time il will he
considered and if wrong has been done
that urans s.-ii1 be rislaeed. Ncirll1g do
we hear OF anyone CT, ing aioud in the
streets about thc reign OF terror in POI to
Rico And above all 10 one has le,ir-
ed from the election.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16
The French n0Il9INeS.

Thus far the annual manoevres OF
the continental armies do not show, as
some critics foTe,old they would, a
uniform Interpretation of the chief les
sons Of the South African war.
The French marouvres describ-
ed in the "Tribune's' Paris letter
appear to have been planned largely for
the express purpose of iesting the value
Of the evolutions in the light Of the
conflict in the Transvaal, and we are
told that after every form of attack
possible under the conditions imposed
by smokeless powder and a rapid fire
from an invisible enemy: the French
officers would assemble and discuss
whether such an attack would have
been practicable in the South African
war There was only one direct attack
in mass, and that was made upon a
brigade dcmoralized by artillery fire.
The German naaneuvres recently de-
scrlbed in these columns manifested
very lite concern for open formation
aud the tactics to which the British
had 10 accustom themselves in South
Africa. The emperor led in person a
cavalry caarge that could have been
shattered by Infantry fire, and through.
out the manoeuvres the close forna-
ton and precise, machine-like evolu-
tioas of the traditional sys,en1 we're
adhered to. If the South African war
had been carefully studied, the German
general staff had either seen nothing
in it to suggest changes or had pur-
posely given that impression.
l. is interesting TO see, On the other
hand, that the British sclt-governing
colonies intend in drilling their militia
to proceed almost wholly in tie light of
South African experience. In the
camp now being held near Niagara TN
der the inspection OF Lord Dundonald,
who saw much service IN Natal and the
Transvaal, the Canadian militia ate
being instructed IN open formation, the
rapid throwing up Of intrcnchments, and
generally speaking, in everything cal
culated to give them the maximum OF
initiative when matched against foe
such as some OF them have recently en-
coulterad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16

may represent syndicate profits or the
company's estimate of its good will"
The statement has been given out yer
bally that none of the securities will be
offered to the public, bit that the own
e1s of the constituent companies will
take the wfo'e, No ins:ru7. ent bjuding
them to retain their holdings is shown
among the papers. We infer there
fore, that if the public should show a
strong desire to buy the securities the
present owners might be induced TO
part with portion Of them.
One of the most curious features of
the sche re is the expectation held forth
in all the newspaper interviews that the
promoters Of this new world-embracirg
Trust have reason to expect 4 subsidy
from the United States Government,
The pubic said long ago when the Han
na-Payne subsidy bill as pending that
the scheme on foot contem slated a CON-
bination, or Trust, after the subsidy bill.
But after the Frye bill Ghe successor to
the Hanna-Payne measure) had passed
the Senate and had come to a halt in
tine House the facts were disclosed.
The promoters of the subsidy threw off
the mask and said that they could not
wait any longer. The reason why
they could not wait longer was that TOO
many people were in the secret.
1t was necessary to carry the plan
into execution, TO strike while the iron
was hot. But it seems that the subsidy
bill has not been abandoned 1t is sill
pending in the House and it is said
that it is to be pushed in the coming
session Of Congress, and that the arg
ument will be necessary in order t0
compete with the fast subsidized ships
which are 10 be built for the Cunard
| Line
Since writing on this subject we notice
in the New York papers that neither
the Hamburg-American nor the North
German Lloyd receives any subsidy at
all on North Atlantic trade. Hence the
talk both here and in England about
the impossibility of running fast steam
ers of The type of the Deutschland and
the Kronprinz Wilhelm without Govern
ment aid IS all rot. The thing is
actually done. Il has been going on
ever since the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse was put in service, and it will
continue whether subsidies are granted
by governments or not.
1t is extremely imp obable that a
country seething with indignation over
the industrial monopolies multiplying
on every hand will vote public money
to one which has teen organized on an
internatio 1al scale, and nine-tenths of
which is composed Of foreign-built ships.
Moreover, the Cunard Line has not yet
been subsidized, and may not be. Strong
opposition has been aroused against the
proposed subsidy in England and it is
not improbable that the present Minis
try may be defeated or not, it will be
a cold day, and the price of fuel will be
higher than it is now, when the Amer
lcan Congress votes subsidy to help
the In e1national Mercantile Marine
Company to pay its subsidy to foreign
steamships.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-10-16

The authorities of New York are
are just now considering the removal of
all private enterprise from the famous
Coney Island, and of condemning the
property for public uses. 1t is propo.
sed to plan an ocean park along the
Coney Island and Nortons Point bea-
ches. This Park would be one of the
most healthful spots in the state.
This subject should be of special
interest to the people of San Tuan, es-
pecially in view of the fact thai We nave
here such fnespacseof ocean front,
which jus. at present is a. disgrace to Ike
town, but wllich- could be utilized to
make as pretty a resort for the PEOPLE. as
there is the world All that part Of the
ocean front eneucling the slaughter
house Could be cleaned aNay saudTput
into shape ard turned iuto bi 1sida
garden without tie expcnelit re Of verg
much money. 10 begin Tist the walks
could be silnpleones Of cenaenl or stone.
The plants would be easily proclrce.
Nature intended these places to be
health giving gardens. insteadsof death
dealing sNainps.