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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

According to some experiments
made IN South Australia, as to the
leedlng value of white and yellow
maze, but slight difference was found,
yellow corn containing a little more
htFogenous matter and also fat.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

There can be no faith and depend
ence without miracle. But miracle
does not mean the violation of known
law; it is the discovery and fulflment
of unknown law.-Mozoomdar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
HARRY FARMER TALKS.
LXXV.

Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
Mr.. VIM. A. Barbrey, Commenting
on my talk about the cause of the de-
cline in apple growing in Eastern
North Carolina), says: "He mistakes
in supposing that fruit trees in culti-
waited fields die and refuse to bear be-
cause the humus has been burnt out by
the use of chemical manures. 4
The writer's orchard of apple, peach,
plum and a few other fruits has been
in cotton and corn alternate years for
more than ten years, the corn crop
manured with lot manure supplement-
ed by bone and potash, the cotton crop
with complete chemical fertilizer"
FERTILIZERS AND APPLES
This was about the plan that the
farmers followed several years ago.
That manure was mainly pure straw !;
which is considered one of the best
manures for an apple orchard. The
pea vines in the corn no doubt helped
growth. The plan of using kainit, acid
phosphate, nitrate of soda, and ma
nures of that kind, year after year,
and planting the land in cotton and
cultivating until late in August, so
that no grass or other soil cover can
grow, will ruin any orchard of apple
trees. Some claim that it is caused
by the salt in the kainit, which
amounts to 40 per cent or more.
Kainit is good for peaches.
We agree with Mr.. Barbrey that
fruit trees should not have the bark
knocked off by the single trees. We
are glad that he gave his experience,
and are anxious to have others discuss
fruit growing in Eastern North Caro-
lima.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
BUILDING UP TOWNS

There is one town in North Caro-
lima that is about one hundred years
old which does not grow and has no
wealth, because the merchants work
against each other, so that there is no
money made. The farmers around it
get some goods a little cheaper but
can sell only staple crops. There
should be several factories in the town
to buy the country produce, but having
none, the farmers can only sell the
merchants such produce as will bear
long transportation. The kind of pro-
duce that pays the largest profit is
that which must be used at once.
Where there are large numbers of peo-
pie you viH find good markets.
DEVELOPING MARKETS
And if farmers would encourage
business men more, many places now
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
STRAWBERRY GROWING.

my strawberries were not as good as
those raised by some of my neighbors,
because / did not use any guano on
them" This is what one trucker said
after seeing his neighbors almost dou-
bic him in profit this spring. Truck
ing is one kind of farming where
heavy application of fertilizers pay.
The farmer who depends on the home
made manure for raising early truck
will get left. We want o. W. Black
nall to tell us how much fertilizer he
uses to the acre, also in what form;
and let him give his experience this
year with cloth cover.
In this section the land should be
we'll plowed and kept clean until the
plants are set in July. If you can get
them to live, then a crop of fine berries
may be expected next spring. Straw
berries, like great many other crops,
pay you for what you do. If you do
only a little work, expect but little pay
and you will not be disappointed.
Whatsoever a man soweth that he
shall also reap is literally true in re-
gard to all farm work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

We want to mention a fact in regard
to the organization of farmers. The
strawberry growers form an agree
ment to pay a certain price per quart
for picking and each one hires his own
hands. If a hand leaves the one that
first hired him, he can not get job
anywhere near. When A is done pick
ing and B needs help, A sends his
hands to B. No trucker has any trou
bic in getting his berries picked. Oh
that farmers could realize what power
they would have if only they would
organize and stick square up! They
will never get what really belongs to
them until they do.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

,urc thereby icsscning the weight oi
the beet, but apparently increasing the
sugar content. The bccts which were
delivered during the latter part Of the
season, especially those from siios.
came To the factory in very crisp and
sound condition. These bccts were
weighing heavy as they had their full
content OF moisture. thereby making a
lesser showing in sugar rs compared
with the bects delivered In hot weather.
which arrived In a wilicd condition.
II will he easily seen that where the
difference has been due to dry bcrts tho
grower has simply gained In sugar
percent and lost In tonnage.
BESIDES this there 10 the other very
important fact that early growing hcvts
those that ripcncd carly invariably
make q better showing Ia sugar con.
tent than the late pianiinIs. Il has
b-cn fully demonstrated In all bccs
growing districts that the 6sss plant.
ings under uniform climatic conditions.
always arc the highest In sugar couirn,.
During the last two weeks ol the
delivery Il was noticed that the hrcts
conmenccd To Spout. especially thosr
which were poorly topped. and . us~
growth is aiwayn dcssimcnt Z. the
sugar content. The nsosc growth. The
les sugar left In the beet. Soch growth
has hern due entirely to tho excrp.
tioaaiiy warm weather In January and
wiii possibly not srcur for many year
In cxoffic
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17
ne Ssear IN Early md Late Deliveries
M Bsek.

On another page of this Issue will be
found an article on sugar beet analysis
taken ffau, the Journal OF the American
Chemical Society. which while some.
what technical will yr, be Instructive TO
,iiosr ~ho will take the trouble 10 fol.
io~ the writer.
The special local bearing Of the sub
ice, discussed lies In the fact 'ha, our
local beet growers arc In dcab; over
what is ;o them tic unexplained diff
ference they have been finding in the
sugar percentage Of their carly and their
late deliveries Of bSc,s. I, will psoba-
bly, take our growers so;nc little time 10
rcaiisc ;ha; there arc many seeming
variations In the alleged laws OF nature
,lia, arr beyond the knowledge and the
control of tic mos, cspvr; argieul-
,uris,. and ,hs; there Is no such thing
as All invariably equal yield Of sugar
from any two sugar hcCts no matter how
Tsiniaking tho cultivation ot how uni
form the soil and the climatic eondi.
tons.
A reading of tho article referred 10
will be both c,iifying and convincing
OH ,iii. point. along with wha, VIC have
offer in explanation Of the discrepancy
In su.ar yield OF the carly and late
deliveries a, the factory. For instance,
under the heading Variations in
Sugar Contcut'' and the heading. "Thc
Riches, Portion OF the Iscc;," |, will bc
seen that not only was there marked
variation in the sugar contcu. of two
loads of bccts drawn from the same
field where they had been grown under
uniform conditions, but further. that In
30 bccts carefully selected aud uni
forinly grown for tho purpose IN ono
patch. there was a variation ranging
from = per cent TO fo. Not only this.
but II !. further shown that there arc
variations as to the upper. middle and
lower portions Of a particular beet.
Such demonstrations as these ought to
suffice 10 show what natural possibili-
tics Of variation there arc.
We understand that the local factory,
in ORDER to secure a good average tcs,
Of each load Of bccis, takes sample Of
about twenty-five pounds for analysis.
These same bccts are generally used
frs, for determining the ,arc and 50
give the tonnage as well as the sugar
content.
nu, the reason Of some local lisap-
pointncnt to which We have referred
is that there Is something Of an coca
sional falling of in sugar percentage
between the Last deliveries Of ieets to
the factory and the earliest deliveries:
and this In bects taken from the same
field aud To all appearance Of uniform
quality. The probable explanation Of
this Is that during the warm weather
Of October and the carly part Of Novem.
Der, bccts were frequently pulled and
left exposed 10 the sun a few days be-
fore they were delivered. This expos
ur caused the evaporation Of the mois-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17
si2S,ooo Paid to Beet Growers on
Wednesday.

"wednesday last was the American Beet
Sugar Cos largest pay day. A total OF
stss.ono was distributed tn farmers OF
which eio.ono went tn the growers in
the vicinity Of Rocky Ford. This large
sum Of money placed In tho hands Of
the producers In ono day will prove a
s,in,ulus to business Of all kiuds. II is
not strange that 50 many localities
arc wanting sugar factories as their
value To farming communities Tar
exceeds that OF any other inanufse'
turing enterprise which could be cs'sb-
lislscd.
The sugar bcet portion ol tho
Farmcss' Institute program Is going to
be II unusual Interest.
During the prosperous campaign
lust closed the gro~vrs have BEEN
iavosrd With the very 6uess o( weather
| (os the delivery u hrrss. During the
10, days there have been only three OF
four when winter weather peevaiic,i.
Thrsr wAs but little snow and no rain
aud The hect crop was handled under
the muss favorable conditions.
The siiciuH of bccss was finished
Wednesday. closing the campaign
except ios working up of the uselas-es,
Wednesday was the last day fos the
admission of visitors and large NUN.
trs were shown through the factory.
The proiongcd sounding u the sugar
factory whistle At ~ O'Clock last night
indicated that the last refined sugar II
the campaign had been made! The
factory will be In operation for several
weeks yet bat will bc al wosk on the
snolas.rs. eouyvsting Il into brown
sugar. TO he rr6ncd when the cam.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17
Rocky fsr,irrs lpeyri.I'c i,oaitlcr's Oi
Fields

Frank Crc,cher returned Tuesday
cvcnip. from the nouldcr oil fields.
where be and his partner L. II. fenla.
eoo have some property interests that
will be valuable II the great expecta.
iions Of this oil field come anywhere
near 10 bessg realized. Mr.. Gretchen
himself is not putting up any large talk
alpout the prospects. though other pco.
pie arc. He prefers 10 wait the actual
dcveIopemepis. The we'll on which
our toWp.map. Charley Mcvay, is
working IL expected TO be down 10 oil
strata by the end Of this week. and the
rcenlt is naturally awaited with some
interest. The town Of boulder IL full
To overiiowing with strangers more OF
lees excited over the outcome. aud oil
stocks are selling freely. A tract of
land has been bought in the eastesn
part Of tho town ss a cite for an oil
refinery. The o,l struck In the one
completed we'll is said 10 be very fine
grade ot illuminating oil, with pafafine
base.
The very 1aie~t news from the Boul.
der oil field is that the Mcvey we'll is
into oil. Mr.. Cfescber leaves again for
Boulder on the morning train.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17
1 Great Dslall isf Pllh

This u going ls b. good viatee foe
t~satug tho valuc Il tres pulp - = eeaca
food. A. all sveats there y ssvsi
deal oe Il bsias led. thoush u b fsi
mainiy 10 vsy to tsss its commercial
value saib.e than lie sonl vaiae Tbe
shortage et The com and oshes feed
crops last samm.e makes The demand
fos be.t pulp exisseciinsry. and be,s
rrovess sre not only taking their quosa
os pulp ssiurnsble 10 them under ttcts
contracts. but = svsdy market - found
for ibs saspins smoas The local fecsiess
II sheep sni cattle. Tie sseep in
particular sfc takip. very kindly Ia
pulp. - that much ot tho mutton which
.pv. into market from this locality pcsi
.prns wiIl b. made of t,-et pulp. Cat.
iic also arc be,u. fr,i mp 10 the limit.
especially milk covs and youus stock.
apJ univ - much cesn aud hay ~ are
absolutely n-v,ifal To finisi, and IL the
meat animals for market will be fed.
S.m~ days 81 this week line of wagons
c,,uid he seen reaching from the pulp
.r.ai ON the north side of the factory
cut TO The scale. bopsr. waiting their
turn 10 load. And 80 much larger is
the demand than the supply coming
frvm this spout that local feeders have
engaged cars and had them loaded al
the car epout aud pulled down on 10
tho sidinIs down town. where their
wagons eau load without waiting. In
orler To- ecl the pulp in this way a
charge of e. per car and of 2jc pei ton
for the pulp is paid.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

spsiss ot disrss-soas which the farmer
of Tbs cpaniy ~sii md most Interesting
and valuable. Sach an important
program ti.mseds = full siseodsscs d
sbcse Who vik b. mo.t bcue6ied by
she papers and sddrees-.- Plan yous
ba.ipe.s - thss yoa Can take iu svery
session pf tile destitute.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Tb. attention at all our local people In.
taicsiei in the salucci of horticulture is
-<npbsiically called 20 the usc-,ips OF the
State Horticultsss, Society. taot ,h.
State Bosni Of Horticulture. mind ,onl
IA Denser. January 2s2t inclusive. I,
~ill bc the fret real rally Of the
horticultural forces q. the state since
the organization Of the society and
ought TO be good ono. Try aud
attend.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Las, week the Eaicsprise did not en-.
,buse ovcr the proposition Tor an cSpend.
i,ose o. si.orn annually by the city in
Support o. Carnegie library. A 5000
library with an expenditure ot $500 per
ausum uouli be nearer the mark. A
mossmens for such an investment 81 a
portion ot the ci,y's revenue ought to
meet With almost universal appr.bs,i,,.
Let M, desirable municipal acquisition
be los, by sl,cp'iuT ton high.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Three five acre tracts. e.fourth
mile from city limit; water right
from Rocky Ford Ditch, &l25.OO
per acre. fenlason 4 Gretchen,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

The Orange Judd Farmer Announces
ths, the awards in the sugar bce. cop.
tee; canuo: tr ms,ls ioT spvsrai weeks.
The ofiise torcc is -si,,in. Mp OF nights
over the complex task Of making The
a~sfds fairly. The prizes in which our
growers are mos, interested are these
for the bes, Eve actes. Those who
ssubul,, the bes, report OF how !, was
done will win more money than ibos'
Win rsisss more bests bu, did no, give
-, comprehensive y report.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

We have on hand fos ucst ueck strong
article from the ssa Francisco Builc,in.
t,-sns an intcrvies with tt,bs. oxnani on
sbe sugar iarid sop,c. Ms Oxnsri dis.
cuss-s the question with ability aud force.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Town Warrants for sale.
Registered and bearing 3 per
cent interest. Seller must have
the face value plus accrued inter.
est. No shave. Enquire al
Enterprise Office.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

The brisk business appearance Of our
stores indicates that the usual after.thc.
holitays-dulincss has not struck Rocky
Ford this year.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

While the tifs, rulings ot the p,~s-
oil 90 department, ~eF- exactly as stated
liast week. |. >. that all subscriptions To
,,apcrs mus, - paid in advance to
snii,ic the publishers TO second.class
q rate. a later ruling 50 mcliHss the
Objectionable feature ,ha, the Enier-
pusc can y., be sent TO those vho are
ia arrears. Nevertheless. payment in
advance Is always desirable.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

New line Of Harness at lud.
Rocky Ford Trading Co.'s, incline
ing heavy work harness and the
double driving harness.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Two good Office rooms for rent
over the store Of the Dawley
Hardware & Furniture Co.
7. F. Godding Jr.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

For Sale. cheap. one No. 12
Ideal Oak Parlor Stove. G. X,
Yard, BOB 8. Tenth st. a9n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

The La Jnn,a Tribase tries to poke
fun at .Iocky Ford because Tb"s.
jefferson found the .tase of our Opera
bou.c too small TO give Rip Van
winki.. Just wait unth car nee opera
house " completed. IL ~iil make The
La Iua'a ,ica,cr look like a last year's
b,r,i's nest
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

A single folding bed, compact
and convenient for one person. for
sale cheap. Enquire at this Office.
Af
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

AZ a very interesting mesfipg Of the
Masonic lodge last night l.. J. K1munds
was shown the beautiful mysteries Of
the third degree.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Visiting cards. either engraved
or printed. at the Enterprise
Office.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

New lot Shetland Pony Carts
Just received by the Rocky Ford
Trading Co. Sec them.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Buy your meats of Gerbing and
live well. 23.H
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

Tue program OF the Farmers Insti.
tute. published in this issue offers \
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

The Manzapola SUNS eouvcuis e,ii.
tion comss TO our exchange table this
week liatle late for New Years but
certainly in the special edition ring.
II 10 q basdsomely printed anil veil
illsustratel paper. that does marked
credit to The town from which II
emanates. The literary contents, which
leads of with an original poem by a
ManzaDola poet. IL ell veil done, cleai
snd intellisible. withoat any undue
<sargerstion OF gush. Brother Bow.
nan has done himself proved
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

In aps,hcr crlump will i-e found The
scmi.aanaai statement of tbc State
Bank ~ Rocky Ford. Tb,. ,s one oi
the substantial institutions of the
valley. II has had steady Hrpwtb.
mcut has had the entire coufi,ieucc of
the ccma,nnity. aud has been n valuable
agency in the rapid development ot the
Rocky Ford country. The business
OF the bank wss never 80 large or so
prospcfoss AZ nj u,e present time.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

All old soldiers should remembae that
Department Con- nandss Sherman ~1A
he iu Rocky Rosl. Friday. Feb. 7th.
Every veteran in the county should be at
the @. a. X. meeting ti.st dsy. The old
soldiers are going TO keep things lively
from nov until the encampmept in June.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

The .Sts<e horticultural Society will
hold iis annual meet,sr at Denver Jan.
=, to u. Tie pro1rssi will he csten.
ssve and veT comprehensive. taking in
wide range Of subieosd more or less
related 10 .lio-ticulture. Very properly
the Rocky E,rd couussv has been
called on TO furnish fair proportion ol
the speakers. Hon. J. III. Crowley
will talk on .'iE1prrimeuse sin Fighting
the Cooling Ms,b.- sugar Beets in
Colorads frum,i the Growers sisndpoin, .
will he presented by II. II. Griffin
ssups. Of die Arkansas vailay Expert
mept sss.i1u. \. y. Kouns val talt
oa The C~skaloupe Industry" Tbcss
~iso had the makiay OF the program
b-s~ done vel in the selectios ,ofhlheiI
~psatefs from bis pertisn Of the stats
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-01-17

For Sale cheap-Span of Mares
weight about 115O lbs each. En-.
quire Of d. Z. Barnes. 33.3lp
The Iola register., 1902-02-07
BUNCOMBE EXPLODED.
Antitrust Suit Used in Nebraska
Campaign Dismissed.

Lincoln, Nebr., Feb. I'm the Su-
preme Court today Attorney General
Prout filed motion for the dismissal
of the suit of the National Starch
Company and the Argo Starch Com
pany. The plant of the latter is To-
Gated at Nebraska City. The suithas
been pending since 1900, and played
an important part in the Nebraska
campaign of that year. 1t was scharged
that the consolidation of the Argo
with the National was in defiance o
the antitrust laws of the state. Attor-
ney General Prout in his motion says
evidence of this is lacking; nor can he
find that the consolidation is in re-
straint of trade.
The Iola register., 1902-02-07

under arrest, but Sheriff Hobart
turned him loose. Palstring threw up
his Job and swore out complaint
against Mills and he was finally ar
rested and brought to jail
The case was briefly tried and then
sent to the jury. After remaining out
but fifteen minutes the jury came in
having found Mills guilty on both
counts, that of having I resisted an
oficer'in the discharge of his duty and
having effected the escape of a prison
er wanted for breaking the prohibitory
law. The court reserved judgment.
Mills asked for new trial.
Yesterday morning the case of State
VS. Ham Emery was called and q large
number of people attended. The trial
brought out little that is new. Embry
an6 Henry Franklin, both colored,
quarreled about girl the night OF a
dance n.Beebe hall on the east side of
the square. Finally Embry and his
brother walked away and Franklin
walked around the square. The three
met again at the east side of the park
and after a few words Ham shot En-
bry three times The defense aimed to
show that Embry acted in self-defense
because of threats made by Franklin,
but the shooting seems to have beer
premeditated as it happened half al
hour after the real quarrel, the Embry
boys then looking for Embry and the
shooting being done then. Embry fleC
but was caught later and Franklin
has entirely recovered from his sligh
injuries.
The Iola register., 1902-02-07
IAN |NTER-URBAN RAILWAY .
Charter Asked for an Electric Railway
To Connect lola With Southeast
Kansas.

There was no surprise felt in lola
when the Kansas City papers arrived
this morning containing special dis
patch from Topeka which seems to in
dicate big inter-urban electric street
railway system with lola at one corner.
The dispatch says:
"The Mineral Cities Electric Rail-
way Company, of Pittsburg. Kas.,
with 81, 100000 capital, applied forla
charter Thursday. The company pro-
poses to build an electric line from
Joplin to Fort Scott, taking in lola,
Chanute, Pittsburg, Columbus, Weir
City and Baxter Springs. The stock
holders are: Frank M. Moon, North
Orville, Pa; Avery Wilbur, Baxter
Springs Andrew Sherer, Columbus;
A. H. Schlanger, Wier City; o. X.
Dean, Pittsburg; G.. +. Farwell,
Joplin; E. f. Sapp, Galena. Mr.
Moon owns 975 of the 1.j00 shares
Five hundred shares are to remain ir
the treasury. The other stockholder:
own five shares each"
Such line would very likely be {
power line that would hardle freigh
as well as passengers Power would
be generated in the gas belt, thu
making a great saving of fuel and thu
line would aim to haul zinc ore an,
oil and brick and products of tn
factories now running and to be es
tablished in this field. From lola Il
Chanute means that Humboldt woul
be on the road south, while on tn
east Moran would be linked with tn
towns west. 1t would be a great thin
for all the towns concerned and woul
be mighty good thing for lola.
The Iola register., 1902-02-07
CONVENTION DAI = FINED
Will be No Change, Say the Kansas
Chairman.

Topeka, Feb. 4.-Many Republican
in Kansas have filed objections to the
action of the state committee in setting
the date of the nominating convention
on May 2S as this is but two days be-
fore Memorial day. 1t is feared that
the convention may run over into this
national holiday.
"There will be no change in the
convention dates" said Chairman
Morton Albaugh today. "If those
who are complaining will stop and
look at the history of conventions in
this state they will see that there is no
reason for their objections. There
never has been but one convention in
the state since 1894 which did not finish
it's business in one day. The reason
that one continued in session longer
was because there was fight over the
platform. The candidates we're Lomi.
mated within six hours after the con
vention met We will finish before II
O'Clock at night in Wichita"