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

very unsightly appearance. White is
nice when it is kept clean, but neither
the farmer nor the city fancier can,
or rather they will not, keep them
clean. Besides white makes the very
little chick the prey of every crow,
hawk and cat. The brown obviates
all these objections.
Secondly, I speak of size. Some
one says they are too small. They can
be grown to weigh seven pounds but
the ordinary weight of the male, at
maturity, is five to five and one-half
pounds.
This makes a chicken large enough
for the average sized family. They
will grow to this weight on less feed
and be more plump, furnish more
meat, than any other breed.
They will sell better at this size
than any other breed, with perhaps
two exceptions. The city markets de-
mand chickens of about this weight
and not the big, fat kind, weighing
from six to ten pounds.
They will grow to two or two and
one-half pounds and be nicer little
broilers than any other at an early
age.
Such as are kept over for next
years use have this in their favor,
that about one-third more can be
kept in the same house space than of
any of the larger breeds and on about
two-thirds the amount of feed as
others.
AS layers they are superior to all
others. They will lay for about ten
months in the year and some times
even longer. Their eggs are nearly as
large as the Rock or Wyandotte egg.
They are not inclined to be broody
and make little trouble in this way,
as they are easily dissuaded. They
are good winter layers, if properly
housed and cared for. They are the
busy business hen for the farmer and,
lastly, they do not run all over crea-
ton nor dig everything out of the
ground worse than any other breed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

Corn is the most important crop
grown in this country, and especially
so in the South, where a short crop is
disastrous. The South has paid many
millions of dollars to the Western
States for corn, and many additional
millions for corn products, all of
which ought to have been grown and
made in the South. Southern farm
ers, as a rule, neglect their corn, from
the selection of the seed to the har-
vesting of the ears Cor nubbins, as the
case often ISL hat they may bestow
more care on the cotton crop. An
abundant corn crop means fat hogs
always salable at a proft-fat horses
and fat cattle, and plenty of milk and
butter, fowls and eggs, in addition to
the necessary meat and bread. No
farmer growing staple crops car be
successful if he is short on corn, for
it is the principal food for farm ami
mails, and well-fed farm animals are
necessary to success. If the entire
crop is saved, as it ought to be, the
cash value is as great, and the net
profits greater than those of cotton.
By the use of modern machinery the
stalks can be made into hay that is
worth on the farm or the market near
Iy as much as the ears, including
shucks and cobs. 1t is important that
half the corn crop be not wasted
Farm and Ranch.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

when the mind becomes active In
studying the movement of water in
the soil; for example, why the water
comes into the ditch from the bottom
and not from the sides, why a drain
put in one place will cut off the water
before it reaches the land and why it
will not in another. There is not
much fun in cleaning out a stable, but
there is a good deal in contriving a
way by which it can be cleaned out
with the minimum of labor and the
maximum of value in the manure, and
so on through the whole catalogue of
dirty jobs on the farm. The progress
of invention is each year making the
hard work less difficult and the easy
work more attractive.
In short, If a man can not interest
himself in farming so that it occupies
his mind as we'll as his body, he had
better move to town, hunt a job, and
put himself under a master. If he
can interest himself in it, there is no
business on earth that will give him
more of the comforts and less of the
discomforts of life.-Wallace Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
Farm Miscellany.
WHERE FRUIT AND EARLY VEGETABLES
ARE IMMUNE FROM FR0sTs.

Our friend Mr.. G. @. Burgin was in
town Monday and in talking with us
about growing fine fruits, we asked,
How is it that there is so much fine
fruit sold at Old Fort; that station is
noted on the Western road as the
place to get the best favored and best
variety of fruit?" "It is grown" he
said, "a great deal of it, in what is
known as the Thermal, or frostless
belt, lying southeast of Old Fort along
the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge;
where frost never kills the fruit. l
have known orchards in which peach
trees have borne for fifteen years, full
crops, and in years when peaches were
generally killed" Sheriff J. L. Bur
gin entered out sanctum while we were
talking, and corroborated this state
ment. He said the territory embraced
about five miles in which the fruit al
ways "hits," and the earliest vegeta-
bles are grown. 1t occurs to us that
these lands would be a bonanza to
some man or men of money to grow
fruits and Observation-Disclosures News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

n -Iso GoUa Pay, use snarpIes Cream Separa
". Chester, Pa,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
BROWN LEeHoRRs AMI OTHER BREEDS

Mr.. Ivy W. Holland, a Gastonia
poultryman, contributes to the Gas
zette the following article of interest
to chicken raisers:
Every raiser of poultry has his pet
breed, his fancy. No objection to
this; such is all right. However, he
should study characteristics of breeds
and choose n most nearly meeting
all the requirements of a fowl for his
particular purpose, and the conve-
niences and attention he can give, and
will give, to them.
Many, especially farmers, and city
breeders as well, make very little study
of this matter, but think if they have
a lot of hens, that is the whole thing,
and the egg basket ought to be full
all the year round, and in season a lot
of fine youngsters to please any eye
and tickle any palate.
These things do not come this way.
You must prepare for them. Most
people will tell you they have the kind,
the right and only kind, of fowl, which
is the Plymouth Rock. When, in fact,
not one in five hundred farmers have
the Plymouth Rock but a lot of COM
mon mOngrels, with a few blue feath-
ers in them. Get pure blood stock and
keep it pure. 1t will look better, grow
better, lay better, fatten better, sell
better, and taste better. In fact, you
will enjoy the pleasure of better fowls.
Try it and see.
While there are many breeds, all of
which have manv very good qualities
in their favor, yet l want to interest
poultry r~aisers, and fanciers as we'll
IN a breed generally disregarded by
many speak of the Brown Leghorn.
Much that / shall say will apply to
all varieties of the Leghorn family
but the Brown Leghorn, 1 believe. has
more points in its favor for the farm
GER or the city fancier, than n other.
First, l speak of it's color. The
Buff will fade out in the hot sun and
look very shabby. The White will get
badly sOiled in rainy, muddy times
especially in winter, and present &
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
The Poultry Yard.
DANGERS IN CLOSE KEEPING.


Cor. of The Progressive Farmer.
In hot weather the chickens suffer
the most from overcrowding. 1t is i'm
possible to make them comfortable in
summer unless given plenty of room
and air. Overcrowding in hot wealth
er causes sickness and disease. Usual
ly the colonies on the average farm
are too large, anyway. They u over
rather than under the limit in most
cases, and if this is kept up in sum-
mer it is bound to produce evil results.
1t is pitiful to see the good layers
slowly droop and crawl away to some
dark, cool corner to die. What can
one do when they show this determine
ton to droop and die? It is usually
impossible to do anything.
The layers really suffer from the eff
fects of the heat more than we mag
inc. When a hen must go and set on
a hot nest for an hour each day to lay
g.. an egg, it may be surmised that it is
a tax on her system of no small de-
gree. Indeed, l think this persistent
laying in hot weather breaks down
more good layers than anything else.
We can to a certain extent make the
work more comfortable for them by
having the nest located in a cool, we'll
-z-4s1.41l -1,1o Il " nnccIhln 70
have a door opened near the nest so a
cool draught can be created, and if
swung on hinges it can be closed in
rainy weather. A little attention like
this should prove beneficial.
1 have often wondered as l have
seer the men deluge their horses in
hot weather with cool water from a
pail or hose whether a similar practice
would not suit the hens. The latter
must feel the effects of the heat and
they show that by wallowing in the
cool dirt. If you dig up fresh earth,
and throw water in the whole to moist
en- it, the hens will wallow in it with
more eagerness than If the place was
bot and dry. Would it not then pay
to sprinkle the hens on hot days with
a hose? I have never tried it, but
should like to. Some day we may learn
that every creature needs plenty of
water, drinking and bathing in hot
weather. Then we will see to it that
they receive it. Many of the animals
are like small children-they show a
dislike to plunging in the water, but
when once in they enjoy it. Because
the hen mother of young ducklings
will never venture to wet her feet
when her brood scramble into the wa
ter, must we conclude that chickens
will suffer if allowed to get wet? If
any one has had experience in this di-
rection it might be of value to relate
it. ANNIE G.. WEBSTER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

Mount Airy News: Many of the
farmers say the fruit crop-especially
the apple crop-will be almost an en-
tire failure in this section this year.
Inasmuch as we had no frosts after
the fruit trees had bloomed out, we
are at a loss to account for the failure,
unless this is what they call an "off
year"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

Salisbury Sun: With only a half
crop Mr.. w. w. Williams, of Franklin
Township, this year gets 5000 quarts
of Strawberries from a three-acre
patch of ground. Mr.. Williams says
that with a favorable season he would
easily have made 10000 quarts of ber-
ries. Mr.. Williams finds a ready mar
ket for all his berries here, although he
has shipped many to other points.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

Spring wheat in this section is look
ing well. The harvest will soon be
here. The acreage in tobacco in this
section has been greatly increased this
year. The farmers are now busy put
ting out their plants.-Dunn Banner.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-06-03

A duty is no sooner OWNED than
from that very moment it becomes
binding upon us.-AmeiPs Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
A Touching Tribute.

'.The most touching compliment !
ever received" remarked u well known
soprano the other day, was paid to me
by poor old woman, who must have
amused those who heard her. ! had
sung two solos at the evening service
of fashionable church. after which |
boarded car. The old woman, whose
clothes Indicated great poverty, got in
and sat down beside me- her face fair
ly shining with pleasure as she recog-
nized me. Lady, ! want to tell you how
likes your voice she exclaimed in
rather broken English. 1T goes right
to my heart, and makes me SO happy,
Just as If I'd heard the angels sing. /
thanks you
"Of course thanked her. but the
funny part was when the conductor
came for our fares The old lady
counted out ten pennies before could
pass over my nickel. Two! Two!'
she said to him, as she nodded to me.
4 wants to, lady, for likes your voice
so much; likes your voice So, while
felt that perhaps the poor old soul
could Ill spare her extra pennies. let
her make the sacrifice because of the
evident pleasure 1t gave her, and no
compliment ever received has touch
ed me more deeply than her oft repent
ed words, 4 likes your voice "-Phila-
delphia Record.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
Ho,. the curfew startea.

The origin of the curfew is lost IN
obscurity. The word is, of course. de-
rived from the French, courve fcu, or
cover fire." Rev. Geo. S. Tyack writes
in denial of the theory associated With
William the Conqueror and says that
the old story, at one time universally
accepted, was that William the Con
oueror, fearful of plots among his
newly vanquished subjects, invented
and forced the curfew as check 10
such schemes, and it has come In con-
sequence to he often quoted as badge
of seryitude and an emblem of tyranny.
1t is quite evident, however, that the
great Norman was not the originator
of the idea, although he was PROD
ably the first to make 1t general law
in England. 1t is more likely to have
been useful prccaution against fire
than an attempted prevention of rebel
lion.
There is evidence that u curfew bell
was rung at oxford in the days OF
King Alfred, nearly two hundred years
before the Norman invasion. The his
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custom of ringing the bell at CarfaX
every night at s O'Clock was by order
of King Alfred, who ordained that all
the inhabitants of Oxford should at
the ringing of the bell cover up their
fires and go to bed, which custom is
observed to this day"
The enforcement of the curfew was
no hardship. at a time when practical
ly no one but the clergy could read and
write, when the amusements of all
classes were chiefly outdoor sports, and
when every one began the labors of
the day almost Mt sunrise, there was
little if any tyranny in the compulsory
cessation of work ut 8, while in the
nature Of the case all recreation ceased
at dark.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
A Friend In Nans.

This episode occurred ii' Putnam
avenue car in Brooklyn at ? o'clock the
other morning. He was a fine looking
young man and stupidity drunk. Be-
side him We're fair faced man and y
charming young woman. The drunken
man sprawled all over the sent ana
finally dropped his head on the lap Of
the young man beside the girl.
The young woman was greatly an.
noyed. but her escort was not. He
gently patted the hcnd of the drunken
man and did not disturb him, but let
him sleep. The yorng woman wore a
beautiful green tie aud diamonds, and
her escort had tine Vandyke beard
1t has been often asked, What is true
gentleman2 And If ever gentleman
did kind thing the escort of that
young woman did in the estimation Of
the other passengers i'll the ear. who
saw him gently pattlng the head of the
drunken young fellow and sootLinGly
saying:
Keep quiet my dear boy, It's all
right. Don't worry"
The young woman was abashed. but
her escort said: ITS all right, sweet.
heart. He'd do the same for me-
New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
Illinois Central
EXCURSION RATES.

Excursion tickets will b. sold by the Illinois
Central. to the points, and at rates, as follows:
E EaTs d S1a snf,hra Ser,ca,e Plsn
ern Gas Association, May 81 to 20.
Cedar Falls, -Gommencemen and Al
umni Reunion Iowa State Normal School. June
to 12.
Saratoga, N. .Y.,-5Annuai Meetings, Amerl-
cal Society, June 7-l3.
Cedar Falls. Iowa,--State Normal Summer
School. June l4-July IS.
Portland, Me,--Annual convention Young
Peoples Christian Union Jul, ZIG.
Open Rafc of Fare and one third.
Sioux City. Iowa. Annual Convention, Iowa
state Sunday School Associations Juno l0-i2
One Fare Rate
Logan Iowa. annual Meeting, Iowa state
Log Rolling Association (WooaInen OF ine
Worldl. June20 to FL
Open Rate of Fare Plus $500,
Dallas, Tex .--Gep erai Conference. NJ IL
Church South, May TO June @.
Minneapolis, MIN ANNUAL Meeting Nation
al Educational Association, July to ii.
Minneapolis. MINI, National Meeting, IRA
ternal order OF Eagles, June 3-S.
Less than one Fare.
Portland. Ore, National Convention Travel
ers' Protective Association of America june 81.
San francisco. Cal,.-Imperial Council Mobiles
OF the Mystic Shrine, June 10 to H.
Portland. Ore..-Suprpme Lodge Ancient or
der United Workmen, June 10 to 20.
Salt Lake City. Utah, annual Meeting, Grand
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order Of Elks.
Aug. l2 to II.
knights of Pythas. Aug. i2 to IA. 10y
For information as to the exact rates. dates of
sale limits ETC.. for any Of the above excursions
apply TO the nearest llnois Central Ticket
Agent, or address the undersigned
j. +. MERRY Asst. lien Pass. Agent,
dubuque, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
For Homeseekers and Land
Investors

The passenger department of the Hi
nois Central railroad has just received
from the hands of the printer, a new
folder In the interests of Homeseekers
and Land Investors. Many are look.
ing for new homes and for land invest
ments. This folder furnishes brief but
reliable information as to the resources
and possibilities of the states of Ken
lucky. Tennessee, Mississippi and
Louisiana. The opportunities for in
vestments In the above mentioned
states are unsurpassed In any part Of
this great country. Homcseekers' ex-
cursions to points within these st tes
are run by the Illinois Central the fret
and third Tuesdays of every month, at
q rate of one fare plus $500 and these
excursions should be taken advantage
of by everyone In search of home or
investments In timber or farm lands.
For free copy of this, address the
undersigned at Dubuque, Iowa.
j. Il. MERRY,
Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent,
35tf Illinois Central Railroad.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21

prompted it was-and tien, before n
lady He was In the right"
did not answer, If had. would
have blurted out the truth.
Roach went on and called Pearson a
crazy fool" Pearson crazy foo!l'
Just then some one came down the
corridor and handed him piece of
paper through the bars and went away
saw his face pale. Ii was in Fear
sons handwriting, that note. knew
that piece of paper; Pearson had scrlh
bled it in the cab the day before and
left itnt the Turf Exchange
Roach grew old as he read it. ! had
l,rever thought lie was so old a man
noticed many things. His musmche
| was dyed. his hair was very thin. his
gas bleached face was full OF tiny
| wrinkles. The great scar down his
cheek stood out like fresh burn. Tile
cigar simply dropped out of his nerve
less lips, and he made shivering
sound as If he Were cold or freezing,
pltled him.
He finished and spread himself along
the bars for support. He did not say Il
word could not lift my eyes to his
and turned away.
Then / heard sound that made Il
chill run up my back.
psf! Pstw The noise that people Of
ten make to attract attention in a
crowd.
l glanced around, and such sight !
saw
Roach had one arm stretched at full
length through the cage across the
narrow passage to the left. There was
stand of Springfield rifles there close
against the wall.
Have you ever seen person reach
for something on n high shelf, some
thing he could just touch with the
fingers?
"Trip it, Tommy" Che never called me
by that name before. "Tip it," he
said in cringing entreaty. Go ahead;
YOU can do It," he added, with a hide
Gus insinuation.
/ could not stay there longer, be
came so weak. In my mind now as
write l can see a big knuckled. hairy
!. hand. with diamond flashing on the
middle finger, reaching
Almost MS went through the swing
Ing doors the report came to me.
heard voices inside the building
, and reporter rushed past me, his face
ablaze with news.
| The papers were all wrong. The!
who remember it and read this vii
learn the truth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21

one uunu was JENNA MS pacK sac
chemically l pushed the struggling,
thrusting tanglc of great limbs and
bodies with my foot, TO keep them from
the open doorway as the car ascSnded.
Roach had stopped his cussing and
groaned in hasty, straining groans.
saw Pearson, who was on top, lean
over and bring his face close to
Roach's. He was saying something
low beneath his breath-but Roacli bit
at him like fighting dog; his teeth
snapped together, and he caught his
own lips between them, and the blood
Redeemed over his chin.
Just then the elevator struck the top
and nearly threw me off my feet. Ter
riss drew the woman out on the land
ing. tine boy ran shouting down the
hall. and was left alone with all that
dreadful struggle on the floor.
Pearson glanced at me sideways and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-05-21
B. C. R. & N. R'y.
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