The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-03-31
THIS WEEKS PAPER-SOME RANDOM COM
MENT.

We had learned from State Neterinarion
Butler of the great embarrassing venture in Hvdo
and adjoining counties before Harry Farmers Io+
ter came. DIR. Butler tells us that 900 Shortborn
heifers and % purebred bulls are aIreay on tho
form. The large faith of Messrs. Russell and
Baker should stimulate our mall farmers to r,oro
earnest efforts in the cattle-raising industry,
correspondent tells us, by the way, that this great
enterprise was suggested by articles published in
The Progressive Farmer.
We thank our Mecklenburg friend for his an
proval of cur comment on the expenditure of the
fertilizer tax, and hope that others will discuss
the subject, as he suggests. The gist of the whole
matter is Just this (pardon us for saying again
what we have twice tried to explain): The farm
ers should not be required to support the agricuI-
tural division of the College at their own expense,
They pay half the taxes required to maintain the
mechanical and textile branches; therefore the
agricultural and textile interests should pay half
the cost of supporting the agricultural division.
In other words, the agricultural department of the
College should have it's full share of the general
APPROXIMATION; then any surplus remaining after
the necessary work of the State Department of
Agriculture has been done may be applied to ex-
tend agricultural education at the College. But
if the Legislature is to use this tonnage tax money
for general State purposes, the rate should be
reduced.
Undoubtedly the most grievOus evil in Southern
agriculture is that pointed out in Guy E. Mitch
elPs letter on page 2. The only hope of improve
ment lies in getting the raw products as nearly as
possible into the manufactured state before they
leave the farm. Manufacture your cottonseed and
forage into beef and butter and mutton, and you
get two profits instead of one.
We hesitated somewhat about admitting selec-
tions from Frank Stanton into our series of great
poems, but his wholesome good humor and Optim-
ism finally turned the scale in his favor. He may
not be a great poet, but his cheerful philosophy
lifts his verse above the commonplace. We cannot
reject a poet who breathes into all his productions
the joyous belief that
"This world that we're alvin in
Is mighty hard to beat;
You get a rose with every thorn,
But amt the roses sweetW
y \ X
The announcement of DR.. Stiles's discovery Of
the "hookworm disease" was received in some
quarters with manifestations of incredulity, but
the better-informed newspapers have now come
to realize its seriousness and Importance. The
subject is explained somewhat in detail in Dr.
Bristow's article on page II, and the following
paragraphs putting the matter even more plainly
are clipped from a recent article in the Popular
Science Monthly:
IF we go south from Virginia to the Gulf we
meet two totally different kind of anemia, which
can be distinguished by the soils on which they
occur, the parasites which cause them, the
symptoms which result, and the treatment when
IS necessary. One of these anemias follows the
more impervious soils such as clay, and is due
to malaria which &C i7 uo11 Lnown ic caused bT