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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-21

days of clear and warm weather
when the beans had been in the
shocks three weeks, the shocks we're
opened up and to our surprise the
beans had not suffered in the least
from the rough weather to which
they had been subjected.
The beans were then taken to a
dry, smooth place at side OF the
patch and beaten out with ordinary
sticks such as the mountain farmers
of Maryland and West Virginia use
in threshing buck-wheat.
From the eighth of an acre under
observation we gathered two and a
half bushels of nice clean beans.
This yield of seed beans made this
crop a profitable one to grow, but
there was something else that made
it far more to the advantage of the
farm. The great root development
left considerable new vegetable mat
ter in the soil. The roots from row
to row we're remarkably well stacked
with the nitrogen-gathering organ
isms, which on our unusually worn
soils of some sections of the Pied
mont regions, is of far greater i'm
portance to the farmer than is the
yield of seed alone.
From another part of the farm a
rather poor crop of oats were taken
in June, and in July the land was
plowed and a part of it planted to
soy beans and a part to cow-peas
The cultivation was exactly the same
for the peas and the beans. The
growth was cut while yet green anC
fed to dairy cows. The weights OF
beans and peas were not kept, but
the results from feeding were such
as to satisfy us that the beans were
fully as valuable acre per ere as
were the cow-peas.
After the beans and the peas were
removed the land was planted t.
wheat. The preparation and after
treatment given the pea and bear
stubble lands was identical. At this
writing there is no difference to bC
detected in the appearance of tn
wheat as it stands over the field.
We shall plant more largely o:
beans this year.
J. NJ. JOHNSON,
University of Georgia School O.
Agriculture, Athens.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-21
HOUSEKEEPING Experiments.

The q. S. Department of Agricu-
ture has just issued Bulletin 125,
Office of Experiment Stations, emit
tied A Digest of Recent Expert
ments on Horse Feeding, by G. F.
Langworthy, Phi. D. This bulletin is
a compilation which summarizes and
discusses recent experimental work
with horses, especially that carried
on at the agricultural experiment
stations in the United States. The
principles of nutrition with refer
ence to horse feeding are discussed
and figures are given showing the
composition and digestibility Of the
coarse and concentrated folders
commonly fed to horses. Expert
ments are summarized which discuss
the comparative value of the differ
ent feeding stuffs and special atten-
| ton is paid to some, like moIaSSes,
which are becoming more impor-
tant than formerly. The compare
tive merits Of different ways OF pre-
pairing feed are also treated as well
as the proper time of watering and
the amount of water required. Some
thing is also said Of the energy eE
pended for different kinds of ezter-
nal work and it's measurement, the
energy required for chewing and d.
costing food and other forms OF III
ternal muscular work, and similar
topics.
Data are summarized in the form
of a table, which shows the nutrients
and energy furnished per L"O
pounds, live weight, by the ratloDs
fed to American and foreign army
horses, cab and bus horses, etc., d.
we'll as those supplied to the noio.'
Of express companies, fire compaD"5
packing houses, breweries, etc., s 1t
the farm horses employed at tn7
ferent experiment stations, Sucn "a. a..
having been especially compiled toi
this bulletin. Average values WIZ
calculated, showing the amount o.
nutrients furnished to horses ~
forming different amounts OF "s.g
which it is believed may serve
guide in fixing upon suitable ra''OD'
fatbef
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-21

young man." said her t.fn o55:@'
sternly, "can you support d a. voung
"Gee whizzp exclaimed the ~ haze
man, "you haven't lost your JoO'
you?"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-21
Editor of The Pro .ressive Farmer:

In a recent number of your paper
there is a request for the experience
of North Ca~roIinians who have grown
soy beans. There is practically no
difference in climatic conditions pre-
vailing throughout the western half
of North Carolina and the northern
half of Georgia. I think, therefore,
that what I am about to write may
be of some value to at least some of
your readers.
Early in June of last year we
plowed a piece of rather stiff clay
land on the University of Georgia
farm. The soil was very hard and
dry at time of blowing, and broke
up in quite large clods. The pillow
had been set to run eight inches deep
but in some places the ground was
so hard and compact that the pillow
did not 60 more than seven inches
in depth. Immediately after plow-
ing, the land was narrowed with a
Getaway harrow, going over 1t twice.
In order to more fully pulverize the
soil the harrow was followed with a
rather heavy farm roller. The seed
bed was yet too coarse for the great
est satisfaction from the after cult
walton. However we then set aside
one-eighth of an acre of this field
for soy beans.
The rows were run off three feet
apart. Then a mixture of equal parts
by weight of phosphoric acid "a per
cent phosphorus and kainit 1875 per
cent potash) was applied at the rate
of two hundred pounds per acre.
The beans we're then put in with
a horsepower corn-planter, set to
drop one or two beans every eight
inches. Just before the beans we're
coming through the ground a light
smoothing harrow was run length
wise of the rows to break a slight
crust that had formed. After this
the beans were gone over once by
hand to cut out some weeds, and
three times with a shallOw-running
horse cultivator. The months of
July and August were unusually dry
and hot.
By the middle of September the
beans stood three and a half to four
feet high all over the patch, and the
branches met and interlocked until
the ground was completely hidden
from view even at a distance of half
a rod or less.
The root growth made a perfect
net work through the soil, and going
to a depth of two or three feet, anc
in some cases even deeper.
In October the beans were cut tc
be cured for threshing for seed
About the time our beans were read,
to harvest the dry weather gave
place to a rainy period of two o.
three weeks duration, during whicl
time we had showers almost daily.
AS soon as cut, the beans wer,
gathered up and placed in small
stacks with the butts toward the cen
ire and the tops to the outside
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-21
A Batch of Timely Farm Notes.

The barn. the corn crib, the wheat
bin and even the farm house itself
can be Invested of all noxious and
destructive insects and vermln by
the use of bi-sulphide of carbon. 1t
is a LIQUID which forms a powerful
and volatile gas very penetrating. Ii
liberated in any tight place it will
search every crack and kill every
bug. The usual proportion given is
one pound to 800 or 1000 cubic feet.
| Some authorities recommend a pound
of bi-sulphide of carbon for each
100 bushels. No injury is done the
grain by it's use, nor is there any
danger from feeding the grain at
forwards, as the bi-sulphide of car
bon entirely disperses. Since the
stuff is very explosive it's use in con-
nection with lighted pipes or cigars
should be pre-avoided. The Depart
ment of Agriculture has recently re-
published a bulletin on the subject
which contains authentic ~instruc-
tions for the killing of weevils, rats,
moles, etc.
It is a question whether there is
more wisdom in setting out a Char
gain" fruit tree in we'll prepared land
and in fertilizing and cultivating it
conscientiously until it comes into
bearing and proves to be untrue to
name or to have a scrub tree. than
in buying a frst-class tree from a
reputable nurseryman, then setting
it out and letting the grass and weeds
grow up around it, the rabbits and
borers investigate it and otherwise
neglecting it, until finally it comes
into some kind of bearing in spite
of you. These are two ways; there
is a third.
While nitrate of soda is the most
soluble and quickly available form of
nitrogen for plant use, and likewise
the cheapest, it is the least enduring
of any of the heterogeneous fertilizers.
If the entire heterogeneous application
is made to the soil at the planting
of a crop requiring several months
to mature the chances are that if
nitrate of soda is used there will be
an insuffciency of this element to
perfect the crop.
An acre in some corner of the
farm can very proftably be set aside
for post growing. The Bureau of
Forestry has recently published q
forestry bulletin on growing the
hardy catalpa for wood, posts, etc
The catalpa makes an excellent post
which will last thirty years. Much
depends upon the soil, but young
l catalpa trees should make good posts
in six or eight years.
! The Usage orange also makes {
lasting post. Sometimes there is al
old Usage hedge which has so grow
up that the trees can be cut anc
used for posts. If cut down close tx
= the ground the hedge will rapidly re
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-04-21
THE soy BEAN.

Prof. Johnson Reports Some Tests that
will Interest Prospective Growers of
the Crop.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

A ragged Irishman was charged in a
London court a short time ago with
rendering a counterfeit shilling in pay
ment for a penny loaf.
Though forlorn in aspect. he was not
destitute of that shrewdness which Is
Characteristic of his countrymen. He
stated that he was sent for the loaf
by a person at a public house close by.
who gave him the coin to pay for II.
and that on discovering II was not
good he bought the coin for three half
pence.
The Msgistrate-How came you TO
buy the shilling after you had discoy-
cred 1t was a bad onef
The prisoner, with much apparent
gravity, replied:
"Sure. then. your honor, l bought It
90 that If I should happen to have a
bad one offered TO me I might know
it by looking AZ the one ! had with
meln
There was q burst OF laughter, and
the fellow was dismissed with a eau
ton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Taxing Life TOO seriously.

Taking life too seriously is said to be
IN especially American falling. This
may be true; BIZ judging from appear
ances, 1t would seem to be worldwide.
for. 90 where one may. he will find the
proportion of Gerious. not to say anx-
ious, faces ten to n as compared with
the merry or happy n If ''the outer
is always the form and shadow of the
inner and If "the present Is the full
ness of the past and the herald of the
future (and how can we doubt it?.
how many sad histories may be read
In the faces of those we meet every
day. The pity of it is. too. that the
sadness Is a self woven garment. even
as is the joy with which 1t might be
replaced. Ruskin says: Girls should
be sunbeams, not only TO members of
their own circle. but to everybody with
whom they come In contact. Every
room they enter should be brighter for
their presence" Why shouldn't all Of
US be %sunbeams, boys as well as girls.
all along the way from twenty-five
years and under to e~ighty-fiye years
md ovcr?-Success.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing are u rates for receiving, hand
Ing, storing and cleaning gram at our
warehouse in Waubay, Day county,
;. D.: For receiving grain, inslring,
handling and storing the same for 10
days and delivering, 2 cts. per bushel.
Storage after the first 10 days cent
per bushel for each 10 days or psrt
thereof for the first three months; after
the first three months, Is cent per BUSH
ei for each 30 days or part thereof. II
grain is cleaned at owners request, y
cent extra per bushel. This grain is IN
sured for the benefit to the owner. Ii
grain is bought by us we agree to pay
the card price ON day of surrender
OF ticket, but we reserve the right TO
deliver the grain subject to conditions
above named.
Dated Webster, s. D., September !,
1908.
The Snencar Grain Co.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Too Realistic.

There lived in my town. said a Con.
necticut man, "a poor. half witted
man who made. a kind of mania Of
his religion. He used to go every az
ernoon to a lonely field, and, kneeling
there behind a bank of earth, he would
pray at the top of his lungs for thirty
or forty minutes at a time. Some of
US boys would follow him now and
then. hide on the other side OF the
mound and listen to him with wonder
ment.
Zone afternoon he prayed about his
sins. He vowed that he was the wick
eldest man that had ever been created.
He declared that he deserved death.
lie begged the Lord to put an end to
him by topping yer the embankment
on him then and there.
eThe ringleader or our crowd was UP
zeal the top Of the mound, and at this
point he showed down on the kneeling
mar a great load of loose soil. Instant
" tho poor fellow sprang to his feet
and ran away home.
"Tt's an awful world. this be said
to a friend later. You can't say a
thing IN fpn but what it's taken in
snrnast'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Cheap nome. ana Farm Labor.

In Vermont there have been more
calls this year for cheap farms than
ever before. Some OF these have been
purchased by city people for homes
during a part OF the year. while some
entire neighborhoods have been bought
by individual purchasers. The prices
have not advanced. but there seems to
be an upward tendency. There is more
inquiry fronl foreign born than native
born citizens, Secretary G.. i, Bell says
that last year the calls for this class OF
farms have increased probably Is per
cent. He writes: .'The most serious
question for "a purchasing n farm to-
day Is the labor problem. The in
creased price OF farm products does not
keep pace with it at all, saying nothing
about the great uncertainty. The dairy
interests viii suffer unless q change
soon. The why clear for eight
and nine hour labor upon the farm for
d days work is not yet manifest to II
average filler or the soiL"-New Eng
land Homestead.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Teaching Parrots to TAX.

In reply to the query, How do you
teach parrots TO talkf' a bird dealer
said:
Il allow my parrots some proportion
or their native food-bananas. palm
nuts and the like. | begin by Instruct
ing them to pronounce one word, al
lowing them two days to master it, and
gradually increasing their vocabulary
to three or four words. l then make
sentences of words that are easily join
ed together. 1t takes a male bird at
most two weeks to master half Il dozen
short sentences in one language. The
females are not so quick at grasping
q word or sentence as the males are.
and SO they require a day or two more
of tuition.
""In teaching a parrot an important
secret is to demonstrate the meaning Of
the word or sentence, If possible. SO
that it will seem to speak intelligently.
For instance. pulling a newspaper
from my pocket. | will say What's the
newsg' or. taking nj my watch.
What's the time? The parrot win
soon learn to suit the word to the ac-
ton.
I'm teaching the bird to greet a Wis
itor OH the proper occasion with How
do you dog I repeat the words on en-
tcring its presence. To make him say
Must you go? Goodby. | rise from a
chair, pick up my hat, and while leav-
,nC tba roam sropost tho uords That
is my method"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

On the annual election held in High
land township, Day county, South
Dakota, the following resolution was
adopted: "All kinds OF hunting is for
hidden in Highland township, Day
county, South Dakota, except where a
person is hunting on his W ground or
ground where he has got the owners
permission to hunt. All persons afeld
on any farm with a gun in their posses
sion without such permission shall be
handled as rebels against this resolu-
ton and will be prosecuted according
to law.
Dated August ~, 1908.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

From my pasture on Monday, August
~, two colts, one two-year-old mare,
dark grey, n yearling mare, brown.
VIII pay liberal reward for their return
or Q information. Iver p. Bguin, sec
tons s and 8, township I2c, range b5'
Postofflce, Webster.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

If you want loan upon land
In Day county, apply at the
Farmers and Merchants Bank.
They will satisfy you as to the
rate and privilege of payment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

10 all U TRENDS and neighbors, who
80 kindly assisted us, in our recent
trosble and death Of our beloved little
daughter, Eleanor, we extend our heast-
felt thanks.
Dir. and Mrs. w. II Kransa
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

in the crotch Of the X support and a
notch In the crosspIece below. II fur
Their support Is needed use wire to wrap
around the lap and the X. At the ends
drive In a stake and wire to il. Make
the panels and supports Of any size OF
dimensions to suit your purposes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
FENCE LORE.
A. Good Farm Gate and "a Handy
Portable Fence.

n GO0u Eurm Gmte ana "a HANDY
Portnblc Fence.
The upper figure shows a gate which
an Ohio Farmer correspondent thinks
the best for ordinary use on the farm
after trying different styles. The gate
is twelve feet wide Qong) and five feet
high, made Of five 6 by ] inch boards.
IL for a yard where hogs run loose the
two bottom bars should be OF oak, and
the top one should be OF the same wood
90 prevent horses, IL any, from gnaw-
ing II. Bars are spaced about four
inches for last, six for second, nine for
third. eleven inches for upper one.
Three inch strips are bottled one on
each side OF the bars at the ends with
five-sixteenth bolts, two bolts in each
end OF the upper and under bar. At
the hinge end these bolts hold the
hinge.
On one side of the bars n long tie
comes from the top OF the gate at the
hinge end to the bottom at the other
end. This is also bolted through the
bars. On the other side two narrow
strips are placed so that the bolt goes
through the tie. a bar and one of the
strips. The gate Is hung with hook and
strap hinges. The upper hook goes
through the post with a nut on 1t. The
lower IN Is driven into the post. and
one OF the strap bolts goes through the
upper end Of the long tie, SO prevent
Ing the gate from sagging.
Tn fha journal mentioned ia also
sketched q form Of portable fence,
shown in the second figure. The panels
are twelve feet long. and the lap rests
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
w.. E.s All.

MARIA demanded NJ D.,.-s n i
loud voice. what have you beer doing
to my razory'
Nothing" sajG Mrs. Billus. .'except
sharpening 1t again after shaving Fl,
DOS tail with II. It's all right, is-.rity'
-Cljcago Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

The Eversreen blackberry at Home.
On the Puyallup valley. betweca Ia
coma and Seattle, they are clearing
from $500 to $500 per acre on the Ev-
ergreeE blackberry. which is just as
good as, no better. than a Ben Davis;
but, like "old Ben,'' it carries well to
the east. where they get nothing better.
and 1t carries the good dollars back to
the thrifty farmers Of Puyallup. Twen-
ty-hve feet is a common everyday
growth Of vine. writes a Washington
correspondent to Rural New Yorker.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Miasummer seedlings.

1t Is not difficult to get successful
seedlings OF crimson or medium red
clover in July or August on land that
is Ia prime physical condition. Availa-
BILE plant food and a supply Of moisture
are TIE factors. Those WHO have had
experience with only such soils COM
mend such summer seeding to others
who have soils deficient liz moisture
because deficient in humus. and failure
results. AS good clover as I have eve
harvested was sown IN August. but tie
field was fertile to begin with. A thin
ner soil may make a fine catch IL the
season supplies moisture in a nearly
perfect way. Usually II does not. The
land that most needs help is not capa-
BILE of being improved by methods that
make q rich soil yet richer.-Farm and
Fireside.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-09-03
Strayed or Stolen.

The Spencer Grain Co.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-08
HEAvY-wE1Gar BOOKS DOOMED
Favor AmOng PnbLshers
nRa Headers,

The heavr, aFsa breaking, temper
destoying ,elume of the past is
Fdoomed Book buyers cannot have
failed to n,tbse marked improve
ment in tie mnkc-Ip of the new
books Of rerain Dubliehera- their in
creased hs4spess of weight Until
recently English book manuiac-
turers havc y sea far ahead Of the
American I'd lbs respect. and most
light We paper used by publish
ers han ~ - imported from Eng
land l.as osl live years ago Amer
Jean puu -., ~ began the agitation
in this can. ny for a home made
light e~eh., Aper The model to be
initiated ae.e was the English espar-
TO paper mado from esparto grass
a rusllitc * Ss growing only in
northern and aouihern Spain.
This pa sr aiude in limited quanti-
ties even p l'ngland, because af the
scarcity 81 IS grass. Al the re-
peltei IN 'saion OF Publishers, sew
eral Amrr- manufacturers COM
menced es ilncnls in the light pa
per At f~D little progress WAS
made Ameflcan product,
thopPh iirf lacked the necessary
coheeir. ness fatal defect. The
work wns persisted IN. however. un-
tn rtc, es, was nehieved, IN the last
year OR 81 and the American light
weight pes Is now coming into gen
cral use rass the Kansas City Jour
mil 81 y nf Il book weighs be-
tween 80 md 30 per cent. less than
ON Of cqns Size made Of the old
smooth. hcasr paper. The light
weight oanc IS not smooth, and TO
the WIN nrn,el & appears 70 be-
ronyA anl supposedly cheaper.
tlan DE "a smooih paper TO which
rcsfers ore accrsiomed. But, as a
matter Of faft tie light. rough pm
per s. da ly more expensive %
make.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1903-10-08

The Inconvenience Of the similarity
between . gentleman's ewening dress
and the attire Of a waiter has re-
ceived yet another instance. Mr..
hoate. the American ambassador.
vas the victim on this occasion. At
lie state banquet to the king at the
mild hall. the Americas ambassador
was one Of the few men in evening
drsss, nearly everyone being in court
or municipal uniform. lie was inter-
ested in the pulpit arrangements in
which the carving was done, and ven
tured to ask one Of the function
aries question concerning them.
Never mind about old customs -.
the reply; look lively and el....
away the sonp plates1"