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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-29

Some farmers in the county will
make fully $1OO an acre on tobacco,
in spite of the low prices, though
many have barely made expenses.
The man who made 1,5OO pounds of
tobacco to the acre will have to get
only 6 2-3 cents a pound to get 800.
-Lumberton Argus.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-29
Nursery Grown Trees.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:


Loss both to the purchaser and
grower of nursery trees is very COM
mon through ignorance or careless
ness. Quite a large percentage of
nursery trees fail to grow either be-
cause they have not been taken up
properly, packed carefully for long
shipment, or badly planted and cared
for by the purchaser. This loss
could and should be almost entirely
eliminated. It is possible to do this
with a little more cooperation be-
tween nurserymen and purchasers.
The former should at least under
stand their business to the extent of
knowing how to take up and ship
their trees. Any nurserymen guilty
of ignorance or carelessness in either
respect should not longer be pat
ronized. Nursery growing should be
an exact science. There is no ex-
cuse for guesswork or slipshop meth
DDS. AS an illustration of what some
wOuld-be nurserymen will do, I once
ordered lot of LeConte pear trees
There was shipped to me a mixture
of LeConte, Bartlett and Sheldon
pear trees. The excuse the nursery
man gave was that his men thought
they were all LeConte. If a man is
not sure of getting the variety he
he orders from the nurseryman it is
much better to raise the trees in a
home nursery when you~can be sure
of your stock.
There are nurserymen who are un-
reliable in shipping their stock in
such a way that if the weather hap
pens to be dry and the goods delayed
on the road, the trees will arrive
practically dead and worthless. It
is common to lay the blame on the
railroads, and purchaser and shipper
S0uGTd1Iy SudI0 GuC 1OSS USGWOOu
them. Now, a nurseryman who is at
all reliable should ship his trees in
such a way that nothing but an ex-
tended delay on the road or accident
could permanently injure them. In
that event the transportation com,
pany would be liable for damages
and in most cases would pay if the
facts were properly presented. The
reform, however, should begin with
the nurserymen. There are plenty
who raise and pack and ship their
trees so that injury rarely happens tc
them, but it is not always possible to
distinguish the reliable from the un-
reliable grower of trees until one
has suffered some sad experience
There is one precaution that should
be observed. Be very careful about
changing from one grower to anoth-
er if the first has proved reliable in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-29

When the crop is left upon the
land, until it is ready to cut for hay,
or until it is in full bloom, which is
the proper condition for cutting
the yield is from ~ to 2 tons of
cured hay per acre. The feeding value
is equal to the best red clover hay
but is not quite so palatable. If the
clover is allowed to stand until the
heads turn brown or until the seed is
nearly ripe, the feeding value is de-
Perforated and at the same time an
element of danger is introduced. The
stiff prickly hairs of the ripe seed
hull are liable to stick in the mouths
or stomachs of animals, and this has
caused the death of a few horses and
mules. But when cut when in full
bloom, there is no danger of injury
and almost every species of stock
relish the hay.
When the crop is cut for hay the
roots and stubble remain to furnish
humus, but on most sandy soils this
is not sufficient to replace the humus
annually burned up in making a crop
of cotton. Therefore the manure
made by the stock fed upon the
clover hay should be carefully saved
and used upon the subsequent crop.
There is among many cotton
growers an idea that clover turned
under causes "rust" in the succeed
ing cotton crop. This can not be
true, because crust" is due to fun
gold or mite parasites.
Neither will crop of clover turn
ed under in early spring or late fall
"sour" the land as many imagine.
All typical cotton soils are def
cient in lime and potash--two miner
ais which are necessary foods for
clover as we'll as for cotton plants,
Before sowing clover, it will be
profitable to top-dress the land with
500 pounds of lime and 100 pounds
of muriate of potash or 400 pounds
of kainit per acre. These minerals
do not easily wash away and will re-
main until all are taken up by the
clover or following crops.
The cotton grower who will intel
ligently use crimson clover as "be-
tween season" crop can make cotton
pay handsomely at much lower prices
than the staple now commands, be
cause for the same amount of land
labor and fertilizer he can obtain g
more than average yield.
GERALD MCCARTHY,
N. @. Dept. of Agriculture
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-09-29

"We are ever prone to forget that
usefulness is the only true greatness.
Only he that serves others is great.
You can measure yourself by the
good you have done"
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FINE POINTS OF LAW.

Appropriation of considerable quan.
titles of water in seas,ons when that may
be done without sensible injury to lower
owners is held. in Meng vs.. Coffey
(Neb.), 60 L. r. A. 90, not to give .
prescriptive right to divert the whole
stream in, dry seasons.
The financial returns which watSS
slant can be made to bear are held In
Xennebec water district W. Waterville
lMe.), go L. r. A. S56. to be necessarily
considered in determining the value of
the franchises Of its owner when taken
by right Of eminent domain.
Receiving the premium after the de-
struction of all the insured property, so
that nothing remains to which insurance
might attach, is held, in German 1nsu-
rance company vs.. Shader (Neb.). so L.
r. A. 918, to waive a provision in policy
that the insurer shall not be liable for
loss occurring before payment Of the
premium.
An agent who is authorized by his
principal to sell or exchange the prop
erty Of the latter upon specified prices
and terms is held, in Holmes vs. Cath
cart (Minn.) 60 L. r. A. 734, to be in duty
bound, upon learning that more ad-
vantageous sale or exchange can be
made, the facts concerning which are
unknown to the principal, to communi-
cate the same to him before making the
sale as expressly authorized, and his
failure to do so held to amount to q
fraud in law,
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EXPENSIVE BEARS.
Clothes and Other Articles
Of Ad0rnment.

The fish commission in San Francisco II
frequently. in receipt of ridiculous commit
nications from people ct the interior who
have vague ideas of the functions Of the bu,
reau, says local exchange. retired
merchant from one of the hill towns, d.
string to devote his spare time to the study.
Of zoology, sent the following letter OF
inquiry to Prof. Charles A. Vogelsang: .,
II am interested in natural history ana
want to get hold Of dear for scientific
purposes. Do you know where l can buy
one? If so, get a good one and express i
in . box c. o. d., together with permit
for keeping same. One of the common
varieties will do. will pay al e.
After bordering over the communication
for some time Herr Vogelsang dispatched
the following reply: -.
"Dears Of all kinds are abundant in this
neck of the woods, and if you are not par
ticular a. to color or breed l can easllH
comply with your request. Most OF them
would object, however, to being sent IN
box By express. If you will agree to assume
The cost Of perpetual maintenance, / Will
promise to send on dear who will be use
full, both for scientific study and for house
keeping. I am not authorized by the laws
Of the state to issue such permits as you
require, but you may get them from the
, county clerk. await your reply with
eagerness.
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SUNNI NEUROLOGY OF 1908.

Captains in charge Of troops who
captured JET Davis. four.
Lieutenants In charge. five. The last
one died the other day. a
The last man who hanged John Brown,
two. .,s1
Last survivors Of Waterloo. nine.
Last men who saw Napoleon. two
This does not include the men who have
written about him, none OF whom has
died for several years.
Last women, who. as flower girls,
were kissed by Lafayette, thirteen.
Last men who shot Wilkes Booth. six.
The original Mckinley man has not
died 80 often during the year as for
merly. 'as'rt3 -. "'
All Of the original Roosevelt men are
still living. ''r r" - .5''.>
There has been noticeable falling
of in the men who knew Lincoln be-
fore he was president.
The last man who voted for Andrew
Jackson has died once this year.-N. Y.
Sun. - 's'"f ~ ~ ..'f'- H.
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PROVERBS UP TO DATE.

Nothing comes Of nothing" but yon
had best not quote this to the father of
4 worthless son.
LET the shoemaker stick to his last"
but he had best know something about
collecting bills.
BIRDS of feather flock together"
but a blond woman usually considers
4 brunette her best foil.
The cracked pitcher goes most often
to the WE'LL" and the pri1na donna's last
public appearance is a big house filler.
1.-THE eyes are the windows of the
SOUL" yet a lover is satisfied az he gazes
into the dark depths" OF my lady's
eves.-N. Y. Herald,
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BITS OF INFORMATION.

A scheme has been prepared for carry
ing out an underground railway in Man
chester, England, with connections with
the principal out-districts.
Frau Cosima Wagner, widow Of tho
great composer, is believed to be draw.
Ing about $4,000 a year in royalties
from her late husbands operas, in spite
Of the fact that he squandered his copy
rights in many cities. From the Paris
grand opera alone her annual receipts
are about $4,000, and tho Baireuth
profits are close to $50 900 every year.
Shetland's shortest night is five
hours; but her longest Is over Is hours
England now has seven admirals OF
the fleet and nine field marshals.
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and is treated with china white paint;
the floor is laid with rift-sawed hard
pine. The living-room is trimmed with
birch. and has an oak floor, bay win
dow with seat and an open fireplace
built Of brick with the facings and a
hearth of the same and mantel of good
design. The dining-room is trimmed
with quartered oak and has a paneled
wainscoting, beamed ceiling and a
china closet built with loaded glass
doors above center shelf. The pantry
is trimmed with hard pine, and is fur
uished with sink, drawers, cnpboards
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SONG AND MELODY.

Prince Ludwig Ferdinand, Of Bavaria,
has finished his music drama, "Gyges."
Sarasate, the noted violinist, will be
60 next year. His curls, which 20 years
ago were black as raven, are now as
white as carded WOOL He is still a
bachelor, and his income from his work
averages 100000 a year.
Mile. Delna, the finest contralto IN
France, was discovered by Saint-Saens,
and he looks upon the day when he heard
the prima donna for the first time sing
ing a music hall ditty as she washed up
her dishes at a village inn near Paris
an the happiest one in his life.
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A NEW, CANCER CURE.
London Doctors Consider 1t Worth
Testing, Although They Have
Been disappointed Frequently.

Important results have been attained
by the new cancer treatment.
It was discovered by DR.. Otto Schmidt,
of Cologne, and Investigated by DR..
jesse Johnson, of London, who has
given the results Of his observation to
the medical society of London.
DR.. Schmidt does not claim finality for
his discovery, but he asserts that he has
isolated the specific parasite which
causes cancer.
Many parasites have already been dis
covered, notably by DR.. Gaylord, In
America, as associated with cancer.
DR.. Schmidt maintains that they all are
one and the same, their shape and ap-
pearance being determined by varying
conditions. BY altering the conditions
Schmidt has made his parasite assume
all these different appearances. He uses
this parasite in two different forms,
either sterilized or as serum obtained
in the usual way by inoculating ami
mails.
BY injecting the sterilized parasite
into q cancer patient h. becomes fever
ish, and in about ten hours the cancer
GUS growth becomes painfully inf1amed.
Injected into healthy persons, including
himself, the preparation produced no
result, so that it also constitutes a test
of doubtful cancerous growths.
In every cancer case of 20 tried the
cancerous growth gradually became sur
rounded with scar, the tissue contract
ing the growth and leading to its de-
generation.
The treatment reduces malignant
tumors to innocent growths, limits
their spreading power and renders re-
moval effective.
The discovery has been received by
the profession here with the greatest
reserve in view of so many previous dis
appointments, but it is admitted that
the method is worthy of a trial.
Dr. Schmidt's treatment was brought
to DR.. Johnson's knowledge by mill
lionaire whose wife has obtained great
benefit from it.
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PAPER BED QUILTS.
wh>v Arc Said to BE as Warm or Even
Warmer Than the Old-Ttme
Wooden Blanket.

Although it has long been known
that paper is bad conductor of heat
little use has been made of this fact
until recently A few years ago one
heard of newspapers being laid over a
bed in winter to supply extra warmth
in emergencies, but the idea seemed sc
absurd that it never was extensively
tried. Besides, at best it was only q
temporary expedient. The improvised
cover was sure to be displaced or torn
in short time.
OF late two methods of employing
the principle have been found. One Is
to work up thick, soft material thai
can be used for lining women's jackets
For that commodity considerable sale
has been found. Being introduced, like
wadding. between the inner and outel
LAYERS of cloth, it is protected from
friction, and thus may last for a LONG
time.
The other plan is to manufacture
durable bed quilt. For this business
a company has been organized IN
North Carolina. No doubt thickness
and fexibility are insured by the
choice of material and mode of prepa-
ration. Some parts Of the process are
novel enough, it is said, to lead the in
ventors to seek a patent. According
to a dispatch from Lexington, N. c..
the quilts are made of two sheets OF
crimpeI PAPER, with cloth outsides.
The quilts are absolutely air tight
and are said to be as warm as OF
warmer than wooden blankets. Inc
paper used will be disinfected. and
many prominent physicians say the
quilts will he more healthy than the
quilts now in use. The rustling noise
noticeable about paper is absolutely
done away with by the use Of the
crimped paper, and when finished the
Quilts are very plant and almost as
soft as wooden blankets. They are to
be quilted on sewing machine.
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Cedar shingles for roof.
Four-inch siding.
Carving composition.
Terrace and yeranda floors. ~ inches
thick.
First and second floors double.
Furnace in cellar.
American glass throughout.
Painting, three coats.
Roof, creosote stain.
Chimneys gray press brick.
Sliding door, pockets lined.
Printing done with yellow ochre.
The cost of this house, including all
the materials here mentioned, should
not exceed $4,000 in any locality.
GEO. A. w. KNIT.
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Read. Like Q Miracle.

Friarspoint, Miss, Nov. 3O.-The But.
Ter case still continues to be the talk OF
the town. Mr.. G. L. Butler, the iatneF
"The doctor said my boy had disease
of the spinal chord, and treated him for
two months, during which , ne got ~, Mo re-
he did not know what was the trouble.
The boy would wake up during the n,gnt
and say that he was dying. He would b
nervous and trembling and would want want
to run from the house, saying he saw ugly
things which frightened him. After We
veftisement of Dodd's Kidney Pills as : :
cure for Nervous Troubles I purchased
together eight boxes, when he was sound
and we'll, with not a single symptom 9 q
the old trouble This was. some month";
ago, and feel sure that he i p;Iln IN
the credit for his restoration to good
health" .sF
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Weak and unhealthy Kidneys arc responsible
for more sickness andsMnering than any otnel
disease, therefore, when through neglect or otne'
causes, kidney trouble IL permitted to commune
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and shelves. The kitchen Is also
trimmed with hard pine. and has hard
pine floor, and is provided with all the
best modern conveniences.
The second floor is trimmed with
ash and contains four bedrooms, pro-
vided with ample closets, linen closets
and a bathroom. The latter is wains-
coted and the walls and ceilings
throughout are covered with white en-
ameled paint. This bathroom is pro-
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ment or settling, or has a cloudy APP
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Swamp Root is the great discovery
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e the slightest symptoms OF kidney OF
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Miss Whitaker, a prominent
club woman of Savannah, Ga,
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of ovarian troubles by the use
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
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~ HE residence UNDERMINING is
constructed Of brick laid In &C.
ment mortar. The superstruc-
ture is of wood, and the exterior Frame
work is covered with shingles, which
are stained q silvery gray color; the
trimmings are painted white. The roof
Is covered with shingles and stained a
moss green. Dimensions:1Fr Front "a
feet; side, "a feet, excluding piazza and
terrace. Height of ceilings: Cellar
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ing, and my limbs were badly swolleu.
One doctor told me it would finally turn
to Bright's disease. l was laid up at
one time for three weeks. l had not
taken Doan's Kidney Pills more than
three days when the distressing aching
across nv back disappeared, together
with the other symptoms.
For sale by all dealers. Price 90 cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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The sunken Rock.

II positively decline to have that young
Clippercut in my house again. Hi. infiar
ence on my son is most dangerous"
"Why, my friend, he 10 far from being
a bad fellow. He has his follies, l admit
but how unlike such really vicious mes
a. Grogster, Gardaip and a. pon nyynsen ro.,
10 that it IL not sunk deep. enough. From,
Ernest Thompson seton's "Fabls and
Woodmyth"
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feet 6 inches; first story, 8 feet 6 inches;
second, s feet.
The hall and vestibule are trimmed
with quartered oak; the latter has a
paneled wainscoting and tiled floor.
The hall also has a paneled wainscoting
and a beamed ceiling, and it also con-
tains an ornamental staircase with COL
umns, spindle screen, etc. The recep-
ton room is trimmed with wh1teWooo,
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vided with porcelain fixtures and ex"
posed nickel-plated plumbing. The
cellar contains laundry, furnace, fuel
rooms and cold storage room.
SPECIFICATIONS
Studding, 2 by 4-16-inch center.
Joist, by 10-16-inch center.
Roof rafters, by G-A-inch center.
Brick underpinning wall, u inches thick
Sheathing fence flooring.
Building paper to be felt.
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ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.
Mrs. G. w. Foolxs, of Salisbury, Md.

WIZ u ". w.
Fooks, Sheriff
of Wicomico
County, says:
II stuff
W 18th kidney
complaint for
eight years. l
felt tired and
w e q k, W a s
short of breath
and was trou.
bled with bloat-
ing after eat