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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26
A Batch Of Timely Farm Notes.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer:

L = pei GAkC11CO WOL1A
be a more comprehensive and attract
i've title for a series of bulletins
which are being issued by the De
-partment of Agriculture (and which
are In fact the most general all
round interesting and useful publ
cations gotten u by that Depart
ment) than the present title. They
are known as Experiment Station
Work." but this does not convey the
correct impression, as an immense
amount of detailed work and investi-
cation is done at the State Expert
ment Stations which is of no direct
practical interest to farmers. These
"Farm Experiments" bulletins are
short, usually from twenty to thirty
pages and contain probably a dozen
concise, practical articles, a compila-
ton by the Department editors of
results of the various experiment sta
tions. One which is now in type
Farmers Bulletin, No. 169), con
tains a number of interesting arti-
cles, none too long to pick up and
read during a ten-minute leisure pc
riod.
The first subject treated is the
farm water supply-the Importance
of pure water for mich COWS. This
article picks out the meat from three
different bulletins; one from the
Oregon station. one from Arizona,
and one from a Department bulletin.
Another article is entitled "When to
Cut Forage Crops" another is "Fog
Fruit" a lawn plant and soil-binder
for arid regions. Pithiness in eel
cry is the title of another article in
which it is shown that American Gel
cry seed is poor. In Maryland forty
per cent of the plants raised in an
experimental plat from American
grown seed was pithy, while not a
single stalk grown from French seed
had this failing. The irrigation of
strawberries is discussed in another
article and extracts made from bulle-
tins from eight different States, from
Connecticut to Colorado on this sub
ject. The Farmers Fruit Garden is
another which suggests interesting
reading and practical hints. Tropi-
cal and S~ub-Tropical Fruits heads an
article of more general interest than
value as farm instruction. The realm
of flowers is invaded with a short ar
ticle ON China Asters, the gist of two
experiment station bulletins. Sew
eral other subjects are likewise treat
ed in this work. The bulletin is OBJ
tainable upon application.
y X
"The trucking business in the
South is making steady progress"
said a representative New Orleans
man who made a call the other day
on the Secretary of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

duce four hundredsand five hundred
bushels of tomatoes to the acre, and
other vegetables in proportion.
Trucking in the South has a great
future; the dividing up of large plan
tations into small farms and gardens
is highly beneficial to the community
and the establishment of canneries
gives us a sure and profitable mar
ket."
Germany is a large purchaser of
meats from this country. The pro-
posed German tariff, it is estimated,
will reduce our meat exports to Ger
many by fully 25 per cent. Should
it become necessary for the United
States to retaliate we would be able
to cripple Germany far more than
the proposed German tariff would
affect this country and the knowledge
of this fact, it is believed, will cause
German statesmen to hesitate about
adopting this feature of the new
tariff.
According to a prominent Wash
ington newspaper correspondent who
has Just returned from a tour of
Canada, much of the emigration of
American farmers from our middle
west to Canada is likely to prove dis
appointing if not disastrous. A con-
siderable portion of the Dominion
which is being exploited and'"settled"
lies in the sub-humid or semi-arid>
belt which corresponds to parts of
Kansas and Nebraska. It is proph-
esied that a series of two or three
dry years will depopulate that por-
ton of the Dominion as completely
as happened in western Kansas some
years ago. The land is fertile and
the climate is good and in what are
known as "wet years" large and
profitable crops can be raised, but
the seasons come in cycles or groups
and sooner or later the bad years
make their appearance. Then, un-
less settlers are we'll established and
enabled to stand severe reverses un-
til the meteorological pendulum
swings the other way, great suffer-
ing must ensue and an exodus result.
Ninteen hundred and three prom
Uses to be a banner year for cotton
exports, the first ten months of the
fiscal year showing 1926, 8OO,OOO; this
against 1868, 100000 for the first ten
months of 1902, 1886, GOO, 900 in 1901,
1929, OOO 1000 for 1900, $191, 100000
for 1899, and 800, 100000 for 1898. It
is the high prices, however, which so
swell the figures for 1908 as in both
1898 and 1899 the number of bales
exported was greater than in 1903.
GUY E. MITCHELL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26
After the Wheat Harvest

gions before the crop is harvos+oI
and the present condition If ~
fields is a matter that needs alton
ton. If the farmer has a good s+on3
of clover he is fortunate. Rn+ bo,S
and there all over the land there Mill
be found fields where clover h.
failed, and the farmer is botbnrod l..
know just what to do with that 6ol1
to keep up his regular rotation t.
he is south of the 10th parallel and
not in too elevated a section. vbo,o
the nights may be too cool, there :,
no crop that will help him more than
the Southern COW peas. Sown in +.
northern limit after harvest it will
probably not reach sufficient matrr-
ity for hay making, but it will fur-
nish an abundance of p~asturage late
in the season, and will help to make
another crop of wheat on the Same
land, which can be treated in the
same way and the dead peas left on
the ground for the corn crop the next
spring SO as to bring the field in as +
would have come with a season of
clover, and the two soWings OF. peas
will probably do as much good in the
improvement of the soil as the clover
would have done. The value of the
COW pea to the Northern farmer
comes in right here when clover fails.
Not to s~upersede clover, but to help
when clover refuses to help. No
farmer on good wheat land between
80 and 40 north latitude should ever
think Of putting any crop in the
place of clover, but at times may
need help to get his land to give a
stand Of clover. And this is just
what the COW pea will do for him.
South Of 80 latitude and in a mod
crate elevation the COW pea becomes
of greater Importance, and on sandy
soils South, where clover uniformly
fails, the COW pea is the clover for
the farmer, and will enable him to
repeat the legume crop more fire.
quCntly in a short rotation from the
short time it takes to make the crop
There are few localities north OF the
39th parallel where the pea will have
a great value as a hay crop, but tor
pasture in dry weather and as a SOIL
improver it mas value far north OF
this, especially on warm, sandy SOILS
Those of us who have made a STUDY
of the Southern pea know well It's
limitations and we never suggest u
the Northern farmer the use OF int
pea except as a means for taking 'n0
place clover has failed to I'LL, anu u
tide over a drought in late summer
If clover is all right, then you arc
fortunate. But when the rag WeeoS
appear, do not let them go to SeSu'
The idea seems common among
farmers that rag weeds are a nVC0'
sary intruder on stubble feldS' D0
rag weeds can be abolished JUST a.
other w eeds can. Now the FSs
weeds as soon as tall enough 10 a sd
hold of them and the StuOOi5'
if needed, NOV them a second ILIi Iii
to prevent their seeding, and you r oT
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

A Jealous woman believes Cav
thing her passion suggestS'-0
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-05-26

"The trucking business in the
South is making steady progress"
said a representative New Orleans
man who made a call the other day
on the Secretary of Agriculture.
"And now the establishment of many
large canneries is adding a stimulus
to vegetable production. The Louis
lana farmers are subscribing stock
in a good many of the canning fac
tories which give them a market for
their surplus produce. New Orleans
instead of Baltimore will soon be the
center of the canning industry in the
United States. Our Louisiana lands
are many of them especially adapted
for vegetable growing. We a pro-
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18

II was Fedora, and although she had
always In her modesty, appeared con-
fused when he spoke of the subject,
yet he never doubted
AZ this day Overton had not learned
what a mighty influence Moloch had
upon the average human heart, nor
the winning power of Gold The time
was coming when he would discover
these things through bitter experience
that would warp his nature and
change his disposition.
1t was his desire to notice what
effect his presence might have upon
the beautiful girl in the landau.
When her wandering gaze suddenly
fell upon him she gave perceptible
start, and the color left her cheeks
only to Immediately return, and as
the vehicle passed he was quick to
discover the card. which she had dex-
trously tossed out apparently unseen
by her escort, flutter to the asphalt.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18


yard, saving and hammering away az
'em, and tinkering them into shape t0
be used for bones I'd devote hours
to soraping them when | had sawed
them into shape, and then I'd place
them where the summer sun would
hit them for about week to thor
oughly dry them. -n7sse]sssst
"Then they'd be ready for use, and
I'd proceed, along with all the rest Of
the kids in the neighborhood provided
with bones, to drive the older folh
crazy with the horrible noise. There's
a whole lot of science in manipulating
the bones properly. l used to practice
about half day at stretch with the
right hand bones, and then I'd round
UP the rest of the day getting tha
hang of the left-hand bones, and I've
seen strong men be compelled TO-
take to their beds from nervous coll
lapse after spending a week in q
neighborhood infested by bunch OF
small boys getting the hang of the
bones. Things are not like they used
to be. I'll bet there are thousands Of
young fellows who are Of age right in
this town who never scraped a set Of
bones when they were youngsters
and who never INDUCED in the exalted
dream of one day becoming celebrat-
ed minstrel men,.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18

AT one of the variety theaters the
other night said the man with the
double chin, there was fellow who
had a great knack Of playing the
bones He was the first bone soloist
I've heard in a good many years. Even
the minstrel shows don't pay much
attention to the bones nowadays, and
| guess that the next generation will
look upon us folk as sayages for ever
having listened to the music of the
bones. The things that this soloist
played with the other night weren't,
I imagine, sure-enough bones; they
were probably fashioned Of some kind
of wood,
II can remember when every small
boy in the country had mad passion
to become an artist with the bones.
That was more than quarter Of a
century ago, when minstrelsy was a
big thing, and all the youngsters in
the land ached and longed way down
deep in them to become famous min
strel men. The ambitions Of most Of
the kids of my day centered on the
bones end, and we used to practice
with the bones for hours at stretch.
I used to wait for my mother to get a
rib roast, and the good woman would
hardly have the meat off those ribs,
before I'd have EN- out in the back
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18

veraation. ana endsavored to cheer
him up.
you must be sure 70 drop In to
see US very soon. ana tnle tea with
aunty." she said az len th, as they
were about to separate
= promise you" he replied quickly.
God bless you for true-L earted com
rade, and may you In tie years to
come never know the az ny Of mind
and heart that threatens ne now
Il shall endeavor to avoid that by
never allowing myself to fall in love-"
she replied, little hysterically Of
ferlng him her hands
What, your left hand, Mazette
Pardon me, did | hun the other, brute
that amp No then surely you have
been in an accident since last saw
you, else why should your arm hang
SO helplessly at your side? Tell me,
is 1t not so2r with anxious solicitude
that was not at all affected
The girl looked either vexed or
frightened.
ut is nothing Long ago / had an
accident, and when 4 use the arm
steadily l feel It, OF late have been
unusually Industrious. That is all,
believe me. Mr.. Jack. You will come
soon?" as she moved Off
Surely was his reply
AZ Mazette hurried on, her heart
throbbing with conflicting emotions,
she was saying to herself, almost hys-
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18

A distinguished member of the bar
early in life sought to find an open
ing for practice down in Arkansas
while prowling about" he said, 4
stopped one evening late in front Of
log cabin and asked to stay all night,
The old man who had come out to
the fence scratched few feathers
from his hair and said, I don't sec
how / kin keep We, stranger
al can sleep any place, said
urgently.
'Oh, as fer that, you wud be well
come to the bed. The chillun this
time en- year usually sleep in the boss
trough, an as fer me an the ole WON.
an we Kin turn the table on It's back,
stun It's stomach with shueks an
sleep on It,
Well, don't care for anything to
eat, persisted.
AS fer that, we've got lots o fat.
an'-iean hog and the best gritter
dodgers We ever sccked a tooth in
well, why can't you entertain me
then?'
well, sub, to be plain about It, the
ole woman an me got drunk yester-
day, sucked every drop from two
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18
TRAVELLER WAS TOO PARTICULAR
9VWN~W9
Aransas Man Indignant His Refusal Sleep with Mshf
Of the Family"

gallon jug an the reyenoos is watohs
in SO close can't git to the still
"'Oh, we'll laughed, I've got q
little such remedy in my saddle bsga
and SO wen get along royalty. ID
HE almost pulled me ont Of the
saddle at this declaration and was
soon seated inside the windowleas
shack.
eve had been enjoying ourselya{
some time when big. fat hog walket
sedetely In and climbed on the Low,
bed and composed herself as II for Q
nights sleep,
81 reckon therell be plenty %
room there for both Of YET questioned
the old fellow, looking lovingly at thu
SOW. 4
Do you expect me to Nleep witE
that beast?' l asked in astonishmenN
HE widened his eyes In wondsr
ment for a moment. Then an indip
nant flush struck across MIS- cheek. +
Strange. he said with hot enr
phasis, I hate ter order man frog
my gates, but man that feels too i'm
portant to sleep with one o. my fans
lily in pinch is too good Tor my hung
bic roof. You kin ride on,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18
CHAPTER III.
pEcL1NRp. w1rH THANKs.

DECLINED, WITH THANKS.
Somehow oyerton felt better after
this little chat with the miniature
painter True, in her candor and
knowledge Of Fedora's weakness she
had not been able to give him much
encouragement. In fact she seemed
to accept It as q settled fact that the
girl he loved would sacrifice him on
the altar OF Mammon, but the very
contact with such d CHEEKY nature as
that OF Mazette was bound to exert
helpful influence upon him.
He was standing at the corner Of
Chancery Lane, debating the moment
GUS question as to where he should
bestow the favor of his patronage for
supper, when he was given something
OF staggering shock, for there, with
in ten feet Of him, seated in hanson,
and evidently trying to attract his at
tention, was tbs Identical bronzed
and bearded gentlenah whom he had
seen soma hours before at Fedora's
side IN the hansSc6aa turnout, bound
for Rotten Row
In this distinguished parsonage
Overton at once and instinctiyely rec
ognized the rival. whom he had to
meet on uneven terms,
The gentleman had now a fair look
at his face, and Immediately jumped
out Of his cab
Pardon me. said he, in deer
voice that somehow grated on Jacks
ears, perhaps because he had already
conceived dsadi feeling OF ennity
toward the other Pardon me, but
I believe I have The honor Of adj
dressing Mr.. John Dyerton, late of the
Latin Quarter Paris?'
Overton answered stifiy: THAI
happens to be my name, sir"
ALLOW me to introduce myself
Overton looked at the card and de-
iberately looked at the inscription
Captain Maurice Stanton Livermore,"
The Horseguards.|
1t was name known far and vida
"a name that had been carried to re-
mote places In the Dark Continental
name mentioned with especial honor
in descriptions of English operations
on the borders Of India, where only
valor counts, and men carve Que repu-
tations with the sword in a desperate
duel with savage tribes
Jack knew 1t we'll The name 10
not unfamiliar to me. In what way
can / be OF service to you, sir?" he
said with an EFFORT at diffidence.
not?"
"You are an artist, il I mistake
Eyes, aim to be-
II am greatly Interested In art,
and desire to have some commissions
executed Having heard you favor
ably mentioned would like you to
join nue. at dinner where we can
doubtless find an opportunity to reach
an agreement
1t was on the tip Of Jacks tongue
to coldly decline the Invitation. Pru1
dence- policy IL you will--checked HIS
disdaiRful tongue in time.
Il accept your Invitation, sir, with
out IN any way committing myself to
any policy you may suggest or COM
promising myself In the least" he
said quietly
The other looked grlmly pleased.
They walked along together as well
as the crowded condition OF the street
would permit. until finally they reach
ed notable restaurant, into which
the strangely matched couple plunged.
AS Overton sat there in the coy
room. vis-a-yIa with Captain Liver
more, somehow he was reminded OF a
man whom the irony Of fortune had
seated above a volcano or powder
magazine liable to explode at any
moment
(To be oontInued.1
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-02-18
An American Nabob.
A Remarkable Story Of Love. Gold and
Adventure.
By ST. GEORGE RATHBoRNE

31YNv Copyright y sTnnsT ssra New YotE
New-York tribune., 1903-03-22

ton That under the City Hall Park. on the
loon is one of the number. It could be maoe
readv for use in a short time. Contrary to the
general belief this station Is only an auXlllarS
to the main City Hall station at the entrance 10
the Brooklyn Bridge, which will be the largest
in the system. The City Hall loop station Will
be used only for local trains. The express trains
will take on and discharge passengers at the
bridge station, and will not pass around the
loop at all when the road is in full oper4lloh
All express trains VIII run to Battery iarA
when the downtown part of the tunnel IS COM
pleted which will not be until some time aIIei
the road above the City Hall and beyond the
Harlem is in full operation. In reply to state
ment that the limited means for ingress ana
egress at the City Hall loop station had been
severely criticised, Engineer Parsons said: The
capacity for ingrcss and eGrcss there is e4ual u
that Of the most important station on the Man
haitian Elevated Railway, and is, believe SUI
ticient for the requirements of that station
which is a mere auxiliary for local traffic"
ON March H. when Mayor Low drove the HrSt
spike the track laying in the tunnel was 1orniiL-
lv begun by the Intrrborough Rapid Transit
Company which will operate the underground
railroads. A large amount of track material Is
already distributed along the line, and as there
is a solid ana level bt q of concrete on which 10
build the road this branch of construction should
proceed more rapidly than is usual IN railway
building on the surface. The contact rails VIII
nroba blv be laid at the same time as those Tor
traction and when the last obstacles to progress
have heen removed by the tunnel builders the
cars with their motors will also be ready, some
of the power houses will be completed and
equipped with generating machinery ana al
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-03-25
4 Remar:. able Statue.

An Italian sculptor finished fol
a family in Logansport, Ind. statue
for the local cemetery which exem-
plifies the longing Of the bereaved for
an exact literal reproduction OF the
dead, and at the same time affords
the most complete bit of realism
known. In order to get the statue the
family had a photograph taken OF q
man exactly the size of the deceased,
dressed in the latter's clothes. These
include macintosh over an ordi-
nary business suit, trousers crammed
into the tops of rubber boots, loose
tie, turn-down collar, and soft, broad
brim hat. The photograph and head
OF the deceased were sent to Italy,
and the result is counterfeit present.
ment OF the father of the family In
white Carrara marble standing on
tall pedestal in the cemetery. The
rubber boots recall the business OF the
deceased; he was contractor OF
ditches.-New York Times.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-03-25
Dolores Secret >Sorrosv

If there was one thing more incon-
gruous about Dolores Drummond
than her name it was the generally
accepted feeling among her friends
that her life was blighted by secret
sorrow.
Her name was certainly mis-
,nomer. 1t was always mystery to
the uninitiated that Mrs. Drummond,
wholesome, handsome, sensible and
as a fit name to be given to her pretty
little blonde daugher But christened
with it she was, tiny, red-faced NOR
sci, with no pronounced characteris-
tics. But in few months she had
developed into the daughter she might
have been expected to be. II that
mother ever regretted the dolorous
name selected for her child, she
would have been the last one to say
so. And If, again, with her daughter
grown to womanhood, she had a
slightly superstitious feeling that the
name had something to do with the
troubles which came to her still
she said not a word.
Strangers looked a second time at
Dolores for pure pleasure. 1t was
not that she was a beauty, but she
was so wholesome and healthful, and,
to all appearances, so perfectly happy
and contented with life that 1t was
restful to see her. And why Of ali peo-
pie she should have been chosen as
ha x-int IF q
hard to tell.
1t came about in this way AS
Dolores grew to womanhood lovers
came to her as they will to every at.
tractiye girl. Not so many as to some,
perhaps, for she was what her friends
called "a marrying girl" While she
was general favorite there was
never long line of admirers follow
ing in her wake, but the few who
were devoted to her loved her with a
serious purpose. One of these was
Jabez Marx, professor of Latin and
Greek in the college of the town.
There were other younger men
who found Dolores fair to gaze upon,
and while Marx was more frequently
III Tie MUSE, DOiOTGS was more OILen
with the others. Among these was
young DR.. "Dick" Richmond, who
lived next door to the Drummonds
and whom Dolores had known all her
life.
Matters were in this state when,
one day, while Dolores was away
from home on visit, Marx, who was
of apoplectic build, died suddenly.
Dolores came home for the funeral,
twept bitter tears of regret at her
treatment of this lost friend and then
and there, it was said, made vows of
eternal maidenhood. It was a great
surprise to every one. If she had
loved Jabez Marx she had concealed
it well; but then, who can read the
beart of a. girl?
No one ever advised Dolores when
it was known that her mind was
made up, Still it was shame, and
young DR.. Dick" said something of
the kind one warm February morn.
Ing as he jumped the fence and saun.
tered into the Drummonds' yard. The
expression of his mouth looked as