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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
HARRY FARMER.
PERE'S SOME GOOD ADVICE FOR
YOU.
Cotton Farmers Should Learn the Lesson
Taught BY the Tobacco Farmers Re-
turn to the One-crop System.

Editors Progressive Farmer:
If you can give me space in your
columns I would love to say a few
words to my farming friends about
the big cotton crop they are fixing to
plant this spring. I say big crop,
for I can see that is what they are up
to-hardly any wheat or oats sown:
all the land saved for cotton.
Have you forgotten that it was
difficult to get labor to work the last
crop, and it a small one, and that
part of it is in the field yet? One
dollar hundred has been offered in
this county for picking-something
unheard of before, and the negroes
will not work for that. This years
crop will be a costly one, unless
guano, seed. labor, and everything
that it takes to make cotton is high.
Had not you better prepare we'll
a part of your land and put in some
oats this spring and try to have some
feed for your stock and leave few
acres to SOW in peas? Then just
plant your best pieces in cotton and
see that you put plenty of good
guano on it and work it we'll. I
know that the price of cotton is
high and the temptation is great.
but just take a trip over in one of
the counties that raise tobacco and
ask them for their experience with
the one-crop system last year. Take
my advice and raise something to
eat and then all the cotton YOU can.
BLAKE JOHNSON.
CASTOR Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

Mrs. G. P. Drum, we believe, takes
the lead in the matter of butter sell
ing. For the past twelve months she
has sold from one COW, in butter
alone, $47.50, besides using all that
was necessary for family use. She
also kept five hogs on the butter
milk that will average 200 pounds
apiece.-Newton Enterprise.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
HARRY FARMERS TALKS
Harry Thinks that Every Man Should
Have Flower Garden.
CXXXVII.
Editor Progressive Farmer:

Editor Progressive Farmer:
Many farmers would like to please
their wives and daughters-and they
certainly deserve a great deal they
do not get. Now go to work and
build a flower garden so that the la
dies can have a place to grow flow
ers. Give them some fertilizer and
manure so that the growth will be
luxuriant. IF it is necessary, go in
and help them make some mounds,
etc. A place fifteen or twenty yards
square is large enough.
When you make up your order for
garden seed, let them include a few
choice flower seed. Your meals may
be little later and some other work
delayed, but the satisfaction on
wife's face and the rose on daugh-
ter's cheek ought to compensate for
all you may lose. Then when sum-
mer comes and the beautiful flowers
begin to show their brilliant colors
and the pretty boquets placed in the
parlor to send it's fragrant perfumes
over the house, it is then that we
men can begin to know the value of
flowers.
With all the works of man nothing
has been made equal to one beautiful
flower "Solomon in all his glory
was not arrayed like on of these
referring to the lilies which were
scattered over the beautiful valleys
where Christ was teaching the multi
tude. A traveller said: "When | go
to a place and see a lot of flowers,
1 know the character of those peo-
pie and do not hesitate to spend the
night there, for there is nothing to
be afraid of. On the other hand, if
there are no flowers, I always feel
uneasy and often hunt another
house."
The Seaboard Air Line Railway,
realizing the Importance of beauti-
flying the stations along it's line,
made flower gardens at it's main sta
tions, and the writer does not re-
member seeing a more pleasing sight
than the garden at Hamlet. Of
course, it is not expected that far
mer will have a fountain, etc., but
he can have one on a smaller scale.
While we are not much of a dog
man, yet we believe in treating all
dumb animals humanely; that is, we
believe in giving them proper treat
ment. Most people do not build
houses or places for the dogs to
sleep in, but let them hunt a place
under the dwelling or barn, or Jack
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19
CONFORMATION Of BEEF AND DAIRY CATTLE.

large-framed cows taking on flesh
easily and looking smooth and plump.
Group three contained COWS lacking
in depth and width of body. The
records for one year are averaged
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

rsre are few farming subjects
.,t which there is more general
| I,ostly ignorance than that of the
of beef and dairy cat
In his article last week DR.. Bur-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-01-19

The dairy type, compared with the
beef type, produced on the average
per COW 1874 pounds more butter and
2,274 pounds more milk; yielded
$2O.94 more nroft in butter and
$10.GS more in milk; produced milk
ct 81 cents less per hundred and but
ter at 6.1 cents less per pound.
These figures indicate none too
strongly how much of profit or loss
is involved in this matter of tyne.
DR.. Burkett's future articles deal
ing with this matter, and the Farm
ers' Bulletins previously mentioned,
should be carefully studied by cattle
owners everywhere.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
COMMERCIAL SUPREMACY.
That Il What Will Follow Our Control
ofths Pacific.

Laying aside the other questions to
be affected by locality, is it possible
that any sensible human being, living
west OF the Rocky Mountains, could DO
anything but support what those who
are fumb!ing for objections 70 the exist
Ing administration call imperialism?
ms attitude Is TOT confined to those
west Of the Rockies alone-far from it.
because, with new means of trade com
mulll'htipn, Wa are as one people in our
handling facilities across This continent
but 70 the people OF all the Pacific
Coast States especially must appeal the
fact that much Of their future welfare
must depend upon the new and extra
ordinary pathway the United States has
made across the greatest Of all the oceans
and has SD connected itself, for all com
merclai purposes. with the greatest of all
the Old nations OF the Orient.
Business is business. We have taken
into our hands the of the
Pacific Ocean and We are quite capa bic
Of retaining that gen under any
circumstances Upon our retention IF it
depends, to an extent, our commercial
welfare We are the great producers
of A new land-a vast continent yat In
It's lnranry, and our welfare must year
~ depend I'd a great extent upon what
We export. We have exported to Europe
and the East and exploited the AtIant:c
almost to It's utmost; now we purpose
to xpo across the Pacific and supply.
with whatever they may need the TEEN
ing millions OF the Asiatic continent.
Upon the realization Of this great indus
trial dream. which has become a fact,
must largely depend, in the future, the
commercial welfare Of the American PEG
pie. Does any group Of fatuists, oppos-
ing whatever has become an absolute es-
sentlal. think that by raising the cry
OF imperialism" the course OF demands
OF great lines OF trade Of a great nation
can bs deviated for a moment7 Nom
sense.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
TRADE WITH THE EAST.
We Have q Path way to Asia aud Will
Maintain 1t.

There exists, practically. no limit TO
the enormous possibilities Of trade with
Asia for our Western wh~eat-growing
States. Japan will be the entering
wedge. Already we are in touch with
Japan, already we are on the friendlie,t
Of commercial relations with her, rela-
tons certain to become closer and clos
err. Already Japan is beginning to eat
wheat instead of rice. Her many mil
lions Of tons OF rice Japan consumes
every year cannot, of course, be detin-
itely ascertained. The total is some
thing But the sudden fact
appears that already Japan is begin
ming to eat wheat instead OF rice.
With mutual regard and commercial
good-fellowship existing, and with Japan
now turning to -four, and with the whole
western side Of our vast empire with
f1our to give to the rest Of the world.
the condition becomes most simple. For
the good OF all concerned, whole nations
considered, it is necessary that we should
put our wheat and 1our across the Pa
cific Ocean and give to our brothers,
of any color, what they may require.
and, so, benefit them and greatly benefit
ourselves.
The fact that the Japanese army il
using the American bareback cracker i,
4 fact the tremendous consequences Of
which, in its commercial possibilities. has
not yet been realized. 1t means that
Japan has begun trading earnestly with
the United States in the cereal upOn
the production of which SO much Of our
commercial welfare depends, and yet this
is but a starting point as to what is
coming to the United States in supply
ing Asia with food. Japan is our friend
and will undoubtedly remain 50 through
out the future. but Japan, wonderful as
she il, is but the fringe nearest to us
Of that great Asia, overpopulated and
hungry, and looking to this newer hemi-
sphere to feed it, under newly existing
conditions.
The conditions have been provided by
the accidental possessions following a
sudden war. We have made our path
way. Not to maintain that pathway,
with its landing at the other side Of
the Paci6c-which means the Philippines
would be a crime against the interests
Of this country and a crime against the
interests Of the Asiatic nations.
This crime will not be committed. The
great commercial road secured across
the greatest Of The oceans, will be re-
tanned and maintained by the United
States Of America. Imperialism" as
they call it. or not. the bald fact remains
that under the present Republican ad-
ministration it is proposed to hold what
Providence has given to us and with it to
do what seems best 1or the ultimate well
fare OF the people OF W hemispheres.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
PARKER IS NOT A SAFE MAN.
Will BE Influenced by the Radical
Element in His Party.
fNapSEoId Nau


II his own utterances are to be cred
ited-and nobody is disputing them
Judge Parker in 1896 and 1900 was not
for free silver, but on the contrary was
an advocate Of the gold standard, and
yet he admits to having voted for Bryan
and free silver twice. How strong his
convictions and principles were for sound
and honest money may best be Judged
by his profession Of one thing and his
practice Of another.
If then as a virtually private citizen.
protected as it were by the divinity he
seems to think hedges in the judiciary.
Judge Parker-possibly then without
thought of further political pr~eferinent
could not bring himself to elevate
principle above politics and to place pa
triotism above partisanism, how could
he be expected, in the fierce light that
beats upon place Of political power and
preferment, to prove other than mildly
plastic and complaisant to the widest
demands of the Democratic Huns and
Vandals who would rend asunder the
very fabric Of government in their wild
scramble for place and pie, pelf and
self?
Is it not wiser for the people Of this
nation to keep erring and SHINING Democ-
racy, possibly, but not positively peni-
tent, on probation awhile longer-at least
until it has brought forth fruits meet
for repentance?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
TARIFF TRIMMING.
Why the Work Should Be Entrusted
to Repu blicana


This is but an a~llusion to a phase Of
what the Republican party, as it exists.
is doing and is going to do, a particular
phase to which reference is made. casu-
ally, as to the regulation Of the tariff in
the future. Those who make things
know best what to do with the things
they have made. The Republican party
having made the tariff, which has made
this country the most prosperous Of all
the countries of all the world. is the
only party which can readjust the tariff
as occasion may demand.
Naturally, and very properly. from
their point OF view, the opponents OF the
Republican party concede nothing. As a
preliminary, they claim the tariff is a
monster Of some sort; that it is bad and
has been ever bad. Nevertheless. under
certain existent circumstances it seems
to have worked well, and our great trade
Adventures and our manufacturers and
our farmers and our workmen fatten un-
der this same tariff.
SO goes the present situation. Where
has been exhibited intelligence should not
intelligence be exhibited ia the future ?
The party which has made the tariff il
the party which will revise the tariff
under the suggestions Of common sense.
g occasion may demand.
" Dotsnt have been The results q The
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

nenator stewart o. Nevada Sees the
Great Light.

Senator Stewart OF Nevada, the last
~ thu Silverites, has seen the great
white light. His visions are those Of
Joseph and the seven fat years. His talk
- of minerals and Nevada, and the bless
sangs OF the Dingley tariff on borax and
wool. He said:
1Prssident Roosevelt is very popular
n tho mountain States Of the West.
Through his influence the irrigation law
swAs passed. The Dingley tariff is .
efeat blessing to the far West. The
AArt& on lead, borax, wool and hides is
especially beneficial to the interior noun
tain States. The people Of Nevada are
eagtnnin4 e realize that the silver ques
1ion aas been relegated to the rear as
ssesuIt of the . output Of gold
sAetin9 The last eight years. Those voters
sMAp left the party On account Of the
assf Issue ars returning and, with the
/ O9nnecrats who desire practical good. are
47ek3ng n support Of the administration.
q Information + that Nevada viii %
! Republican,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
THE AMERICAN COURSE.
A Policy that Works to the Advantage
of Coz mercial Interests.

We are what We have become. and we
propose to hold our interests as a world
power for the benefit of the American
people. This is the Republican program.
Hence the recent Shanghai incident.
China is an enormous nation occupying
an enormous country, just now in a state
OF dissolution or reconstruction-no II
can tell which. The various nations with
various interests look upon its territory
with longing eyes, but it does not seem
best. with the interests of all considered,
that it should be dismembered. 1t APP
pears to be best for the interests of all
the other nations Of the world that il
should be aided rather than divided.
This course has been decided upon by the
leading nations OF the world. following
the suggestion and with the assistance of
the present Republican administration Of
this country. This attitude is certainly
right morally, and. in the long run. must
be right as to material interests, p~articu-
larly for the people Of the United States.
Russia and Japan are at war. There
has arisen an incident which is some
what an anomaly in international affairs.
Warships have He'd into a neutral port Of
China and other warships have pursued
them. Under the laws Of nations no
battle may occur in a neutral port, such
as that Of Shanghai. The United States.
taking the initiative. has promptly inter
vened to see that no violation of the laws
Of nations may occur. and has lone this
because Of the helplessness Of China, vast
as the empire is. to enforce all proper in
tcrnational obligations in its own har-
bors.
This 10 but in keeping with the tone Of
what the United States under the pres
ent administration has lone before. 1t
suggested and induced an agreement be-
tween the great nations that China
should not be dismembered. Having tax
en- the initiative in this respect, it was
but right and proper that we should take
the initiative in seeing to it that what
was suggested and built up by us should
be enforced. This has been done.
That is the way the present admins
tration of the government is doing things.
That 10 the wa it will continue to do
things. The doing OF this is for the
greatest good for all the commercial in
terests and other interests OF all the
world. The doing Of this implies and in
wolves immediate executive action by the
administration of the United States. 1t
is for the good of the world.
Imagine such prompt, sensible and
forceful action under the administration
of a man like Parker. admitting for a
moment the possibility Of his election.
Well, we can't imagine it!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

protection, and that our manufacturing
States and section are also the area OF
high farm land values and agricultural
prosperity form an object lesson that
must appeal powerfully to Canadian
farmers who are handicapped by the
lack Of a near home market for their
produce. The people OF our manufac-
turing States receive in wage and sal
aries s.. 1914, 1886, 6S3, a large proportion
Of which passes eventually to the farm
ers. 1t is a system OF close mutual in
t%erchange and support, Of domestic farm
and factory reciprocity. which, with our
great natural advantages. has made
America a synonym for prosperity the
world over.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
SECOND TERM QUESTION.
Claim TO the Presidency
Stronger than Any Other Mans
kansas City Times, independently

9
kansas City Times, independently
II President Roosevelt had been elect
ed 10 the office he now occupies, Judge
Parker's declaration that. il chosen Pres
ident. he would not be q candidate for
reelection, might have some special
weight in the present canvass among
those who are believers in the one-term
principle. But President Roosevelt came
into Office by accident. He was made
Vice President against his personal
wishes and political judgment. He was
iuty bound and he voluntarily pledged
himself to carry out, 90 far as possible
the policies Of his predecessor. If h.
has done we'll, he is especially entitled
to the votes Of the people. Under the
circumstances his claim to the presidency
is stronger than that Of any ordinary
candidate could be, for il he has faith
fully fulfilled the Office to which he was
by accident, he should be honored
with the same office by election. His
present in~cumbency Of the presidential
post should at least serve as a reliable
probationary service. 1t is for the peo-
pie to answer to his administration, for
if it has been equal to or above the aver
age, or satisfactory generally. he has
stronger claims than any other man
could have, for he asks an Endorsement
where another would ask for a trust.
And this ts the way the country is likely
to look at the situation. President Roose-
welt has made himself tremendously
strong with the masses. He has con-
WINGED the nation Of his honesty, courage
and capacity. He has pleased vastly
more Democrats than Ne has offended Re
,,ublcians. And both the admiration he
.as aroused on the one hand and the en-
nifty he has engendered ON the other are
+r;h,tos r. his virtue and motives.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
LITTLE RED RIDING KOOD-'I, thar you. Grandma Parker?"
WALL STREET WOLF-"Sure!"

tariff in the past that If appears almost
impossible that its effects should be
brought up as all issue in the present
campaign. but yet the trimming Of sails
il always a vital issue i'll all sailing. The
Republican party will trim its own sails,
aud it will be extraordinary should the
American people delegate the task 10 any
ana aISa
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

The suspicious and momentous fact
is that never before in the history Of the
world has comfort been enjoyed, educa-
ton acquired and independence secured
BY 30 large . proportion Of the total
population Of the world In the United
Statss Of America that has occurred
under protection.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

No reservoir or canal should ever be
built To satisfy selfish, personal or local
interests. but only in accordance with
che advice Of trained experts, after long
investigation has shown the locality
where all the conditions combine to make
she work most needed. and fraught' with
the greatest usefulness to the commu-
nifty as a whole.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

The cry that President Roosevelt, il
reelected. will pick a quarrel and plunge
the country in war is raised by the Dem
ocrats for the purpose Of soaring the
farmers. who are peace loving. The ef-
fort will be in vain, as the farmer, as
does everyone else, knows that President
Roosevelt. while urging that the country
at all times be prepared to defend itself
and maintain its policies, is for peace.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

The believers in the need Of irrigation
will most benefit their cause by seeing to
It that it is free from the least faint
Of excessive or reckless expenditure OF
the public moneys.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

Carefully prepared statistics show that
the number Of business failures in 1892,
the last year under President Harrison,
was 1884, while in 1893, the FIRST year
Of his Democratic successor, they were
1922. A party whose success always
alarms capital and causes an increase in
the number Of business failures is not
for patriotic Americans to support.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

"Distrust whoever prstsnds to Offer
you q patent cure-all for every Ill Of
the body polite. just ~ you would q
man who offers . medicine which
would care every evil Of vour individ-
ual body. a 0odicine that 10 rscom.
mended to cure both asth ms and Q
hroken leg 10 not good for either."-
From Roosevelts spsech 1t Providence. B. l.,
August n, 1904.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
ave each ana al owe . duty to Il

1--WE each and ali owo . duty to the
COZ, munity and 60 the State. II 10 .
positive dnty, and that 10 TO aid In se-
curina good lave and their faithful
enforcemsnt. We are not nenaced by
foreign foes. We have no FEAR Of aiisn
attack. We have nothjng within to
dread except the Indifference OF the
lnteIligeat citizsn &c dischargs Of
". rivlc ohiiwntfono.s-Hon. c. W. Fair
nanks 3 Freehod. HI. June ~, leoA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

Whatever the nation does for the ex-
tension Of irrigation, should harmonize
with and tend to improve the condition Of
those now living on irrigated lands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

Compare the ruin and disaster durina
the last Democratic administration With
the prosperity everywhere sesa teday.
The contrast 10 IN unanswsrable aegu
mont In favor Of Republican rulA.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

The products OF irrigation will for a
time be consumed chiefly in %upbuilding
local %centers Of mining and other indus
tries, which would otherwise not come
luto existence at all.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16
RECLAIMiNG THE ARID WEST

Sentences from President Roosevelt's
Ctterances OH lrrigation.)
Successful home making is but another
name for the upbuilding OF the Nation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-16

Here il a veritable Roosevelt family:
y. Il. Conley, a farmer. who lives at
Westield, ILL.,, has six sons. six grand
sons and three sons-in-law. All. includ-
Ing MI. Conlsy himself. will vote for
Roosevelt il Nsvemhee. &