The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-26
THIS WEEKS PAPER-sOME RANDOM cOM-
MENTS.

Prof. Kilgore discusses this week the proper
fertilization of peanuts. The peanut industry is
quite an important one in the northeastern sec
ton of our State, and we hope to give it more at
tention in the future than heretofore. And the
"goober" market is now quite satisfactory.
DIR. II. F. Freeman, J. 4: Parker, Blake John
ston, Fl. M. Daniel-al these are represented in
our columns this week, and it would be hard to
find in all the South four farmers whose letters
are more practical and helpful to their brother
farmers. It is a group of contributors that any
farm paper in the country might we'll be proud of,
and The Progressive Farmer is proud of them,
and our readers share our pleasure at the in
creasing frequency of their letters.
We should like to have other farmers report
their experience with spraying, h~ome-mixed ferti-
lizers, improved farm implements, etc., as Mr..
Daniel has done. Whenever you find any subject
discussed about which you can give further in
formation or about which you desire further in
formation, write to us.
The dashboard suggestion on page 2 is one
that ought to be very generally adopted. Try it.
DR.. Burkett continues his discussion of feeding
problems. And it will be observed that he is max
ing some excellent suggestions for feeding human
beings, as we'll as horses and cattle, in the course
of his articles. They deserve careful study.
We never neglect the poultry interests, and
we take pleasure in giving on page 3 a paper of
excellent general suggestions on "Poultry Rails
ing on the Farm" Mr.. Jeffrey speaks as one
having authority.
In our series of North Carolina Poems we
come this week to the work of Prof. Benjamin
Sledd, professor of English literature in Wake
Forest College since 1888. Prof. Sledd has pub
lished two volumes of verse-"From Cliff and
Scaur" issued in 1897 and "The Watchers of the
Hearth" in 1901. We are glad to learn that he will
probably bring out another volume this year
"Idylls of the Old South" Its coming will be
eagerly awaited by the many friends of the Wake
Forest poet.
And John Charles Mcneil, who has lately fig
ured so creditably in our roll Of North Carolina
poets, shows this week that he can speak in prose
quite as effectively as in verse. His treatise on
"Sissyism" is not only full of genuine humor, but
is racy of the soil. When Mr.. Mcneil goes on
to describe the remedies, picturing the bull
tongue hung under the dogwood root and the
mule "squatting to it"-well, it is very clear that
Mr.. Mcneil has had actual experience with a
new ground" on a North Carolina farm.
We heartily commend to our readers the article
on page II, "Get Rid of the Mosquito." The an
nual loss to North Carolina in labor, medical
services, ETC., through malaria is enormous, and
there should be no let up in the campaign against
the mosquito. Our country doctors especially.
should thoroughly inform themselves upon this
subject and urge its Importance upon all their
patrons.
Our Young Peoples Page, as usual, contains
matter OF interest to old as well as young,
"Bennys Composition on the Hen" being notably
good.
Taken altogether, we think that the subscriber
will find two cents worth of good reading in this
number. The subscription price is a little less
than that. If you are not a subscriber. you can
not afford to do without the paper: if YOU are
a subscriber, remember we cannot afford to do
without the small subscription price.