The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-02-09
SHOP TALK
THE PUBLISHERS R

Our Tobacco Edition is all right, isn't it, Prot.
Kilgore's article on "Fertilizers for Tobacco" is
thoroughly practical and to the point, and the
same thing may be said of Mr.. G. L. Aliens paper
on "Growing Tobacco Successfully" Another no
table paper on tobacco culture-written by Mr..
Geo. 7. Bullock, of the Rocky Mount lest
Farm, who has made a special study of the sub
iect-arrived too late for this number, but will
appear later. Col. J. Bryan Grimes makes some
valuable suggestions in his letter on page 3, while
the symposium by President Adams, of the Inter-
State Tobacco Growers Associations, President
John Graham, of the State Alliance, and Presi-
dent Jno. S. Cunningham, of the State Tobacco
Growers Association, is probably the most strik-
ing feature of the number.
MORE GOOD THINGS TO COME.
Having to print this week a number of special
articles, has made it necessary to omit several
letters which, in the usual order of things, would
have appeared in this issue-anether poultry arti-
Gle by Mr.. J. S. Jeffreys; a second paper on olive
Stock in North Carolina" by Mr.. J. s.. Gates;
"Spraying," by Entomologist Franklin Sherman;
"Spring Lambs" by Samuel Archer; "Plowing,"
by DR.. H. F. Freeman, etc, etc. All these will
appear later.
Next week, too, we shall publish replies to a
number of agricultural inquiries that have been
sent to us. Some regarding fertilizers still await
Tie Ol Jul i u Nl1SOIe, VIII las DCCu
attending Farmers Institutes since January Doth,
but these will have attention when he gets back
to his office Thursday of this week.
OTHER SPECIAL EDITIONS.
March LIST we shall bring out our special Got
ton Edition" and before the year ends, we expect
to have special issues devoted 10 Small Grain,
Live Stock, Trucking, Poultry, ETC., etc.
HOW WE GROW.
1t may interest you to know, kind reader, that
our subscription receipts during January were
larger than for the three preceding Januarys
combined. This is an illustration of how we are
growing. New subscribers are coming in at an
unprecedented rate, and if every reader will do
his part, we will double our circulation before
next spring. And you, kind reader-you have
some neighbors who ought to read the paper; see
them this month and get them to subscribe. Re-
member, We will move up the date on your label
three months for every dollar in new subscriptions
you send, and a whole year II you send as much as
So in new subscriptions at one time. And now
is the time to see the men whose names you sent
us three or four weeks ago.
HAVE YOU A GARDEN
Have you a garden? Have you made it a sue
cess! If so, tell us about it.
March LIST we are going to award a first prize
a two years subscription to The Progressive
Farmer-and a second prize-a copy of Burnett
Landreth's "Market Gardening"-for the best
articles on "How to Make a Garden Plot Pay"
Writers should discuss laying off, cultivating.
kind of crops to plant, fertilizing and manuring,
marketing, succession of crops, and any other
question bearing on the subject suggested. Let
us have your letter promptly. If you can send
photographs to illustrate the article, so much the
better. We shall be glad to pay literally for as
many as we can use.
And this reminds us to say that you ought to
look over our advertising columns, make a list
of the seedsmen, get their cattalogs, and order
your seed for 1904. 1t is none too soon for this
work.
THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL.
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