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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-09-20
Medical Equipment for Stock.

Much valuable stock is lost because farmers do
not have on hand any instruments Or medicines
to use in case Of emergency. / give below a list
of instruments and medicines that ought to be
kept on every farm.
1. A surgical knife. 2. A pair of scissors that
can be taken apart. 3. A pair of artery forceps.
4. Two good needles and some heavy silk thread.
5. A trochar and canula for cases of bloat. 6.
A balling iron to hold animals mouth open to
examine the teeth, etc. Z. An emasculator, for
castrating purposes.
In medicines: 1. Saltpetre, to be used in all
cases of fever. 2. Turpentine, to be used in
wounds as a preventive of lockjaw. Is good for
collie and worms and will draw an abscess to a
head. 3. Borax, used for sore mouths and di-
arrhoea. A weak solution is used for treating
the eye. 4. Carbolic acid. 5. Laudanum, used
to anay pain. One-half to two ounces is a dose
for a horse. 6. Baking soda, used in fatulent
collie. A wash of soda and water viii cure itch
of name and tail. Z. Copperas, used as a tonic.
j. Taylor, Toto, Ind.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-09-20
Sweet Clover and Italian Bees.


VIII you allow us just space enough In the
best agricultural paper in the South to correct
a mistake which the printer made in setting up
my article in answer to the question asked some
time ago by G. H., of Wayne County, as to why
he found no honey in his hive, and a mistake OF
which Mr.. Womble has availed himself in order
to deliver the old man a lecture. In the article
I wrote / said as plainly as it could be written,
mo one should go into Bookkeeping with the ex-
pectation of making anything out of it unless he
intends to post himself in agriculture and give
to bees the required attention"-and / say so yet.
The printer made me say "agriculture;" but when
/ saw it, I did not hasten to have the correction
made, believing that any well-read apiculturist
could see that the analogy between agriculture
and agriculture was so wide apart that the typo
graphical error would be detected, and more so
by a Bookkeeping printer.
We thank Mr.. Womble very kindly for his in
~vitation to come over and see his sweet clover
crop, and his kind offer to teach us how to cul-
tivate it. We abandoned it twenty years ago
although we know it to be a fine plant for pro-
ducing honey, but Mr.. Womble. as a learned
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-09-20
Wake Co.. N. @.

A stray pig came along a lane and a farmer
caught it and put it in a pen in his barn-yard.
1t died within a few days, and in ten days there
after other hogs on the farm were dying. Their
owner thoughtlessly moved the well hogs to an
other pasture, near the herds of others, and in
less than six weeks S $1,000 worth of hogs died
from the contagion brought into the country by
that stray pig. Farmers cannot be too careful
in regard to such matters, and instead of fearing
a visit from the State Veterinarian, they should
in all cases of suspected contagious disease,
promptly inform him and lend him all assistance
within their power. 1t is to the interest of every
farmer to have contagious diseases in animals
stamped out before they get beyond control
Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-09-20
Live Stock and Dairy
CONDUCTED BY CHARLES WIN.
Professor or Agriculture, N. G. A. a. M. College, and Agrf-
culturist North Carolina Experiment Station.
Inquiries OF Progressive Farmer readers cheerfully an
swered..


Many farmers are in the habit of selling their
best animals, as they will bring the highest price.
A greater mistake cannot be made. A difference
of ten or even twenty-five per cent in the price
of a single animal is a small affair as compared
with this difference in a whole herd. By keeping
the very best to propagate from, the whole may
be made of equal excellence, and in the course of
a few years numerous animals might be produced
having the excellent properties that now distin-
guish some few of the best.
What would you say of a farmer who has sew
eral highly valuable varieties of potatoes and
other kinds that are inferior, and for the sake of
ten cents extra per bushel he sells for consump-
ton all his best varieties, and plants those that
are inferior, when in consequence of this impru-
dent measure, his next crop will fall short
twenty-five per cent. Everyone will condemn
this course, and few, if any, are so wanting in
discretion as to pursue it. Yet many take a
similar course in selling their best animals and
propagating from the poor. Not only is this true
for animals for breeding purposes, but for work
as well. Who does not know In his own expert
ence of farmers who sell their best work horses
and keep the poorer. Well, the consequence is
the poorer one costs a great deal more to keep
each year and does less work, and in the end is
the most expensive animal. The policy should
have been to keep the better one and to have
sold the inferior. This is true in every case.
And doubly so, we believe, when the farmer has
animals for breeding purposes. There is a vast
difference in our cattle in sections where much
attention has been given to improvements by Sc
lecting the best, when contrasted with those where
little or no attention has been paid to the sub
iect, and as a matter of course, the best have
been sold, or eaten up, because they were the
latest.
Every man that raises stock has it in his pow
er to make improvements, and he should avail
himself of all the advantages around him to turn
his power. to the benefit of himself and posterity.
DIR. G. w. Burkett, in Agricultural Education.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-09-20

writer on bees and honey plants, ought to have
discovered by this time that annual clover blooms
yield honey as long in the season as the red
blooms continue to grow, and then 1t is a splendid
forage plant. Mr.. Womble says that there are
hundreds of successful bee-keepers who do not
agree with our views as to the value OF the
sweet clover. We admit there are some few, and
we add, that every single one OF those who are
blowing the value of the plant have the seed for
sale. It has been tried here by several parties.
There is not a more advanced apiarian in the
State than Mr.. Sam King, in Swift Greek Town
ship; he and others tried it with the same re-
suits we experienced. Let us hear from you,
Sam. It grows rank on strong land, but the
planter must wait two years from planting before
he sees a bloom. In that length of time we har-
vest two crops of annual clover, eight to ten
tons to the acre of the best of forage, besides
the two crops of honey it produced. The sweet
clover does not yield anything like the amount
of honey some of it's advocates claim for it, and
when the plant natures it is as coarse and hard
as dry heath aster October weed).'
AS to the different races of bees, there are
several, all having their pecularities and claims
for public favor; but none have yet displaced the
Italians, although we have in America quite a lot
of amateurs who are engaged in constant efforts
to bring out something new, most of whom value
color more than any other quality. But after all
tests the Italians and Carniolians, with their
crosses, have proven themselves to be the business
bees, and that is what the practical bee-man
wants. Mr.. Womble denies our position that the
Italian race is most given to "after ~armin
as that is not his experience. May not his efforts
to raise grated queens by dividing up his colonies
into small neuclei have something to do with
non-swarming and thus prevent after-swarming?
D. P. MEACHAM.
; Wake Co., N. 9.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
The Modern Trousseau.

No one thinks of getting a trousseau
nowadays to last fer years, and if they
contemplated such q thing it would be
dead failure. A modern bride gets
an outfit for immediate wear. In
dress we live from hand to mouth, and
the gowns of three months ago are like
the "snows of yester year" Women
OF to-day reset their jewels almost as
often as they order fresh garments.
There is no saving in anything. They
spend the money in quality. and not
quantity. No bride nowadays has an
immense number of dresses; she is
content with her wedding gown, the
more gossamer the more fashionable;
a travelling costume for going away,
with stole and muff to match; four
evening frocks, one black, one satin,
one lace and one tulle or thin ball
gown; three smarter day gowns and a
tailor-made or so would suffice a dozen
of each article of underwear, and half
a dozen petticoats of various sorts will
pretty we'll complete the outfit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
Paris Evening Gowns.

There are several different models
for waists, some of which call for long
flowing sleeves. and others that have
only the band over the shoulders, and
then the short sleeve dropping below.
The long sleeves must be of the finest
materials. unlined, and their length is
only regulated by what is becoming.
The simplest of all evening gowns for
summer, and which can be made up
with very little cost, are the pretty
fiowered muslins and batistes that this
year can be bought for very little
money. comparatively speaking. While
a silk foundation is of course always
satisfactory, it is not absolutely essen.
tial with these muslins, and many Of
the smartest are made up on thin un.
derskirts, either of the same color or
of some contrasting color. A charming
little model for fowered muslin has
three flounces with rows of shirring at
the top of each flounce, and bands of
entre-deux and narrow lace on the edge
of each fiounce. The waist is in baby
style with a deep bertha, the upper
part of the bertha made of six rows OF
shirring, below which falls square
bertha of the finest batiste and lace in
sertion, and the whole gown is exceed.
ingly dainty and effective. Such
gown can be made at home easily
Harper's Bazaar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
edge of art, music, languages and poll
tics.-New York Press.
Color and Texture.

Those who study the art of dress are
well aware of the effect of color on
texture and of texture on color On
this occasion we will deal with positive
instead of negative examples. Taffe'
tas-the mania of the moment-looks
best in black, gray or violet Wolfe
and crepe de chine do well in gray;
canvas appears to advantage in blue,
brown or mixed colors, and lace must
be white, black or of a deep cream
shade-colored laces are unspeakable
Then the same applies to the matter OF
evening gowns. Crepe de chine is at
its best in white, mauve and orange
color; chiffon succeeds in black, gray
pale blue or pale green; velvet is good
in gray, black, emerald green and ruby
red, and satin satisfies in white, or, il
of soft texture, in palest pink, blue or
yellow. This year materials are Of op.
posing qualities-taffetas are bright and
rather hard; voile and crepe de chine
are soft, while cloth and canvas are
firm and solid in texture. These differ.
ences mean that more than ordinary
care must be taken in tAe choice Of
their colors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

meath the yoke being cut away to Civ,
transparent effect, but the design il
suited to all seasonable materials thil
enough TO he made full and variou.
combinations can be made. All-ovei
lace, of many sorts. fine tucking anG
the many combinations of banding,
with fancy stitches all are admirable
for yoke and cuffs, while the trimming
can be one of many things.
The lace is made with full front and
backs which are arranged over a lin
ing that is smooth at the upper Dor
ton but gathered at the waist line
to blouse with the waist. The yoke
is separate, arranged over the waist
on indicated lines, and the sleeves arc
full puffs finished with fitted cuffs
aud can be either arranged over III,
foundation or left unlined as liked.
The quantity OF material required fol
the medium size is four and one
quarter yards twenty-one inches wide
three and fve-eighth yards twenty
seven inches wide or two and one
quarter yards forty -four inches wide
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
Talks About.
<INDonankinD

One great secret of beauty is to dress
in q modest. ladylike manner.
Have q few good flowers on your hat
instead of a mass of tawdry ones.
No matter how fine your gown and
hat, you will look badly dressed II
your gloves are ripped ut the finger
tips.
II you spend all your money on q
snowy gown then you have to buy
poor shoes or wear your shabby old
ones.
If 1t is neatly made and well put or
gown that cost twenty-five cents o
yard can look quite as stylish as one
that cost ten times the sum.
Simplicity is the keynote Of good
dress. Eccentricity is always bad
taste; do not strive for unusual ef'
fects; be content with simple girlish
styles.
In buying a shirt waist. for instance.
It is far better TO choose one OF fine
material without any lace than one
that is of coarser material and GOV.
cred with coarse lace.
II you do your hair neatly and never
wear a hair ribbon unless It Is fresh
and increased; If your collars are
clean and your shoes neat and your
dress conspicuous only for its modest
harmony. you can be very pleasant
object to gaze upon.
1t is better to wear no ribbons at all
than to wear crushed and soiled ones.
Just at present 20 many girls wear
| their hair turned up in braid and tied
with q black ribbon. In many cases
| the ribbon is dusty and shabby. The
style IL pretty and becoming, but II
you can't afford fresh ribbon don't
wear one at ALL -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
Is Woman the Equal of Many

Or. Lyman Abbott, in the Worlds
Work, says that doubtless the enlarge
ment of womans educational and in
dustrlal opportunities has been accom-
panied by some intellectual errors and
some practical evils. The most serious
of these errors is the opinion that
equality of character involves identity
of function; that because woman is
the equal of man, therefore she is to
do the same things which he does.
Those Of us who have been interested
in claiming and pressing for woman
this larger life do not deny there are
distinctive feminine and masculine
spheres Of activity, and that each sex
renders the best service to society
within its appropriate sphere. What
we object to is the endeavor Of the
male philosopher to evolve woman's
sphere out of his own consciousness.
and shut her up within it; what we
insist on is that both sexes shall have
equal liberty and equal largeness of
life, and that each shall find its appro-
te sphere for itself.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
Caught Alligator With a Fishilne.

While deer, duck and quail shooting
have been better this season In the
neighborhood of Titusville than IL
several years, Rockledge, Stuart and
a few other places seem to have the
expert fishermen. But it takes a Mer
ritt fisherman to catch alligators. We
are told that few days ago q seven
foot alligator was caught with a fish.
line. The line was set and baited with
a mullet, for trout. The alligator took
the. bait and the hook fastened itself
in his throat. Had the line been a
rope or chain it would have been
twisted apart or the hook torn out
The alligator tired himself out ano
was easily taken by slipping a rope
over his nose, securing his fippers
and towing him ashore, where he was
killed with an axe.-East Coast Advo
cate (Titusville, Fla.).
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
The English WIFE.

IF you are thinking of marrying an
Engllshman and making his country
your country" says an American girl
who has done this. do begin imme-
diateIy to take an interest in politics.
All the upper-class people being in pol
itics In England, the woman who is
not posted shows herself horrible ig'
noramus, and It is difficult to cultivate
q taste for public affairs when you
have never before given them a
thought"
Miss Rose Kingsley. daughter OF
Charles Kingsley, when she was In
this country few years ago lecturing
upon art. said that the least educated
Of the English girls would be ashamed
to show the Ignorance Of politics OF
which an American girl boasts. All
English girls Of to-day are expected to
be we'll informed In many lines, and
politics 10 one OF them. A bright Eng
lish girl. Miss Lyon. who recently mar
ried Lord Acton. was noted for her &C
complishments -among them Z knowi'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

The lingerie hats Of exquisite batiste
or null or fine Swiss embroideries and
Valenciennes lace are lovelier than
ever this season, and innumerable
changes are rung upon combinations
Of lace and flowers. Nets phin or
dotted with large chenille waters are
shirred and pleated into airy, broad.
trimmed shapes and trimmed with flow.
ers and soft silk scarfs.
Shaded straws and straws of count
less new weaves are shown. Linen
hats inset with lace and picturesque in
shape are among the new offerings as
well as more severe linen models fol
outing and mourning wear.
Garden punches and flower wreaths
divide the honors, and there are many
flowers and bud fringes which are
used profusely. Cockades, choux, ro
settes, mercury wings, cupid wings
and quills are called into service fol
the sailor hats.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

,ludes an oddly shaped yoke which is
aminently becoming and which gives
he dropping shoulder line. AS shown
The material is embroidered batiste.
with yoke and cuffs of Nalenciennes
ace finished with little ruches of plain
muslin. and is unlined. but there are
nnumerable fabrics which are equally
appropriate. Many simple silks of
The season are quite sufficiently youth
full and such light weight woods as
.hallie and yelling will be worn the
season through in addition to the
arge number of cotton and linen
fabrics offered
The waist consists of the fitted lin
ng, front and backs with the yoke
and is closed invisibly at the back.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
A Bachelors Tea Dish.

A bachelor maid with a small purse
and a large spirit of hospitality has
conjured up an afternoon tea dish
which may be useful to others who
have to entertain under difficulties. A
delicious charlotte russo which would
cost fifty cents if bought from q ca
terer this young woman makes in her
own sitting room for less than twenty
cents. The materials are pint bottle
of cream, at ten cents, and six lady.
fingers at six cents, and deep pint
bowl with a good egg-beater are abso.
lutely necessary. If the hostess un-
derstands her work, the cream may be
beaten in one minute, while the tea is
brewing, but care must be taken not to
many do. This is why shallow bowl
means failure. Don't omit a small
pinch of salt. Slant the beater little;
don't divide the cream, and beat stead
lily and briskly for the time mentioned.
At the last few turns sweeten and fla.
vor. The lady-ingers should have
been previously split and placed up.
right in a round glass dish. If stale
they may be dipped quickly in orange
juice. If the charlotte russo is made
some hours before it is to be used, melt
teaspoonful of granulated gelatine
in a tablespoonful of orange Juice or
water; add a small after-dinner coffee
cup of boiling water, and when cool
beat through the cream at the last.
This keeps the cream "up" and gives
also pleasant smoothness.-NewY York
Tribune
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

A distinct feature of the up-to-date
masculine costume for the summer OF
1904 is to be the cowhide belt 1t Is
narrow, not more than one and half
inches wide, and is made OF cowhde
with the hair on. The irregular brown
and white colorlngs are odd and strik-
ing. Also n fad of the season is the
handkerchief In colored effects to
match the shirt worn. whatever that
may be. These come both in linen
and silk. The self-color shades In
,lrded are light blue. heliotrope. pale
green. very deep pink and champagne.
Equally expensive, though perhaps in
better taste, are fine white handker-
,hiefs, hemstitched and having bor-
Ter of fine cords forming plaids.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

Given a square of art canvas and
some green, yellow, black and red
braid one may have gorgeous pillow
top. The canvas should bear design
Of some kind in the centre, which can
be embroidered in outline or cable
stitch, and strips of the braid, which
should be about half an inch wide,
make a gay border. They may be ap-
piled with machine stitching. Where
the strips cross at the corners they
should be interlaced, basket-work
fashion, ends three or four inches long
being left to form fringe effect.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, ..
81

LUCAS CVCNTY. ]
FRANK ]. CHENEY make oath that he is
senior partner OF tho firm of F. ]. CHENEY d
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case Of cATARnH
that cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
CATAERH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
t--, presence, this 9th day of Decem-
}sEAL. Der, A. D., 1886. A.W. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on tho blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY l. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
sees Evils In Overstudy.

Henry r. Edmuds, president of the
Philadelphia board of education, says
half the public school pupils of thut
city are suffering from ills brought
on by overstudy. The principal evils
resulting, he says, are nervous affec.
tions and defective eyesight, both
largely .traceable to excessive home
study and the crowding of too many
branches into the elementary grades.
He champions the abolition of after.
noon classes and the wiping out of all
home study.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

Quite feature of walking. visiting,
and outdoor toilets generally is the
scarf of silk which is tied or knotted
and Is then drawn through sundry
Sits and straps. reappearing at inter-
Vals in its progress down the front Of
4 jacket or bodice or blouse. II may
be knotted at the throat after passing
around the neck. and before beginning
Its descent. or II may come down half
" all the way before the opposite
lengths are tied together. Free ends
are always permitted to fall loose In
any case. They may or may not be
tasseled. This is the latest touch OF
Frenchiness. II is copied on linen
and flannel yachting gowns with good
effect
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27

When lined the yoke can be left free
at the lower edge if preferred, but
when the lining is omitted it is at
tached permanently at its lower edge
on indicated lines. The sleeves are
the favorlte ones of the season and
at the waist is worn soft crushed
belt.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size "a years. is four and
one-eighth yards twenty-one inches
wide, three and one-eighth yards
twenty inches wide or Que and
seven-elghth yards forty-four inches
wide, with three-quarter yards of all
over lace and three-eighth yards Of
silk for belt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-27
Had the Client SAFE.

A leading London lawyer says that
when he was a briefless barrister he
went one afternoon to read in the In
ner Temple library. He had not been
there long when his small errand boy
appeared, greatly excited and breath.
less from running. IF you please.
SIR" the boy gasped, "a gentleman is
waiting for you at the chambers with a
brief. He can't get out, sir. I've
locked him in" Together the barris'
ter and the boy hurried back to the
chambers and the gentleman with a
brief, who was amused at his capture,
afterward became most valuable
client.