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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12

m.-The Relation of the Agricultural
College and Experiment Station to
Farmers Institutes.
CONTINUED from last weewk)
Editors Progressive Farmer:

of agricultural science is beneficial
to the farmer just to the extent that
his conditions and abilities will ena-
bic him to apply it. That being a
fact, we have at once plainly indicat-
ed the value of the college professor
and experimenter to the farmers in
or program is complete without men
on it who are thoroughly familiar
with the latest developments Ia agri-
cultural science. On the other hand,
it is, of course, equally true that
those actually applying the science
of agriculture, under conditions SIM
liar to those surrounding their au-
dience, should have a prominent
place on every farmers institute
force or program.
But, there is another important
reason why the experimenter or test
farm worker should also be a farm
ers' institute worker. Unless the re-
suits of the experiments conducted
are to be given to the farmers in an
effective manner there is no reason
for maintaining these experiment
farms. Bulletins have proved some
thing of a failure for this purpose.
At least, it is quite certain that by
word of mouth, backed up by the
personality of the man who actually
did the work, is a much more effect
i've way of impressing facts on the
attention of the average man. The
teachers and experimenters are work
ing either directly or indirectly for
the farmers, but before this work
can be effective there must be a "con-
tact point" The closer this contact
the better, and no means has yet
been devised which brings the scien-
tiic worker in closer touch with the
farmer than is effected through the
farmers institute.
This close contact is not alone
necessary because it affords the
scientific worker the best opportuni-
ty to convey the results of his work
direct to the farmers; but also be-
cause it enables the farmer to give
something of vital Importance to the
teacher and experimenter. It goes
without saying that the actual farm
er finds out many things which are
of value to the experimenter as well
as himself, but this is not the chief
channel through which the expert
menter and teachers receive benefit
from that close contact with farmers
and from problems brought about
through the farmers institute. I'm
less the experimenter ome in close
contact with the farmers and their
farms he cannot know and fully APP
~preciate their difficulties and prob
lens needing solution. Moreover,
unless he knows the manner in which
farmers think and act towards these
difficulties and problems he cannot
know how to present his solutions in
the most effective manner In other
words, if the farmer and experiment
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-12
Poultry Department,
BlLTM0RE, N. C.
FARMS
Breeders OF and Head
quarters for

Barred and White Plymouth Rocks. Eggs
81, s., IS q setting.
White and Golden Wyandottes. sittings
50, $3, S.
White and Brown Leghorns. sittings 81
and 90.
Buff Cochlns and Light Brahmas. sittings
So and S..
Bronze and White Turkeys. Eggs all
booked
Pekin Ducks. $500; Toulouse Geese, scots.
an egg.
Also a small but choice Kennel of Rough
Coated Imported Scotch CoIlies. Pups from
sl5 to SIS.
To meet the 1904 demand for Eggs Of our
UTILITY Breeds from all over the Union we
mated mp over sixty yards of Prize Winners,
and can ship promptly in almost any num-
Der.
The lower priced settings are for Good
Breeding Stock, thJ higher priced are from
our special matings of Prize winners from
which we breed our own Winners
BILTMORE Birds have won more pre-
mtumsa at the leading shows than all our
competitors combined.
Better yet. The Strains are 30 strongly fixed
that they hand down their good qualities to
their offspring.
to secure the usual growth and Early
> noted, we are prepared to supply, at manu-.
Ia snaaial1v nr0nAr0d. 0eneCtAlly Bone Meal
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The Advertisers in The Progressive Farmer

Are men and firm ofk nown reliability, and WILL dc as they promise When writ
rennea6ert to Sal T saw our a In THE PRoGREssIvE FARMERR
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Topeka and Kansas City in May 26e per-
sons persisted. In June there was q
series of unusual disasters. Eighty lives
were lost by cyclone ct Gainesville.
Ca: IS by a food ct spartansburg. s,
c.; 81 by q cloudburst at Clifton, Ariz.;:
and 200 by cloudburst at Heppner, Ore.
Then the country enjoyed immunity
from great disasters until Dec. 30, when
between 500 and 600 lives were lost by
the burning Of the Iroquois theater-
the GROWING horror Of the years record
at home or abroad.
Embesslers and Defaulters.,
The embezzlers and defaulters In 1903
got away with e, $50, 165, not a large sum
as compared with the average Of the last
so years. Compared with this there
stands to the credit of the national gen
crosby and philanthropy the handsome
sum in donations and requests Of $780,
934,97S, distributed as follows: To ,edu-
cational institutions, $39,950, 692;; to
charities, $21, 726,31S; to religious pur-
poses, $3,996,912 to museums, art gal
leries, and for municipal betterments,
1892. 500; and to libraries, 81, 583 $50.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
INDIAN SCHOOLS. !:
Interesting Facts Cleaned from the
Annual Report of superintendent
dent Estelle Reel. 20

Washington, Jan. 1.-Estelle Reel,
superintendent of Indian schools, in her
annual report to the commissioners Of
Indian affairs, calls attention to the ad-
vancement made by the Indians in civ
iization and urges teachers to study
the Indian character as an aid in teach
ing self-support in the shortest posi-
BILE time. The enrolment Of the pupils
last year was nearly $4,000, and the en-
ployes in Indian school work has in
creased from 221 Is. Is a to almost 8, 900.
The Indians have under cultivation 25
percent. more: land than IL 1890. Those
wearing citizens dress have increased
in the same time from 118. 1876 to Ia, 974;
the number that can speak English from
1882 to G2.616, and the number of
dwelling houses from 10, 1O4 to 26,629.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

One Of the longest fences in the
Northwest is being constructed, run.
ming entirely around the Lower Brule
Indian reservation, on the Missouri
river, in the central portion Of South
Dakota. This remarkable fence will
be GO miles in length. 1t is composed
Of four wires placed on posts set rod
apart, cedar and ash posts alternating.
In its construction $50 miles of wire
will be used. or 10000 pounds. To
erect the fence required an aggregate
Of 10000 posts. In this long fence
there will be only three gateways,
which will be guarded.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Wire. Birth Of New Year.

Washington, Jan. 1.-Two-thirds the
way around the world the exact second
which marked the end of the old and
the beginning of the new year was
clicked off from the United States
naval observatory over hundreds of
thousands of miles of telegraph wires
and cables. In Alaska and Guam the
birth of 1904 was recorded. The East
ern Telegraph company, operating wires
east from Great Britain to India, be-
cause of press of business, could not
transmit the midnight message. 9th
erwise it would have gone completely
around the world.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Although Mongolia, in which Russia
is now entrenched, has been a part of
the Chinese empire for the greater
part Of the last two centuries. China
haas not exercised much authority over
it.Iand the Mongo1 has been largely at
libefty:to follow his own desires in the
method Of government and conduct.
The only tribute which has been here
ttofore4 required from the country has
heen a certain number of men to serve
III the Chinese army.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

have sent kilograms OF sympathy for the.
sufferers of the Chicago IRE to the United
States government. through foreign MIN
lister Llnsdowne.
Germaa Sympathy.
Washington, Jan. l.-Baron Won
Sternberg, the German ambassador.
called on Acting Secretary Of State
LOOMS to offer the sincere coincidence
of his government for the terrible catas-
trophe which befell the American peo-
pie in the fire at Chicago. He brought
with him cablegram from Count Won
Buelowt expressing the deepest SYM
9pathysand asking for further details.
Charge Made An the Complaint. !.
ta Chicago, Jan. by the :identifica-
ton OF the unknown dead made yester-
day the number of unidentified Iroquois
,theater victims at the various morgues
has been reduced to 81 out of total of
S582.
The complaint covered three pages Of
typewriter foolscap, and concludes
with: This complainant, upon his
oath, says that, by means of the premises
aforesaid, George Williams, Will j.
Davis, and Harry ]. Powers, each afore-
said, her, said Helen Hull, unlawfully,
willfully, feloniously, knowingly, and
maliciously did kill, and by force Of the
statutes of the state of 1Hiuoissin such,
case made and provided for, the said
George Williams, Will ]. Davis, and
Harry j. Powers, aforesaid, committed
the offense of manslaughter, and are
guilty of said oftense of manslaughter.
The prayer Of the petition Is that they
be forthwith arrested and dealt with
according to law"
It was agreed that the three prisoners
should appear at II o'clock this morning
at Justice Underwood's court and give
bonds. They will be for $4,000 each.
Attorneys Perez and Hynes assured the
justice that their clients would surely
appear. Va.
Many Dead Buried.
While a Sabbath stiffness brooded
over the city, a hundred funerals passed
in mournful procession through the
streets Friday. In the snow-covered
cemeteries half thousand graves were
being dug. In as many homes lay the
dead, who had persisted in theshecatomb
of fire at the Iroquois theater, with
closed eyes and crossed hands, cofsned
and garbed for the tomb. In cellars and
back rooms of morgues many remained
unidentified. 4#ss ss
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
DARK SIDE Of
THE PAST YEAR
A Brief Glance at Some Of the so,-
rowful Occurrences During
the Twelve Months.
Many Grimes That Resulted in Death
in Various F0rms-Increase In Mum.
Der Of Suicides and Lynchings-
Record CLOSES with Growing Hor-
FOE in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-The record of crime,
Of suicide, Of disaster, of property losses,
of legal executions and lynchings, and Of
private beneficence is made up for 1908.
and it closes with the GROWING horror of
the year in our own midst. Its details
should furnish ample material for in
vestigation by students of sociology and
criminology, political reformers, and
municipal. state and national govern
ments.
Deaths by Violence.
There were 1876 crimes resulting in
death by various forms of violence in
1903, a small increase over 1902, when
there were 1884. Inc of the most sig
nificant features of this record is the
fact that 406 of these murders were COM
mitted by thugs and holdup men, being
nearly twice as many as we're committed
last year, and showing proportionately
the increase of lawlessness.
Suicides and Hangings.
There were 1897 cases of suicide in
1903. The following figures show the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Trial Set for January g

Chicago, Dec. 30.-Judge Kersten
Tuesday morning overruleu the mo-
tons for separate trials in the car
barns bandits case and denied con-
tinuances. AS the judge has another
case on trial which will occupy sew
eral days. the car-barns case was set
for Wednesday, January 6. On that
day all the indictments against Gus
tave Marx, Harvey Van Dine, Peter
Niedermier and Emil Roeski will be
on call. It is probable that the car
barn murderers will be the first tried.
Roeski is not in this case.<
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

According to figures compiled re.
Gently by French explorer. there are
still, almost $4,000 square miles of rub
Der forest along the Amazon river and
its tributaries that remain to be ex-
plotted. This would mean more than
doubling Of the present annual pro-
duction If the rubber trees in the un.
explored tract prove to be plentiful
and productive.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

An electric fan that heats the air
current that 1t delivers has been de-
vised by M. de Mare, Belgian cleo
s$ricfan. The apparatus consists of an
electric motor and a rotating fan, the
blades Of which are of mica. Upon
these mica blades are fastened re-
sistance-coils, which are heated by the
passage through them of a current Of
electricity.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
FARM PRODUCTS.
Figures Given by the Department Of
Agriculture Show the Value
of Leading Crops.

Washington, Dec. 31.-Final returns
the department of agriculture show the
value of the principal farm crops of the
United States in 1903 to have been as
follows: Corn, $685., S6S,SO1; winter
wheat, $2S6,242,S49; spring wheat, $780,
7S1, 977; oats, $267 ,661 ,665; barley, $780,
166,313; rye, $15,993,S71; buckwheat,
$3.50, 733; flaxseed, $22,291, 557; pota-
toes, $151 ,63s,o94; hay, 1856, $50;
tobacco, SIS, 514,627.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

The French yyzis to carry on fur.
ther experiments Of shooting with full
service charges against the turrets Of
ships in commission. The experiment
with the battle ship Suffren a few
weeks ago was a complete success.
Now similar experiments are to be
made with Gleire and Condo, new
armed cruisers. This time, however,
men instead of sheep are to be in thu
turrets to observe the effects of con
cussion. The sheep survived.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

steady increase of self-murder: In 1899.
5,340; in. 1900, 6,755; in 1901, 7,245; in
1902, 1921; in 1903, S,597. AS has been
the case during the last three. or four
years, poisoning and shooting have been
the principal methods, the two number
ing 1877 out of 1897. The ease with
which poison may be obtained accounts
for 1850 of these cases.
The total number of legal executions
in 1903 shows falling of compared
with last year, being 1913, as against IA
in 1902, 118 in 1901, and 10 in 1900.
There were u hanged in the south and
46 in the north, and of these 63 were
white and 60 colored.
Lynchings.
Lynchings numbered 1O4, as compared
with Sc in 1902. Notwithstanding this
comparatively slight increase, an exam
ination Of the reports for several years
back shows that there were many less
lynchings in the decade just closed than
in the preceding decade. The total for
1903 includes 80 in the south and IL in
the north; sc negroes, IL whites, and
one Chinaman; 102 men and two women
The two principal alleged crimes were
murder, AZ cases; and criminal assault,
20,
Trains Held Up.
The number of trains held up in 1903
was -, as compared with % last year.
The number of stage robberies in 1903
was 6. while that of last year was z. The
record shows that no passengers or train
men were killed by robbers, but there
were six wounded. In 1902 one was
killed and three wounded. One robber
was killed in 1903, as compared with
three in 1902. The total number of trains
held up in IA years is BAL; total number
of people killed, 80, and the number Of
people injured (shot). 100.
Various Disasters.
The loss of life by disasters in 1903
has been large. Shipwrecks on the ocean
and inland lakes and rivers have taken
1885 lives. Over 1000 persons have
been killed and over 5000 injured in
railroad accidents. These figures in
clude only the severely injured, and the
list Of killed is mainly passengers. The
complete returns, including those killed
and injured on electric roads, will be
much larger, as this record includes only
prominent disasters.
There have been numerous other dis
asters involving heavy loss Of life. Cy-
clones and rockslides in April killed 1877
persons. BY cyclones and the floods at
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
A GREAT PROJECT.
Company to Build Pan-American
Railway 1O,OOOa11 Long-Has
Capital of $3.50, 100000.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 30-The Pan
American Railway company, with head
quarters at Guthrie and with $3.50, 0O0,-
600 capital stock to build q line from
Port Nelson on Hudson Bay in British
America to the Argentine Republic, was
chartered yesterday. From Port Nell
son the road runs via Winnipeg, in
Manitoba, through the states of North
and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas,
thence through Mexico, Central Amer
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Speaker Cannon and Congressman
De Almond have been in the House
together for dozen years, one re-
publican and the other a democrat
leader. They have scored each other
n speeches and have flung parlia-
mentary taunts at each other, but no
one ever thought to introduce them
and they never introduced themselves.
The other day John Sharp Williams
Drought them together formally and
the two shook hands for the first time.
The speaker had appointed Mr.. De
Almond on the committee on rules,
and MIR. Williams thought it was
about time the two should be on
speaking terms.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Nearly every one has heard of the
petrided forests of Arizona, but that in
Montana, which DR.. Merrill, curator Of
geology Of the National museum at
Washington, has been exploring, is
haydly known, though it is believed to
be 1t least equal in extent. The north
ern forests have curiously enough
turned:rto opal instead of agate by the
action of the. elements.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Few persons realize how much big.
ger and stronger the United States
navy is now than it was at the time
Of the war with Spain. Everybody
knows what the navy did in that war
how it swept the fleets of Spain from
the seas and astonished the European
critics. To-day the American navy is
three times as big and three times as
strong as it was then, besides being
UNNECESSARILY better in other respects.
And yet only beginning has been
made On the naval program.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

That rats carry plague infection is
we'll known to scientists. TIE London
board Of health now kills rats aboard
ships at anchor in the Thames. In
the search for means of killing them
without harming the cargo Prof. Hal
dane suggests the use of carbonic
oxide, which kills everything, even
the mild and sedentary cockroach.
Two German doctors have perfected a
method by which they guarantee to
kill all the rats in ship for SIS.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Wheaton college, Illinois. has In
esigurated plan by which any young
man, by depositing 500 with the col
llege treasurer, can study six months
in each Of three consecutive years in
college, and work the other six months
for the American. Sunday school
Z union.sa AZ the END OF the time, aif his
work has been satisfactory; he will
4as well as certificate from the
union t,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Post once Robbed.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 30.-J. L. Car
rett, the town Waterman of West Point,
was held up Monday night by three
men armed with revolvers, who bound
and gagged him, marched him. to the
post Office, broke in the door, blew
open the safe and robbed it of consider
able money and package containing
$500 in bonds. Garrett was compelled
to take a seat and witness the whole
performance. The robbers escaped.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Notwithstanding the difficulty in its
production (many tons Of ore being re-
CURED for one grain), radium indus
try has already developed in Germany
and France, and. although one grain
: isasold at little less than $4,000, the
4hanufa cturers are said to have orders
Tor several hundred grains. 9
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07

Preparations are being made for the
establishment Of a national bank on
the Worlds fair grounds. A charter
has been applied for, and a meeting
to elect officers and directors will be
called In q few days. The bank is to
be owned Jointly by all bankers Of
the city who have financial interest in
the. exposition. The institution Is to
beknown as the Bankers National
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Held for Murder.

Carbonate, ILL.,, JAM. City Attor-
ney Charles A. Jachum and j. L. Gull
ley, the latter the son of City Marshal
Gulley, have been held to the grand
jury for the killing of John w. Cham
ness at Creal Springs last Saturday
evening. The arrest Of Attorney Jac-
hum came as great surprise, although
rumor had coupled his name with the
tragedy.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Pension Statistics.

Washington, Jan. IA New Years
greeting issued by E. F. Ware, commits
sioner Of pensions, shows that $50. 1928
pension certificates were issued for the
calendar year, 1903, which is 25, 900 more
than were issued in 1902, and nearly 50,-
600 more than were issued in 1901. Mr..
Ware expresses the hope that the work
of the bureau will be brought up to date
before the close of the fiscal year.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Capt. Pabst Dead.

Milwaukee, Jan. Capt. Frederick
Pabst, president of the Pabst Brewing
company, died at his residence yester.
day. While the members of his family
and his friends knew that he was suffer-
ing from an incurable disease, and that
he could not live more than a few
months longer, his death came quite sud.
denly and unexpectedly. He was 81
years of age last March.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Heavy Immigration.

New York, Dec. 31.-During 1908
total of 619,980 immigrants, steerage
passengers, arrived at this port, against
547,197 in 1902. which was considered
a record-breaker, the increase over 1901
being 10000. Italy contributed the
largest number, though there was a
marked increase in the arrivals from
Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Shows a Surplus.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The forthcom-
ing monthly statement of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures will
show the total receipts for December
last to be about $42,747,532, and the ex-
penditures $32,24S,000, leaving a sur
plus for the month of $10,499, 532. The
surplus for the six months of the pres
ent fiscal year will be about So, 433 ,667.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Banker Suicides.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. Banker
Charles F. Woods shot and instantly
killed himself in his bank at st. Charles,
death resulting instantly. The cause Of
the tragedy is not yet known. So far as
could be learned the bank was in good
condition,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
Wreck i'm Illinois.

Galesburg, ILL.,, Dec. 30.-By the de-
railing of an ngine and is freight cars on
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail-
way near Denrock, Ill.,, yesterday, Fire
man H. G. Badger and Brakeman w. j.
Long. Of this city, were killed, and En-
gineer E. B. Nealey, also of this city, was
injured. The wreck was caused by a
broken rail.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-01-07
another Horror i'm Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Fire Friday night
destroyed the Louvre hotel and SAM
tarium, 3611 to 1923 Lake avenue. Three
dead bodies have so far been taken from
the ruins. 4