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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11

never can be made a universal sue
cess in North Carolina, where the
field pea has been SO long and profit
ably grown. [ have read your inter
esting editorial notes and the CORE
spondence of The Progressive
Farmer, and other valuable agrlcul-
turaI papers on the lagumes, but
fail to see a single note of some OF
the most valuable properties OF the
field pea rs a renovator OF WORKOUT
land. We all understand the power
of it's broad leaves to absorb the nj
trogen or ammonia of the atmosphere
when condensed by the fogs and dews
and of it's roots to take up quickly
and store any surplus of ammonia
brought to the ground by the rain
water, but | have yet to see any
credit given it for sending its long
top roots deep into the sub-soll and
bringing to the surface the potash
and phosphoric acid that has been
leaking down for centuries, and
which nature stops and keeps within
the reach of man whenever he has
the intelligence and energy to go
down after it, as he can through the
medium of the poor mans best
friend-the field pea. Every old wo-
man knows if she has a grease spot
on her floor that a bath of wet clay
will remove it, but few know it is
the potash in the clay which nature
has stored for the -improvident and
extravaganza farmer who prefers to
buy from the fertilizer men that
converts the grease into soap.
There are other important and val
liable powers possessed by the field
or cow pea of which / will not speak
now for fear of making this article
too long, but may speak of later.
E. PORTER.
Pender Co., N. G..
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11
Concerning Shredded Fodder.

The corn binder and the shredder
go hand in hand. OF course a man
may bind his fodder and then feed
it in the stalk without husking, but
this wasteful method is little follow
ed. Others bind and then husk by
hand and feed tho fodder lnnnLThis
is a decided Improvement, but falls
far short of the possibilities contain
ed in the husker and shredder. Men
who farm high-priced lands and who
for years have utilized all the pro-
ducts of their cornfields will view
with some little surprise this appa-
rem awakening on the part of corn
growers to the value of the shred
ding process. These men may be-
grudge the space that We shall again
give to this subject but they should
remember that they also were at one
time benighted, and that in many
cases necessity drove them to take
up with the practice, and they
should not only view with patience
another discussion of the subject for
the benefit of those who have been
led by later necessity to investigate
it, but should be free to contribute
of their experience for the benefit of
those who have not yet adopted the
up-to-date methods of farming. The
corn binders and the husker and
shredder years ago passed out of the
category of experimental imple-
ments. They are permanent adj
juncts of modern American farm
ing, bringing thrift where waste
once reigned, saving time and labor
and adding largely to the profits of
the husbandman's toil.-Chicago
Breeders Gazette.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11
The Field Pea.

Messrs. Editors: l am glad to see
a renewed interest in the large num-
Der of laguminous plants of which
Il State abOunds. The important
question with the everyday plodding
farmer is which are the most profit
able. | say for the fiat belt below the
Piedmont section the field pea stands
pre-eminently at the head of the list,
1t will grow on any land capable of
producing a crop of any kind. 1t
needs no bacteria or nitro-culture to
insure a crop, but being at home in
u South Atlantic belt it only needs
to be given half a chance to accom-
plish in ninety days what alfalfa or
any of the ~clovers requires nine
months to do. A crop of field peas
and oats which can be grown in less
time than a crop of clover will fur
nish more valuable forage than n
of the ~clOvers on the same land. and
will grow Oh land and under condi-
tlOns that clover would not pay for
the seed. | do not wish to be under
stood as opposing experiments with
n~ltro-culture or bacteriology. 1t is
all correct in theory, but [ wish to
impress upon the common people, of
which | am one, the idea of correct
economy, and [ repeat fer our South
Atlantic States nothing equals the
held pea as a %renovator of vermont
land, or as a quick and cheap forage
plant.
Alfalfa is good i'll its place, which
lS IN tho ono o-1 LII
the west. where the numerous roots
can go deep into the soil in search
OF moisture and nutriment, but s.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11
Three denominations

There are three things on
that are denominations. 1"rns
The three are mean teams
tools, and crooked rows. These LuSF
evils are the farmers own fonlt .1Iee
good team can be had at anv i
If you have a RUNAWAY" tSap plIsv'
have yourself to blame. Thew S Sou
their "raisin'." Treat them ki 3lIT1
and they will treat you right. 4 +na5s
that you cannot trust is not . to"-
for the farm. Get rid Of "rnnaworI
horses.
Get frst-class tools and keen +bou,
in first class condition. Yon bsrn
Eel while out in the country a nI"r
here, a harrow there, and a cult;va,
tor yonder, and mowers and bindo~,
in the shade of a tree.
Won't there be a happy time when
the farmer who left his tools and
machinery out in the weather starts
to farm? Won't his old pillow "sbed"
the soil rapidly?
" Oh u HIS CuIIINdJOr SDOVelS work
smooth? Well [ guess not. It will
take several days securing and in
that time he has lost more religion
than he "a get back in a Years
time. Keep tools in the shelter.
Some farmers make rows 50
crooked that they cannot follow
them and they blame the team, the
tools, "the old boy" and all things Oh
earth except the man who laid off
the rows.
Straight rows tell the world you
love to farm and you love it enough
to give your best attention to keep
the rows straight. Keep your rows
on a bee line on a level piece of land
or comparatively SO. If land has
terraces follow them.
Three points o and | am done.
Get a good team. Get good tools.
Make straight rows and see how
much easier it is to farm.-R. D.
Martin, in Gastonia Gazette.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11
WHEN YOUR LAND GETS INDIGESTION.
Simple Exclamation that Makes Plain the Need of Vegetable Matter in the
Soil. .
Soil.

we need in either case is to get our
digestive system at work regularly
without tonics or stimulants, and the
best tonic you can give TO your land
is vegetable matter. This will start
digestion to work by giving it some
thing to work on and the rest does
itself. Man suffers from indiges-
ton; so does the soil, and the worn
out soil is simply one that has a bad
case of dyspepsia. Give it some
thing for the bacteria to work on and
they will increase and multiply and
digest even the rocky particles, thus
furnishing available plant food. Then
give it thorough cultivation SO as to
enable it to prepare food for the
plant, and you have solved the prob
lem.
Sometimes the soil becomes acid
and needs an alkali-in this case
lime-just as you, reader, may some
times be troubled with sour stomach
and need alkali. Plenty of good,
plain food, well cooked, and exercise
out of doors, will keep a healthy man
from getting sick and will often
make a sick man we'll. Plenty of
vegetable matter for bacteria-the
digestion cells of the soil-to feed
upon, and thorough cultivation, will
make a sick soil wave with prOduc-
tive crops.
There is a closer relation between
man and the soil than we sometimes
imagine. Both of them are liable to
indigestion and as the man, who has
indigestion falls away in flesh be-
case he is using more force than his
system is supplying him day by day,
so soil that is troubled with indiges-
ton is using up plant food faster
than it can be made available in the
soil and it, like a dyspeptic man,
goes into a decline and is said to be
worn out. We do not think the good
Lord intended the soils of the Mis-
sissippi valleye to be worn out in
they will not be unless the farmer al
lows them to get an attack through
his neglect or ~inefficiency of either
acute or chronic indigestion.-WaI-
lace'3 Farmer.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11

A farmer in Pennsylvania. whose
wonderful success was described III
Prof. L. II. Bailey's series OF articles
in Country Life in America OIL
"How to Make a Living form Inc
Land" has been approached by l'
United States Department OF Agf!
culture, which wishes to make hs
farm the subject of 4 bulletin On
model farming. He will only MAKE
his place the Mecca of brother aslt
culturists for annual payments u
S 1000 to be paid by the Government:
When he began with fifteen acres u
ground, two COWS and a horse co:i'
not be supported. Now he suppl,
t~hirty-fve COWS and two horses VIII"
food.-N. Y. Times.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11

L am now in the farming business
for the last twenty-four years.. and
the most time and labor saving de-
vice L have found by experience is
concentrated farming. [ have found
by experience that it costs much less
per bushel when three hundred bush
els of potatoes are raised on one acre
than when the same quantity is
grown on two acres. It REQUIRES
double the amount of seed to start
with, double the amount of labor to
plant, cultivate and dig.-F. F.
Frantz, Weir, Pa. ,
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11

Such birds as the quail are OF il
estimable value to the farmer, w ~.
cause of the number of harm1cI III II
sects they will destroy. \ pau her
these active little fellows Win U IL.
filters of from a dozen to twenty u I'd
tie chicks will go a long way u IGT The
discriminating the bugs in a teIo rra :.
farmer who puts up the No ND.
pass" sign and protects hlS III'- his
will himself be protected IRON -
enemies.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11

Too few experiment station work
ers and government officials who have
publications to preparI realize the
va1uo-of time to the busy farmer
and others who are expected to read
the bulletins and reports. They tell
their story in a leisurely, exhaustive
sort of way, and one must needs read
from the beginning to the end to find
out what has been done. \ brlet
summary would give the results
which is all the majority Of readers
care for; those who wish to know
the details can read further. Much
printed matter is wasted because
there is no quick way to digest IT.
Newspapers tell the story IN head
lines. Let our scientific workers
pOFularize their works in a similar
Observation-Disclosures.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-11

pertinent Station has recently pub
lished Bulletin No. So, which Is un-
usually suggestive to men who are
thinking about fertility, commercial
fertilizers, and in general about the
methods of increasing crop nroduc-
ton. The title-"The B~acterlologl-
cal Analysis of Soils'-might scare
some readers. and for that reason we
have chosen a different heading for
u article. We assure them that a
bacterium singular for ~bacteria) is
something that one need not be
afraid of, and it is well that we
should know just how he is helping
us.
The bulletin goes on to state that
forty-nine analyses of the typical
soils of the United States showed
as an average result that they had
in the first eight inches enough nitro
gen to last for ninety crODs, enough
phosphorus for 500, and potash for
1000, and yet these same soils where
the chemist has found 50 much fer
tility may under certain conditions
become so utterly barren OF results
to the farmer as to lead him to be-
lieve that they are actually devoid of
plant food.
The bulletin goes on further to
state that the soil at Rothamsted,
England. which has been cropued
with wheat for fifty years without
manure and which had consequently
been exhausted, producing only eight
bushels per acre. still contained phOs-
phorus, in which it was especially X
hausted. to last a hundred years to
come. We have seen this identical
piece of land and saw two or three
crops of wheat growing on it. The
reason this plot with a supply of
phosphorus to last a hundred years
had became exhausted was simply be-
cause it was not in shape to be
available for the plants.
- OuJ unUU Huo UnIo W to VIVA
microbes or bacteria? A very great
deal. The trouble with the Roth
amsted soil, and the trouble with
nearly all so-called exhausted soils,
is not that they are deficient in the
elements supplied by commercial
fertilizers but because thev are de-
fcient in vegetable matter-humus-
something for the bacteria or mi
crobes to feed on. 1t is through
these that the unavailable forms of
plant food become available. To
quote from the bulletin:
"When vegetable or animal matter
is incorporated with the soil it un-
dergoes a process of decay. In this
decay certain products are formed
which react upon the insoluble or un-
available forms of plant food in the
soil and render them soluble and
available. This latter decay is
brought about through the agency of
myriads of bacteria present in the
soil"
Here is an dee which may be
quite new to many of our readers and
yet 1t explains a good many things
that happen in their experience. You
must use vegetable matter in order
to make your mineral matter avail
able to plants; in other words, to al
low digestion and assimilation to go
on. The bacteria of the soil are sim
ply cells and they do work quite sim
liar to what the cells which line the
glands of our own bodies do in the
process of digestion. No matter
how much food we may have in our
stomach, or the stomachs of our live
stock. it does neither them nor us
any good unless it is digested. If
e --1-
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Il vANCAMP CHATTER. 4
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Van Camp, W. Va, June 9Th.
Our village can now boast Of
having a band. Last night the
young folks met and perfected the
organization to be known as the
evan Camp Silver Band" It
consists of twelve young men.
The instruments will be order
ed within one week. We wish
them the greatest of success for
the mission of brass band in a
community is for good. Perhaps
no other single feature can con-
tribute so much to a communities
life and pleasure. This being the
fact, it is but just that a band
should be looked upon, in a meas.
ure, as a public institution; and
this view makes its success a mat
ter of interest to every citizen.
Glance for a moment at the pse-
fulness of a brass band.
A celebration of any kind Is
tame indeed without its inspiring
strains. Not only does every holi-
day and campaign speak urgently
for it's utility, but other occasions,
some joyful, others of deepest sor-
row, find in martial music the
only adequate auxiliary.
Its mission may truly be said to
be to expires in musical tones the
voice Of the people.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
Faith and Fact.

Faith is good but fact is better.
Years of earnest work and faith
produce a fact about medicine
that is deserving Of mention here.
If people troubled with general
weakness through overwork, pr
exposure, can get remedy that
will make rich, red blood, their
return to health is assured. Weak,
sick people who suffer with indi-
gestion, dyspepsia, sick headache,
dizzy spells, no ambition and al
ways tired, can be cured sound
and well with DR.. Gums Blood
and NerveTonic. Sold by drug
gists for rs cents per box. A
tablet to take at meal time. Made
by DR.. Bosanko Co., Philadelphia,
Pa. For sale by Arthur Corbitt.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14

There is more catarrh in this
section of the country than all
other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was sup,
posed to be incurable. For g
great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies and or
their failure pronounced it incura'
BILE. Science has proven catarrh
to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con.
stitutional cure on the market. II
is taken internally in doses of from
ten drops to a teaspoonful. 1t
acts directly on the blood and mu'
cous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundrer dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send fol
circulars and testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Pills for constipa.
ton. .
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
An Elaborate Speech.

eff there l. ANYBODY under the
canister Of heaven that l hold in ut.
ter excrcscence," says Mrs. Parting
ton, lit is a tale bearer and Sian,
derer, going about like vile boa
constructor, circulating his camo,
mile amongst the honest folks. !
always know one by his phismahoga,
nv. It seems as if Belzabob had
stamped him with his private sig
nal, and everything he looks at ap-
pears to turn yaller." And having
uttered this somewhat elaborate
speech she was seized with violent
fit of coughing and called for some
"demulcent drops"
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
Diving of Famine.

is, in its torments, like. dying OF
consumption. The progress of
consumption from the beginning to
the very end, is a long torture,
both to victim and friends.
"When 1 had consumption in its
first STAGE" writes VIM. Myers, of
Cearfoss, Md, latter trying diff
erent medicines and good doc
tor in vain, 1 at last took DIR.
Kings New Discovery, which
quickly and permanently cured
me-" Prompt relief AMI sure cure
for coughs, colds, sore throat,
bronchitis, etc. Positively pre-
vents pneumonia. Guaranteed at
D. A. Memberships Drug Store,
price SOC and $1.00 per bottle:
Trial bottle free.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
Ten Times Easier.

It is ten times easier to cure all
coughs, Group, whooping cough,
and all lung and bronchial affec-
tions when the bowels are open.
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and
Tar, is the original Laxative
Cough Syrup. Gently moves the
bowels. and expels the cold from
the system. Best for Coughs,
Colds, Group, Whooping Cough,
etc. Remember the name "Ken-
nedy's" and see that the red
clover blossom and the honey bee
is onthe bottle. Sold by A. h.
Corbett, Opera House Drug Store.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
WATCH Tacoma Grow.

Visitors to the Lewis and Clark
Exposition have taken the, cue
and are repeating Tacoma I
watchword and motto, "Watcf
Tacoma Grow" words that be
came public property on the day
of the opening of the great fair
on the Willamette. The sibboletf
of Tocoma, a beautiful and pros
porous city on Puget Sound, In
Washington, a few miles from
Portland, has been printed on lit.
tie cards which have been hand
ed out to every one visiting the
Tocoma booth in the Washington
state building, and they are re-
peating it and using it as a. token
Of their appreciation of its apt.
ness. Tocoma is the first city ia
adopt. such a catchword at the
Portland Exposition.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
Neatly Trapped.

DR.. Black, once the leading min
lister Of Glasgow, and another cler-
gyman, having holiday in Cumber,
land, attended a little Scotch church
and purposely went late, taking a
remote corner of the church SO that
they might not be seen by the Off
ciating minister. They learned, to
their dismay, that they had been
Spotted when they heard the min
lister say in the microscopy pray
ers, "Lord, have mercy on thy min
istering servants who have popped
in on us so Unexpectedly, one OF
whom will preach in the afternoon
and the other in the evening" .
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
Leadless Sounding Apparatus.

. \ lcadicss sounding apparatus has
been invented BY Norwegian en-
gineer named Berggraf.S The under
living principle is one Of acoustics,
involving the propagation Of a
sound wave from the vessel to the
bottom of the SEA and lack and the
measurement of the time required
for this. The process is really the
measurement of the time between
the making of the sound and the re-
eeipt of the echo sent back from
the oceans floor. Both the sending
Of the sound and the registering
of the receipt are done by electrical
apparatus. &ss ,-s
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
ARTISTIC
JOB PRINTING.

The Daily Review has during
the past week received several
hundred dollars worth of new job
type of the latest and neatest pat
terms, and is now thoroughly
equipped for turning out the best
possible job printing in the most
artistic and up-to-date styles.
The book bindery has also
been improved, and we have every
facility for making books, rsbind.
ing old books, binding magazines
etc.
Our prices are reasonable; our
work unexcelled. Telephone Sis
tersville Daily Review, No. 61-2,
and our representative viii call on
you.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
A Pavement Of WhaIebone.

! A. curious memento of the w}el-
ing industry of Monterey, in Mexico,
remains in the pavement leading up
from the street to the west door of
the church of San Carlos de Bor-
romeo. This is one Of the churches
founded by the Spanish missionary
fathers and is still in excellent re-
pair. The round, mushroom-like OBJ
jects in the pavement are the verte-
bsae Of the great mammals. The
pavement is in good condition and
seems to wear well.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
Sure Cure for Piles.

Itching piles produce moisture
and cause itching, this form, as
well as blind, bleeding or pro-
truding piles, are cured by DR..
Bo-san-ko's Pile Remery. Stops
itching and bleeding. Absorbs
tumors, SO cents ;;e-, CO drug
gists, or sent by mail. Treatise
free. Write me about your case
DR.. Bosanko, Phila, Pa 3,13-1yr
For sale by Arthur Corbitt.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
A Bad Scare.

Some day you will get a bad
scare when you feel pain in your
bowels, and fear appendicitis.
Safety lies in DR.. Kings New Life
Pills, a sure cure, for all bowel
and stomach diseases, such as
headache, billiousness, costive-
ness. etc. Guaranteed at D. A.
Memberships Drug Store, only 25c
TryThem.
Sistersville daily review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1905-1907, 1905-06-14
No Secret About It

1t is no secret that for Cuts,
Burns, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore
Eyes, Boils, etc, nothing is so eff
feetive as Bucklin's Arnica
Salve. at didn't take long to
cure a bad sore / had and it is all
o. z. for sore eyes," writes D: L.
Gregory. of Hope, Tex. 25e at
D. A. Hen1ershot's Drug Store.
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His Decree.

Is Young Binklev going to take
degree when he leaves college
asked the man with the eagle eve.
-"Yes. | hear they're going 20
give him the thirty-second degree,
Fahrenheit" said the man with the
incandescent whiskers.
"Thirty-seconi degree. Fahren-
hcits | never heard OF that hon
or -
Eyes, he paved freeze out SO
much that be failed in his exams.
CT $50 -:.bt-c.