The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-03
AGRICULTURAL FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.

FEATURES OF Ibis IooUE.
We commend to all readers Mr.. G. G.. Moores
suggestion is regard to taking an inventory at
the first of the year and making a record of it as
a basis of comparison twelve months hence. A
man can't do a better thing the first week in
January than subject himself to a thorough
c~ross-examination with a view to ascertaining
the progress made during the preceding year and
the progress possible during the ensuing year
and this applies to ones moral and intellectual, as
we'll as financial, affairs.
Mr., II. M. Daniels letters are always interest
ing, and his experiment with drill planted and
hill planted potatoes adds to the stock of infor-
nation we have as to this crop from Messrs.
Archer and Whitener.
On page 3, Prof. J. G. Kendall, the dairy in
structor at the A. & M. College, gives some hints
of interest to nearly all housewives on why the
Butter Will Not Come"
Quoting the article on breeding the Best
Hogs" contributed by Prof. Fl. FL. Williams of our
State University to last weeks Progressive Farm
er, the Raleigh News and Observer very correctly
remarks that Prof. Williams "is not only a master
of philosophy and an able teacher, but a master
also of hog-raising, for he is as good a farmer as
metaphysician." Prof. Williams's brief and lucid
letters are indeed very valuable, and we are glad
that he is with us again. This time he lays down
this fundamental propositions: "Any man in this
State can enjoy life if he will possess himself of
three things: 1. An alfalfa pasture. 2. Acres
Of cowpeas. 8. Berkshire pigs" And this is
pretty good doctrine.
The poultry show referred to on page 3 is the
fourth annual exhibition of the North Carolina
Poultry Association to be held in Raleigh, Jan
uary 10th to 18th, and everybody interested
should at once write to Mr.. j. S. Jeffrey. Ra-
leigh, for a copy of the Premium List. "This
list" he says, "has never been equaled in value
by any poultry association in the South. From
the enquiries already received we are justified in
anticipating the largest entry in the history of
our Association, and are making ARRANGEMENTS
to care for all birds sent u.s."
No farmer can keep posted without The Pro
gressive Farmer and Cotton Plant. That is the
plain situation, and when deciding whether or
not he will take the paper, the farmer is deciding
whether he will keep up with the procession or
lag behind. This week, for example, we have ar
t1cles written especially for our paper by Presi-
dent Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton
Growers Protective Association. Secretary
Parker, of the Farmers Alliance and the leader
in organizing North Carolina cotton growers
and President S. @. Adams, of the Inter-State
Tobacco Growers Association. These men know
that The Progressive Farmer is the one great
medium through which to reach the farmers. and
ours is the only paper to which all of them CON
tribute. We have also a strongly written article
on the cotton situation from Mr.. S. II. Hobbs. of
Sampson County. There is no other subject of
SO mucn interest to our people at this time, and
we are glad to have it so fully discussed in our
columns