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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-31

Messrs. Editors:-In regard to the inquiry of
Martin McClenning and others about Bookkeeping
and bee hives, / will say / have many years ex-
perience in keeping bees and in the different hives,
not as a business, but as a side business that is
seventy-two stands in twelve kind of hives; now
keep fifteen to twenty-five in different hives. The
kind of hives used should depend on the number
of stands you wish to keep. A farmer who can
pay only a little attention to bees and don't know
the business, would do well to keep a few stands
In plain log or box hives not less than one and a
half inches thick, with one and a half bushel
capacity lnslde-grain measure-with thick top
and bottom plank. Will write all the particulars
about that kind of hive later, as I hope all will
study Bookkeeping and go into the business with
some knowledge of the business and of the best
hives.
Bee-keepers in the mountain need their hives
much warmer than in the valley. The A. I. Root
hive, with the Holman hanging frames, with
FLANK for the body one and a half inches thick,
will do for the mountain counties; one inch, be-
low Or in warmer climate.
One of your correspondents wants to know how
many pounds of honey per colony. That depends
on the locality, bee pasturage and season-ten
pounds per stand some season, and perhaps twenty
the next, for comb honey.
Good bee-keepers may get twice that amount of
strained honey-depending much on the hive,
locality and pasturage.
L will write more particulars about hives in the
next article. S. W.
Mitchell Co.. N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-31
Keep Pigs Clean.

Sigma, who has been giving some sensible and
practicable articles to the Breeders Gazette on
the management of swine, says:
"Another thing that / have thoroughly learned
by dear experience is Che vital Importance of
keeping the youngsters out of the mud. One
week of cold, rainy weather in a muddy pen, even
if they do have a dry, warm sleeping place, will
put piggy back at least two weeks in growth. Keep
them out of the mud, especially cool weather, even
if to do this you are obliged to confne them to
a board floor. But the ideal way is to have your
lots so arranged that the pigs can have the run
to a grass lot when when the weather is good, and
can be readily confined to the board floor when it
is bad. The mud bath may have its advantages
for matured hogs, especially those that are in
tested with vermin, but I don't want any of it
for my pigs neither do [ want it mixed with the
slop so that the pigs will be compelled to eat it.
In fact, I consider mud bad-very bad-for a pig,
whether taken internally or applied externally"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-31
G. G. MOORE.
ssRed Albumen."
Mecklenburg Co., N. G

A paragraph has been going the rounds of the
press, and we regret to say has appeared in one of
our local papers, advising the feeding of cred
albunen to hens as a sure producer of eggs. This
IS a gross fake. There is no such thinn rad
bumen, and there is nothing red about that. Some
fakir has made up a compound which he calls cred
albumen," most probably out of some cheap drug
and a little meal, and to sell this rubbish has
gulled the papers into inserting his reading no
tice. 1t is like the butter-producer which we
exposed about a year ago-a fake, and nothing
more. When will editors learn to keep their
weather eyes open for these fakirs @Southern
Planter.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-31

Enclosed find one dollar for renewal for my SUBJ
s~cription. I think SO much of the paper and its
editors I would renew if the price were five dol
lars per year. The only objection [ have is that
the paper is too SMALL. d. Yates, Morrisville,
N. c..
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-01-31
Building a silo, and Some Other Diary Problems.
Mr.. G, @. Moore, Charlotte. N. G.


fomation. 1 am running a small dairy and ship
ping butter. 1 have been wanting to come over
and see your dairy and silos, but it looks as if I
can't get away from home. Will you please tell
me what size silo to build for eight head of milk
COWS and ten young cattle, and what kind of lum-
Der to use? Do you think it will pay to SOW
Canada field peas and oats together on real good
land for COW feed? What cream separator do you
consider the best? r. 6. K.
Messrs. Editors The foregoing letter is one
of many I receive asking about the same informa-
ton as is therein wanted. Perhaps this is a
time of the year when it is best to discuss silo
building and forage crops. Both subjects are
mentioned in the letter / enclose, and informa-
ton wanted on both. With your permission
therefore [ will answer these letters through your
paper.
Before answering the questions asked, I wish
to set myself straight before the dairy farmers OF
North Carolina, by saying they give me entirely
too much credit along the lines of dairy work. l
wish to say that 1 have conducted my work for
years ON no money capital and with ramshackie
buildings, no conveniences whatever, and a heavy
debt to dream over at night. When l attempted
to build a silo, for instance, it was necessary to
figure on the cheapest plan possible; and so with
all matters pertaining to the advancement or i'm
provement of my dairy operations.
Therefore 1 wish to say that I Inn always glad
to see visitors, but sorry they are disappointed in
what they see.
/ wish | had a good barn and such conveniences
as I know would facilitate the work-and / expect
there are others who have the same wish. We
must not let the absence of such facilities deter
us from our work, however; and for the encour-
agement of all who have no capital, 1 will say let
us do the best we can with what we have. Maybe
, 1905-04-28
GOVERNOR GENERAL TREPOFF
WILL PREVENT BY FORCE
ANY EASTER DAY ;
UPRlSINGS.
Says He Will Answer to His Majesty
for Any Disorder and Will Give
Command to Fire Before Any 9th
er Word Can Be Spoken-GeneraI
Oyama Resumes His Lane Cam
paign in Manchuria.

st. Petersburg, April 2S.-The ex,
pected uprising here and in Moscow
tomorrow and Sunday and in other
large cities of Russia will not take
place, owing to the stern repressive
measures of the government. All dis,
order is to be mercilessly quelled at
the very start, even if hundreds of
thousands of lives are sacrificed. Gov
ernor General Trepoff today stated
that if there was the slightest appear
ance OF any uprising, he would crush
it with bullets before a word could be
spoken. He said:
There will not be any retiring Sun.
day, Monday, Tuesday or any day dur
ing Easter. Nothing will happen on
May day. You ear this on
my authority. answer to his males
ty for public order, and will show no
pity to anyone who attempts trouble"
The churches were crowded today,
and the people seemed to feel that with
such implacable and fearless foes of
liberty as Trepoff and Kozloff, COVER
nors Of Moscow and St. Petersburg, a
demonstration would be useless.
Today the diplomatic corps includ-
ing Ambassador Meyer, attended the
services at st. Isaac's cathedral.
, 1905-04-28
Injunction is Sweeping.

Chicago, ILL.,, April 2S.-The injunc
ton restraints interference with the EN-,
ployers' Teaming company. a new o
poration formed for the specific pur
poses of delivering goods to firms un,
der the union ban. All the labor organ
izations which have taken part in the
fight are made defendants, their Off.
GERS being named. They are %enjoined
from ~obstructing the employees of the
Employers association in any matter,
approaching their stables. the horses
Or wagons, a%ssociating or gathering or
standing near or passing by or about
any street in the city for the purpose
Of Interfering with the agents of the
Employers, Dr. from picketing and vic.
lence.
, 1905-04-28
SAFE BLOWN IN A
RAILROAD OFFICE
BURGLARS RAID THE STATION AT
CoALviLLE BUT SECURED
NO BOOTY.
NitrokIycerine Used and Building Is
Wrecked, But Not a Pane Of Glass
Was Broken-Union Pacific Sued
for Death Of Valuable Stallion in
a Car.

Evanston, Wyo., April 28.-The I'm.
ion Pacific station Office at Coalville,
west of here, was burglarized at mid,
night Tuesday. The safe was blown
open and completely demolished, but
no booty was secured, as the station
agent had removed the money to his
home. The office was wrecked by the
explosion. the floor Uttered with rail,
road tickets and other papers, but
strange to say not a window-pane was
broken. Nitro glycerine was used.
This is the fourth time within the
past few months attempts were made
to crack the safe, the vault resisting
all efforts until the last one, when suf-
ficient nitro glycerine was pumped in
to it to completely wreck the safe.
, 1905-04-28
CUTS HIS THROAT
WITH BIT OF GLASS

lily came originally from Wales. He
is looking for a considerable sum OF
money as a legacy, and this morning,
after reaching the hospital, he desired
to make his will, disposing Of his
estate.
Policeman Negus says Edwards
made no less than three attempts to
kill himself by plunging to the bottom
Of the cellar, each time coming out ap-
parently unhurt. He was raving when
arrested and was left on the bench in
the Jail as short a time as possible
alone, managing in that time to seri,
ously wound himself.
Edwards has been in this county for
the past two years, making his home
a part of the time on the auckland
ranch. His father was a minister and
is now dead. His mother and sister
write him occasionally, and Edwards
has talked of going back 10 hat city
Dol He has an annuity from an es-
tate in hat country and whenever the
money IN he sometimes drinks to
excess
DIR. Hamilton says the wound is not
at all dangerous, the piece of glass
cutting through the skin and some Of
the muscles of his neck. Mrs. Dob
byns, the matron of the hospital, has
about recovered from the fright caused
by the attack Of the young man upon
her early this morning.
, 1905-04-28
Mr.. RockefeIler's Epic,

Prof. Barrett Wendell has been tell
ing representatives Of Partisan news
papers that the American. instead Of
being a m~aterialist, as Europeans COM
monty imagine him to be, is really an
idealist, and that he seeks money not
for money itself, but on account OF the
fine and useful things which he can
accomplish with money. By way Of
Illustration Prof. Wendell points to the
increase of capital possessed by Har-
ward, from SIS. OO0, 900 in 1865 to $780,
OOO, 900 in 19O5-the whole being q gift
of private persons. There Is q good
deal of truth in this view Of American
ideals, but 1t is not quite the whole
truth. A leading motive in the acqui-
sition of wealth is the exercise Of men,
tai power; money-making to some
keen. practical Napoleonic minds IL =
fascinating Intellectual game. Mr..
Rockefeller, for example. did not have
the Baptist Missionary union in view
when he was building up the Standard
Oil company; he took much the same
pleasure in constructing that wonder
full affair which q poet might take In
constructing an epic.-Boston Herald.
, 1905-04-28
WOULD BE
PRESIDENT
DENVER LADY SEEKING ELEc.
TIoN AS HEAD OF THE Wo-
MEMS RELIEF CORPS.
Mrs. Jennie MeGiII Member OF Far
raout Corps for Past Twenty-one
Years, Said to Be In Lead for the
Position-Laramie Will Be Repre-
scented at Meeting.

Electioneering is being done by
members Of the Women's Relief corps.
an auxiliary to the Grand Army Of the
Republic, in connection with offices to
be filed at the annual convention OF
the local department, to be held in
Denver May II to 10, says the Denver
Post. Equal suffrage has given some
of the women of the order ar insight
into politics INT they are engaged in a
friendly tug of war for the office OF
department president and for delegates
to the national convention.
The local department consists Of the
states of Colorado and Wyoming. Sew
eral candidates are ambitious for the
honor of being department command
er, but the choice will probably fall
on Mrs. Jennie McGill Of Denver. She
was defeated by but n vote last
year and this year her friends say that
she will surely win. Mrs. McGill has
been Q member of F,.rragut corps No
II for the past twenty-one years and Ii
Ia pioneer in relief work. She wal
chairman Of the department relief com
mittee for two years.
The meeting to be held in Denver
will be attended by several hundred
delegates from Cheyenne. Rawlins
Laramie, Colorado Springs, Boulder
|Littleton, Longmont, Greeley. Cripple
|Creek. Boulder, Victor and othel
towns In this state and Wyoming,
, 1905-04-28
CITY TO HAVE SPECIAL cElEBRA
TON AT LEWIS AND CLARK
CENTENNIAL SHOW.
wyoming Day Fixed for the Tenth Of
July, Laramie Day to Be Day Fol-
Iowing-Wyomins Exercises to
Continue Through Week Begin
ming on Tenth of July.
0 Q @ 0 o o O O O o
10 Laramie Day-July 18th. Q
. @ O Q O O Q O o O O o 6

The Cheyenne Tribune Of yesterday
afternoon has. the following of local
interest:
Commissioner-in-Ch Chief C. B. Rich.
ardson has been notified by the board
OF managers Of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial exposition that various Wy.
oming cities will be accorded separate
days At the fair. the entire week being
devoted to Wyoming.
July 10th has been fixed as Wyoming
day and will also be Rock Springs day
the first Of the days assigned to Wy
oming cities. Tuesday. July IL, will
be laramie day; Wednesday. July IL
will be Evanston day; Thursday, July
IL, Sheridan. Casper and Newcast<
day; Friday, Green River and Rawlin,
day. and Saturday. Cheyenne day. The
, 1905-04-28
NOMINATE A K
Pennsylvania Republicans Hold .
State Convention,

Harrisburg. Pa, April 2S.-The re-
publican state convention nominated
the following ticket by acclamation:
State Treasurer-Representative J.
Lee Plummer of Holidaysburg.
Superior Court Judges-Present
Judge Charles E. Rice of Wilkesbarre,
Judge B. Orlady of Huntington and
Judge James A.. Beaver of Belfonte.
All r at present members of the
superior court.
Wiley R. Andrews of Meadville, sec
rotary of the republican state COM
mittee, was elected state chairman to
succeed United States Senator Pen
rose, who declined to again be a
candidate.
The platform endorses the national
and state administrations, favors a con
tinuation of the present pension policy
and advocates the enlargement Of the
rural free delivery system.
, 1905-04-28
Employers Seem to Be Ahead.

Chicago, ILL.,, April 2S.-There was
no violent disorder up to noon. but
trouble seems imminent. With a fed.
eral injunction and thousands Of sold
iers, on the streets, the employers seem
to have the best of it. and will now
insist upon an open shop, against
which union men protest, and which
Is the real cause Of the strike. The
number of strikers today is 3,1OO. The
number of possible team strikers is
, 1905-04-28
WOMEN HURT BY
AN UPSET WAGON
BREAKING OF WHEEL OF We.
HlcLE CAUSES SEVENTEEN
TO SUFFER INJURY.
Party of Women Of Woodcraft Return
ing From C~arbondaIe, Near Glen
wood Springs, Meet With Mishap,
Several Narrowly Escaping Death
in Accident.

Glenwood Springs, Colo, April Is
The breaking of a wagon in which a
party of members of the Glendale cir,
Gle of Women Of Woodcraft were en-
joying an excursion quite seriously in
jured seventeen m at an early
hour this morning. The party last
night drove to Carbondale, returning
this morning. At the mouth of Cattle
creek a wheel broke and the wagon
rolled down an embankment. AL
though the occupants were badly cut
and bruised, no n was fatally in
jured. Several women Of the party
showed much heroism in rescuing the
others, who were pinned down by the
overturned wagon, n several deaths
were narrowly escaped.
, 1905-04-28
0FFEREDFREEDOM
To TELL IN COURT
SISTER OF NAN PATTERSON DE-
CLINES TO SAY WHERE SHE
WAS ON CERTAIN DAY.
Prosecuting Attorney Asked Her to
Give Whereabouts and She Said
She Would Stick to Her Sister
BigeIow on Verge Of Mental and
Physical Collapse.

New York, April 28.-There was q
dramatic scene in the court room
where the Nan Patterson trial is pro.
crossing this morning when Mrs. Nor.
gan Smith, sister of the Patterson
woman, was offered freedom if she
testified to certain questions.
will you tell where you were In
New York on June s if the indictment
for conspiracy on which you are held
is dismissed at once?' asked the pros
ecutiDg attorney.
mo. l will stick to my sister," was
the reply. Mrs. Smith then defed the
attorney to prove her whereabouts.
, 1905-04-28
Militia May Be Called Out.

Chicago, H., April 28.-The COM
manding officers Of the Chicago regi-
ments of the Illinois national guard
have notified all their men to be in
readiness to answer call for strike
duty at any time. Four hundred team
sters of the Peabody Coal company
and forty-five drivers for SELF, Schwab
q Co, shoe manufacturers, struck to-
day. A negro employed at the stables
of the Employers Teaming company
was beaten to Inconsistencies by
union pickets near the barns.
, 1905-04-28
NOTES FROM THE COURT HOUSE.

The hearing of evidence was COM
pleted in the Powell case in the dis
trict court during the forenoon and the
greater part of the afternoon was
spent in the preparation Of the instruc-
tons to the jury, to be followed by
the arguments Of the attorneys. The
case may go to the jury tonight.
Charles Heidrick and others today
filed location notices for the Roose-
welt, Minnie May, General Nogi and
General Toga mines, in sections Is
and %, township 10, range II.
Robert E. and Dora l.. McAlister Of
this city today sold to John H. Lewis
of Rock River lot /, block 233, at the
corner Of Tenth and Kearney streets,
for sou.
, 1905-04-28
eieeIow on Verge of Collapse.

Milwaukee, Wis, April est was
reported today that d~efaulting Presi-
dent Bigelow of the First National bank
is on the verge Of collapse. Not only
is he in a terrible physical condition,
but it is rumored that fears are felt
that his mind Is weakening.
Still another schedule of the liabili-
ties of Frank Bigelow, ~ex-president Of
the defunct bank, is expected today or
tomorrow. 1t is estimated that the
liabilities will eventually reach $4,000
900. Bigelow is under the constant
care of several physicians today.
, 1905-04-28
K0H[SAAT GIVES
FEDERAL INJUNCTION
raised By the employers, led by John
=. Morton, a brother of the secretary
of the navy.
Assistant Chief in Command.

Chicago, ILL.,. April 2S.-Assistant
Chief OF Police Schuettler took per-
sonal command of the 500 policemen
on strike duty this morning. Chief
ON"lll has ordered all the members
of the force to hold themselves in read
inc for immediate duty. The chief
says the entire force Of $500 men can
be thrown into the strike district In a
short time, in case their services are
needed. Five hundred private detect
ives are on duty. Guards with shot
guns and rifles in their laps accom-
pany the express wagons. Most Of
the non-union men have been given
revOlyers.
, 1905-04-28
WORK BEGUN ON THE
NEW STORE BUILDING,

The Laramie Grocery company has
begun work on its new store building
adjoining the present handsome struc-
ture. and the work will be pushed from
now on. The building will be two
stories high, with a deep basement,
will be built of brick and iron, and
will have a plate glass front. The lot
is "a by 1872 feet, and the new building
will give the company one Of the
largest and handsomest places of bust
ness in the state. The building is ex-
pected to cost not less than $4,000.
The first floor will be Used for the
vehicle and farm machinery display
room, the basement and second stories
to be devoted to that department of
the company's business.
, 1905-04-28
Damages for horse,s Death.

Evanston, Wyo., April Csc. B.
johnson has Instituted suit against the
Union Pacific for 1920 damages for
injury to horses shipped over the COM
pany's lines. Johnson alleges hat as
the result Of the delay in shipping one
black stallion, valued at s 1000. died
and others became restless and kicked
each other. %inficting damages estimat-
e dat 1920.
, 1905-04-28
exercises will begin Monday, July 10th
and continue throughout the week.
SHOP FOREMAN GETS
HANDSOME PRESENT,

H. l.. Sullivan, the present machinist
and back shop foreman at this
place, was taken by surprise after the
by the men he has had in charge for
almost two years and presented with
a handsome solid gold watch fob, as
You when You're Gone" Charles
George made the presentation speech,
to which Mr.. Sullivan responded with
the deepest feeling at heart for his
fellow-men. Mr.. Sullivan is to be
transferred to Green River, Wyo., the
first of May.
, 1905-04-28
F|TzHUGH LEE HAS
SEVERE STROKE
OVERCOME BY APOPLExY ON
TRAIN FROM BOSTON AND
IN SERIOUS WAY.
Entire Left Side ParaIyzed and Sur
geon General Kelley Not Hope
ful-Was Taken From Train to
Hospital at Washington Upon His
Arrival This Morning.

Washington. d. c., April 2S.-Gen-
eral Fitzhugh Lee was stricken with
a~poplexy last night on a train from
Boston, and arrived here this morning,
Kelley and taken to the hospital. 1t
is stated that his left side is ~paralyzed
and that his condition is most grave.
His family has been summoned from
Richmond.
, 1905-04-28
Gould Out Of Union Pacific.

New York April 2S.-George ]. Gould
has resigned from the directorate of
the Union Pacific. 1t was said that,
in explanation, he had been elected on
the distinct understanding between
him and the controlling interests in
Union Pacific that he would resign
from the directory II he decided at any
time to build the Western Pacific.
, 1905-04-28
MOVING PICTURE SHOW
AT PORTLAND EXPOSITION,

One of the features of the Wyoming
display at the Lewis and Clark ex-
position will be a life picture exhibit
ton, showing Wyoming farming, fruit
picking, stock grazing OF the ranges
and feeding in the feed lots, loading
ard shipping of stock, branding cattle
and horses, shearing wool, etc. Then
there will be many of Wyoming's
beauty spots, both in and out of the
Yellowstone park, shown on canvas.
Charles Camp of Greeley has been en-
gagged to give the picture show, which
will be a continuous performance, day
and evening, in the Wyoming building.
, 1905-04-28
THE PEA CRAZE ON
TIE LARAMIE PLAINS.

The pea craze has struck the Lar
annie plains and promises to develop
into a regular boom In course of time,
says the Denver Field and Farm. The
little land owners have taken up the
planting in the expectation that sheep
wne will be perfectly willing to let
them fatten lambs on shares, or sell to
them outright. In this way the land
and the lambs will bring the greatest
possible return to the husbandmen. 1t
is estimated that lambs can be fat
tened on this kind Of forage at SO cents
a head, thus bringing the price far be;
low the cost Of cor and alfalfa. Again
the peas make the finest kind Of meat
and lambs, and when thus fattened top
the market.
, 1905-04-28
Land Fighting Resumed.

London, April 2S.-News Of the re-
sumption of fighting in Manchuria was
received here today with satisfaction.
At the Japanese embassy it was stat
ed that Oyama would not wait for the
impending naval contest, but would
push the great land advantage he had
already gained, and go for the Rus
SLAMS vigorously.
, 1905-04-28
Two Squadrons Sighted.

Penang, Straits Settlements, April
28, 19O5.-The steamer Apcar reports
passing two %sQuadrons last night in the
straits of Malacca, about sixty miles
from here. There were eight ships in
headed this way. 1t is thought likely
they are Nobogatoff's squadron.
, 1905-04-28
CAMERA TAKING PLACE
OF ROD AND GUN.

In 1.-THE Cosmopolitan" for May, ].
Maclair Boraston, writing on Hunting
With a Camera" describes one phase
Of q new spirit in our timesV return
to nature. The time may not come
when mar will lay wholly aside his
gun for purposes Of sport hut undoubt-
edly the camera is largely replacing It.
Very Interesting photographs Of birds
taken in many poses illustrate the ar
ticas.
, 1905-04-28
British Steamer Captured.

London, April 2S.-Lloyd's Calcutta
agent reports That the British steamer
Beatrice, from Saigon for Japan, vas
captured by Rojestvensky.
, 1905-04-28

Evanston, Wyo., April 2S.-several
arrests are to be made here as the re.
suit Of the discovery by the Union Pa
cinc detectives Of the wholesale theft
Of tools by shop employees.
A few days ago q wagon load of tools