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|11 ~ N S P E G T o r
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
Last Weeks South Carolina Crop Bull
1etin.

With very few exceptions, the re-
ports on cotton indicate rapid de-
terioration due to excessive shedding,
rust and the plants turning yellow,t
These conditions prevail over practi-
cally the entire State, but are most
marked on sandy lands In many
places growth has stopped, while in a
few the plants are making new
growth. Bolls are opening rapidly
in the south central counties and
considerable has been picked. The
excessive heat of the 5th, 9th, 7th
and 9Th was very damaging on cot
ton.
There is a general improvement in
the condition of late corn due to the
ample moisture which came oppor-
tunely. Tobacco curing is nearly
finished. Peas, sweet rotatoes and
all varieties of cane are doing we'll.
The frequent rains interfered with
preparations for fall truck crops.
Rice made fine progress. Pastures
improved rapidly and again afford
fine grazing. Turnips were sown ex-
tensively. Late fruits, especially an
pie and peaches, are rotting badly.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
To Destroy Moles.

| will send you some names that
ought to be reading The Progressive
Farmer and Cotton Plant. Send
them samples and l will try and get
them On the roll. l take it, and
would not be without it for twice
what it cost. [ would be glad to
know that every farmer was read
ing it.
viii some one tell me through your
good paper what will destroy moles |!
They are the worst / ever saw in the
sand. A SUBSCRIBER.
Moore Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
Last Weeks North Carolina Crop Bull
letin.

In the east tobacco curing is com
pleted, except in Hertford County,
and in Nash County it is being mar
keted. In the central and west por-
tions of the State tobacco is not so
far advanced, although some report
curing all done. Some tobacco in
Johnston County is beginning to fire
at the bottom of the plants, and it is
thought that it will have to be cut
sooner than desired. It is rotting
some on sandy land.
In general, corn was not injured
on the highland, but on the lowlands
it was washed out, and in cases turn
ing yellow. In the east a fair crop
is expected; upland corn is looking
well, but lowland corn is injured
to a considerable extent in the cen
tral portion, while in the west a fair
crop is reported, although some is
yellowing on the lowland.
Pulling fodder is quite general
throughout the State. but the wealth
er has been unfavorable for saving
the crop; rotting is reported in Rock
ingham County. Peas are a good
crop, but shedding is reported. Sweet
potatoes, Irish potatoes. turnips and
peanuts are doing fine. Wheat thrash
is still being carried on in some
parts of the west. Fruit is generally
a failure, but peaches are reported as
good in Iredell County.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
PRACTICAL POULTRY TALKS.
XXV.-Suggestions Appropriate to the Season.

But now we have put upon her the
task of providing over one hundred
eggs a year, and for the shells of
that number of eggs a considerable
quantity of lime is required.
Fedtile egos, with strong, vigorous
germs, can be obtained only from
healthy stock well cared for. Fowls
require plenty of exercise, sanitary
quarters and clean food, with pure
water, some grit, vegetables and
green cut bone or meat-meals.
UNCLE 10.
Mecklenburg Co., N. @.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

,,,,,r,erated in this article, but it
would not be proper to close without
,oferring to the work now accom-
,Tsbpd on the farm with compare
t;yoIv little effort with feed.
psst Solution of the Labor Problem.
Tins, a review of the situation in
d;cates that while labor may be
scarce and a problem of considerable
;,nnortance to the farmer. even when
ba i using modern implements most
rfcctuallv. it is clearly possible for
him TO replace the labor formerly
reformed bv several good men to
whom he paid hioh wages, by imple-
ments adapted to the special work n
hand. These implements. considering
tbe effective work they do. are not as
= rule unreasonable in price. and if
nroperly cared for and handled, will
do effective work for years. There
fore there seems a solution of many
Of the problems which now vex the
farmer because of the scarcity of la
bcr. In spite of the large number
of implements manufactured in this
country and used on our farms, the
true value of implements has never
been recognized. Their value for re-
pIacing laborers is not so clearly un-
derstood as it should be in view of
these facts. The farmer of the fu-
ture must become more of mechan-
ic: must avail himself of every la
bor-saving device possible. He must
buv his implements with discretion
and make sure that he is buying
something well tried and adapted to
his needs at a reasonable cost. At
ter he has secured them he must use
them with intelligence and skill so
as to make them useful agents in pro-
duction. With these facts in mind 1T
seems perfectly clear that the farmer
need not hesitate to purchase agri-
cultural implements. Money invest
ed in implements is often thought to
be little better than thrown away.
This is all a mistake, for it Is Just
as cheap and far more satisfactory
to have an implement that will per
form work with economy. skill and
precision and that can be depended
on to do its work regularly, than to
try to perform the same work with
labor which may be Indifferent. indie
PENDENT and unreliable. Farm imple-
ments represent an investment on
which the owner should make a hand
some profit if he uses them with skill
and wisdom.
ANDREW M. SOULE.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
lAnswer by II. III. Brimlev, Curator
State Museum. Raleigh.)

IAnswer by H. II. Brimlev. Curator
State Museum, Raleigh.)
In reply to "a Subscriber" I would
say that the best method 1 know of
eXtermlnating moles is to trap them.
A A good mole trap is sold by some of
The seed houses, Peter Henderson, for
one, l think. 1t requires rather care
tul setting, but practice will soon
Iamlllarize one with how it should be
!one. The trigger that holds the
Jaws apart must be set lightly so that
d Slght push will release it. and it is
oetter to handle it with gloves in set
ung so that as little human odor as
pISSloIe adheres to the iron. 1t is
ias Iiso well in all kinds of trapping to
&C eI new trap lie out in the weather
ou ouf few days before setting. Pois-
Sn1 lung might be effectice, but I have
"'u no experience in that.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22
Improving Southern Farm Methods.

Improving Southern Farm Methods.
Messrs. Editors: We were greatly
interested in reading an article on
The eleventh page of your last weeks
issue headed, "What Western Farm
ers Teach Southern Farmers" re-
printed from the Marshville Home, in
which several forms of wastefulness
are ICinteG out and several mistakes
Of our own farmers frankly acknowl-
edged. We are rendered doubly hope
full of our country's future by tho
ir1a conviction that the writer mas
but voiced the feelings of thousands
of Intelligent farmers all over beauti-
full and once highly productive South
land. When we become sufficiently
conscious Of our faults to confess
them, it is evident that the time has
come when the effort will be put forth
10 correct them.
Most of US farmers, when we take
time for reflection, can recall times
when little thoughtlessness, a little
neglect or procrastlnation, has
caused a loss almost, OR, perhaps,
even greater than the gain of many
days of well-directed effort could re-
place, and then we were tantalized by
the knowledge that to regain lost
time is self-evident impossibility.
We fully agree with our Marsh
vile neighbor in denying that the
South is short on labor (such as
great portion of it is), and vigorous
ly insist that if the much-abused soil
were scratched less and farmed more,
much less labor would be productive
of much happier results. Very many
of our plantations have been prac
tically ruined by raising exhaustive
crops year after year without doing
anything to restore the vegetable
matter that those crops had extracted
from the soil and then trying to
make it up by using just enough
commercial fertilizer to torture forth
another crop-instead of using ma
lures means of restoration in the
form of grasses.
But while we say that there are al
ready too many scratcher of the soil
there is some scarcity of proper tillers
of it, for when the land is restored
to it's original fertility Gas it will
be) one acre will, with intelligent
culture, produce almost as much
as three or four now do. Fields of
rich pastures will be covered by
focks of bleating sheep and herds of
lowing cattle, interspersed with fields
of blooming cotton and green corn
fields; cedars like those of Lebanon;
vines like those of Eschol; meadows
green; orchards bearing all the fruits
of the temperate zones; fields of yell
low golden wheat bending before the
gentle Southern breeze; roses and
garden flowers with all their various
hues; palatial country residences;
great cities whose manufacturing
establishments will furnish employ
ment for thousands of skilled work
men, all to be fed by the produce
of agriculture. This is a prophetic
picture of the future South, and
whenever the vision is realized,
skilled farm labor will ever be in de-
mand and agriculture will be one of
the fine sciences.
But in our humble opinion this
happy state of things will never be
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

me myself this week to a continuous
letter, but give a few random shots
for hot weather digestion.
Gather up the charcoal from that
old brush pile and throw it into the
poultry yard or into the scratching
she'd
A paddock costs little and may help
to save much. Poultry meat is worth
money now. Lock the doors or un-
chain the dog.
Happy is the poultry keeper who
has dry earth, sifted coal ashes and
litter with which to keep his hennery
sweet and dry for the next six weeks.
A smooth milestone grinds no grist
and smooth gravel will not grind
grain in the gizzard of a fowl.
Furnish your birds gritty grit and
plenty of it.
Either eggs are being used more
largely Or the American hen is not
doing her duty. At any rate, eggs
are wanted. and they bring spot cash.
Better have the whole side of the
house open than a crack or a knot
hole in the wall through which the
wind can blow on the head of
fowl on a perch.
Contagion frequently comes
through drinking vessels. Clean out
and scald them often and do not al
low diseased birds to drink with the
rest of the flock.
One can learn much by carefully
observing brooder chicks: Use ears
and eyes; their motions and their
cries are significant of pain or pleas
ure. The person who has not the
gumption to learn their LANGUAGE
cannot succeed, no matter how much
he may read on the subject.
The first eggs of the brown-egg
layers are generally of a good color,
but as the hen increases her laying
she decreases the amount of color,
owing TO the fact that the pigment
which provides the color for the eggs
gradually diminishes.
There are hens in every flock that
do not lay enough eggs to pay for
their board. There are individual
uC1lS III CuCS6 Sd1uG IOChS IIldG uO IIlC
bulk of laying. Economy comes in
by breeding from the heavy layers
and getting rid of the inferior stock.
A certain amount of food is neces-
sary to sustain life and produce an
egg. If the hen does not get it, the
egg-basket suffers. You cannot steal
from Nature without paying the
penalty.
Better the story of the man who
has succeeded with a dozen fowls
than the story of the man who hopes
to succeed with ten thousand. What
has been done can be done. What
we hope to do is quite another
thing.
The hen that is laying needs more
feed than she would if not laying.
Like any other machine. she must be
furnished the material from which
to manufacture her finished product.
Where market-eggs are the object,
it is better to have the birds of some
purely distinct breed, so that the
eggs may be as uniform in color and
size as possible.
Keep the laying hens busy in
scratching a good part of the day
and they will eat more and lay more.
Feed them plenty of ground green
hone. broken shells, grit and vegeta-
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-22

brought about under the present ten
ant system. Skilled labor is needed
as well as skilled oversight to direct
It.
A NORTH CAROLINA FARMER.
Warren Co., n. @.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
100000 . . eoeeeees 9
. "A PLATA COUNTY MINES :
ssseesessseseee q
From Tie Miner.

From Tie Miner.
Ths Edith Mining Co. has ssveral
men at work on properties adjoining
the Neglected mine.
Stewart Z Beason nave cut the Ida
ho No. with the crosscut and are
now drifting on the vein.
Tony Dapra and partner are doing
ooma assessment work on the West
Mancos for Durango parties.
Hugh Owens completed an assess
ment last week at the head OF juno
tion creek for w. H. Wickline, of Du-
range.
Hunter q Price have large guam
tity Of ore sacked at the Saxon mine
and expect to comence shipping next
week.
The Empire Mining company re
sumed work at the tunnel this week
and are hoping to reach the Small
Hopes vein before another big storm
causes 4 shut down.
The Boren Gulch Mining company
IL still working two shifts on the bis
tunnel but the next snow storm Is
likely TO stop operations, rs their sup
plies are limited.
The May Day Mining Co. has com
menced the erection OF the terminals
for the tram from their lower tunne
and will nave It completed In shor'
time. The deep tunnel has not ye
reached the May Day vein but Is due
to cut 1t any day.
The compressor plant for the Chie
Mining Co. has arrived and is beint
installed as fast as big force OF mel
can do 1t. When 1t IL placed worl
will be resumed in the tunnel, whici
10 now in about 400 feet and Is to b'
driven 400 feet farther to reach th'
vein, and a drift will also be run o'
the vein from a point below the board
ing house.
After three seasons of dallying will
the work the Bonnie Girl milling plan
was this week declared completed
and this company now has 5O-stam
mill and a 4,300-foot wire tram read
for operation In the spring, as soon
the river can furnish sufficient waite
power to run the electric plant wbic
Is TO furnish power for the mill an
machine drills for four or five month
In the year.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18

afoul Of snd which hred on u. They
were evidently pirates. but our caS
tain knew mis- business. end his men
we're good sailors. and We escaped In
the dark.
From shan-hai-kwau I started for
Peking. and from there made my way
TO vladivostok. via Mukden--partly by
cart and partly by railroad. had =,
Russian ofacer for = travelling com.
panion. and We got through without
any trouble. although We were q little
uneasy because Of the Chinese ban
dts. who were pretty thick and very
troublesome In that locality. We saw
a skirmisn between them and = party
Of Chinese soldiers, but nothing hap
pened 10 us. ana we reached Lao
yang In time to see the battle-as
much Of II as could be seeD-and that
was only the artillery hre. was To-
side of the town, at Russian head.
quarters, and the Sighting was xoing
on outside.
| 81 was at Viadiyostok altogether
about six months. but most Of That
time was going back and forth be
tween the city and the Russian army.
The railroad was open to Mukden, and
II was easy to run down by train. The
Russian authorities allowed us to
come and go wherever and whenever
we pleased, and gave ns every oppor-
tnnity 70 see what was going on.
was In Muisden during the great hat
I., NJ .1N n
1t WAS impossible 10 do so. Tho line
OF battle was eighty miles long; the
country around Mukden Is q dead lev
ell; the soil Is very dry, and between
the dust and the smoke we could
scarcely see across the street except
at rare intervals. Under such circum
stances ii was not easy to observe the
action OF the troops, but saw plent,
of Japanese 11-inch shells dropping In
to the Russian trenches.
There were a number Of foreign
attaches there---Dritisn, Swedish, Dan
ish and Argentine-and we wen
around together. We remained q
Mukden until the end of the ashtinI
and then started for home by way Q
the Amur river and across Mongolia
to Peking. Then We went down u
Shanghai and took . steamer via tn
Suez canal to Genoa. From there
went to st. Petersburg via Vienna
paid my respects to the minister o
marine on Sept. % and returned hom
via Norway and Sweden.
81 have scarcely begun on my re
port" said the lieutenant in conclu
sion, but Am getting my notes 10 OF
der. The war has developed q srea
deal of interest In military matter
and has furnished many valuable lef
sons In strategy, organization, ert
nance and other respects. It 10 th
only practical gauge We have for moe
ern warfare. and is equally importan
to army and navy men,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
NERVOUS WOMEN AND


"oh, Mr.. Lecoq, my Jewels. worth
$4,000. have been stolen. l suspect
my maid"
Calm yourself. madam" said the
great detective. In what places do
you usually hide away these things?"
The woman mentioned seven places,
and Lecoq had taem all searched. In
the last. bandboI, the jewels lay In.
tact. The lady bad forgotten that she
had put them there.
And now" said I.ecoq. ''let this be
lesron to you. Don't. rhe next time
YOU mislay = ring or necklace, &C
cuse somebody Of theft. Few women
have any right to own valuable jew
els. Tbey are too excitAble and too
careless. | don't believe there is a
owning woman living who hasn't. at
one time or another, declared herSelf
robbed OF some trinket which has lat.
er on turned up In \ forgotten hiding
place.
Look at Mrs. Ogden Goelets case
She declared she had been robbed oil
$50, 900 worth OF jewels and the police
Of America and Europe turned In and
worked for her. These men worked
day and night to nnd Mrs Goeiet's
thief. The cost of their labor came
10 more than the jewels cost And ir
the end--she had put ths jewels In
! safe. and then forgotten!
1T happens too often, on Atlantic
liners, tnat some woman passenger
declares a watch or bracelet miss
ing. She has all the stewards or
board searching and her room stew
ard feels very uncomfortable. Some
times, indeed, she roundly accuses tbs
room steward Of theft. And then,
day or two later, the lost article Il
found In the bottom Of her steamer
trunk aud the woman Ia 30 sorry tha
sine WAS 80 hasty.
Men are more careful than womei
in throwing out reckless accusation
OF theft. | suppose 1t is because. liV
ing out In the world. men realize tha
they must answer for their words
Women live at home, and in crisi
they say nnanswerabie things TO an,
about people as recklessly As the
ray such things to and about thei
children.
"On tne whole. II is only the mos
level headed women who should b
trusted with valuable jewels. An
even these women should be require
10 sign = contract that the hrst tim
they baselessly accuse any one OF rot
bing them, the Jewels are to be fol
feited forever"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
shE COULD 1T sE FOOLED.

Exchange.
A trader wished to have . tel
ephone pu; - ais house. but his aged
mother vigorously protested against IL.
Robert" she said, 1T you bring
one Of those dreadful things In here
III never CLOSE my eyes, for fear ,ha,
1t may oreat o.; and sweep US all In.
to eternity. and us not a bit the wis.
M."
He tried to persuade her 1t va,
most harmless instrument: but she
said:
No, no. look at the thoussnds--
aye, millions---of poor Hindooe It XIII.
ed last autumn"
Why exclaimed he, that WASH.
a telephone, mother. that was q ty.
phoon.".
But the umid old lady lowered her
spectacle. and. looking At him over
the rims thereof. said:
"Yoq need not try TO make q fool
OF me. Robert perhaps don't know
very much. but do know that the
typhoou la the emperor OF Japan"
Her son gave II up Is a hopeless
case.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
MOTIVE QUESTIONABLE

He threw down his magazine With
q snort
I'm sick." he said. ''of these stor-
obedient daughters who always return
home for a grand reconciliation scene
with the old folks on Thanksgiving
day"
why, how hardheArted you are
Don't such scenes affect yon?"
Not as I'd like them 70. I'd be
more deeply affected II the prodisais
would select 4 day for their return
when they weren't sure thered be
turkey and cranberry sauce and mince
pie for dinner"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
p,sceANINo s,no

Tattier.
A city gentleman was recsnuy In
vited down TO the country Tor u day
with the birds" Whatever his powers
In finance. his shooting was not re-
markable for Its accuracy, To the great
disgust Of the man in attendance,
who're tip WIS generally regulated BY
the size of the bag Dear mel" At
last exclaimed the sportsman. but
the birds seem exceptionally stroos
on the wing this year" MOT all Of
EN-, air." came the remark. You've
shot at the same bird about q dozen
timsx- Els a-folloerin you about, sir .
"Followtng me about? NonsenSei
Why should bird do that?" Well,
STR" came the reply. Il don't know.
I'm sure, unless 'e's Angling round
you for safety"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-18
A arRlkiNo EAcI.

A young man was riding in the cab
With = locomotive engineer.
Nov" said the yonng man, shud.
dertnS, suppose a great sleiEhloAd
OF children was to glide onto the track
from that .lane--what blessing II
would be II you could stop instantly
like man walking"
Blessing said the engineer. why
young fellow, II that sleigh you speak
OF va. TO appear now, and ] could
stop short, like q man. walking,
wouldn't do it. Instead, ia keep
right on and kill tde kids
Way
Because 1t would be the more hu-
name course. In one case there would
be sleighload Of KIDS slaughtered; !;
In the other case there would be the
slaughter Of trainload Of people.
For this train Is going at TIDE rate
Of IS miles an hour. and the sudden
stoppase of q train going at that rate
would sive the passengers precisely
the same shock-preciseiy the same-
that they would get from 4 fall Of
81 feet--a fall from housetop"