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svl. I I fi!.l Ixlr ,i i ,.: I. I L 1.1. CI. 1 Cu I . . i -'''''' - , i - Vol. 1. OUR FARMERS CLUBS. What our Farmers are Doing and How the Work of Organizing is Progressing. CEDAR GROVE CLUB. Our club met on the 4th inst.. with a good attendance and much interest was manifested in the pro ceedings. The subject under discus sion was: "How to prevent cultivated land from washing,'' upon which Messrs. (t. D. Conrad, S. A. Alspaugh, J. I. Craft and A. AY. Bevel made short but interesting speeches. The conclusion arrived at was that the remedy was found in deep plowing Mr A. W. Bevel asked the ques tion, 'fwhich is the best Way to plow, up and down or across a hill to pre vent washing?" which elicited the reply, which opinion prevailed, that the plowing should be done across the hill. : - The Cedar. Grove Club, believes !in exciting a spirit of emulation among its members and offers a premium often bushels of wheat to the mem ber who produces the largest yield of wheat from one acre of land. This club had eight delegates at the first county convention but .will largely increase this number at the next. . We commend the suggestion of a farmers dinner made by a correspon dent in the last issue of the Pro gressive Farmer, but want it. at some other place, than Winston. Some central point in the country -would be preferable. W. A. Bevel, Secretary. ORGANIZING IN MONTGOMERY A large 'gathering of farmers ''as sembled at Wadeville school house on Saturday, Aug. 25th, and organ ized a club with the following offi cers: J. F. Crowder, President; S. S. Ballard, Vice President; J. J. El bert, Secretary ; M. S. Chrisholm, Treasurer. An executive com riritte e was chosen, consisting of E. F. De Berry, J. A. Hall, J. C. McRae. Sev eral petitions were then haiided in for membership, to bo acted upon at the next meeting. ' Our club is known as Clark's Creek, Wadeville Club No. 1. : V . '!' ! J. F. Crowder. ' : .) '. i The farmers of Kernersyillej town ship . will meet at Pine Grove, jii that township, Saturday, afternoon next at 2 o'clock Joojganize a Farm ers' Club. K : .. 0 o aK UNCLE SAM'S CASH An advance sheet from thfe annual report for 1886 of the director of the mint shows that there are' in the Federal treasury in gold bullion $42,386,096; in silver bullion $3,467, 563; in gold coin, $189,529,603; -in silver dollars, $181,253,566;- in frac tional silver coin, $28,904,681; in gold certificates, $55,129,870; in sil ver certificates, $27,86l450; in Uttited States notes, $41,118,316; in national bank notes, $4,034,416 ; and in fractional currency, $21367, mak ing a total of $572,688,22. In the national banks of the country there aro in gold coin $104,530,587; in -silver dollars, $6,757,263; inf fractional silver coin, $2,913,304; id gold cer tificates, $41,446,430 ; in syver certifi cates, $2,812,290; in United States motes, $79,656,783; in national bank notes, $25,129,938; in ' fractional cur rency, $452,36 1, makings a total of $262,698,956. In the binks other than national and in general circu lationalthere are in gold (coin, $254, 259,840; in silver dollar, $45,712; 457; in fractional silver corn, $43,241, .512; in gold cirtifieates, $H597,945; in silver certifieates,' $86,303,935;' in United States notes, $225,963,362 ; in national bank-ndtes$28,535,100 ; and in fractional currency) $6,499, 059, making a total1 of $979,113,210.' This makes the total circulation ' of the country, $1,815,500,394, ihe, fig ures all being revised! to July 1, 1886. - -r'-. : " THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS Mr. Eli Zimmerman raised 317 bushels of wheat this year from 16 bushels he sowed last Fall. David son Dispatch., . This promises to be a brisk fall in Goldsboro. Trade in every branch of business is already picking up.- Goldsboro Argus. We have seen some very fine tobacco cured from this year's crop. It, was a V very bright, and had a good body. Tar River Talker. ( Mr; R. P. Heinhardt is now hav ing the seed threshed from a portion of his clover crop, about 80 bushels.- He will get Farmers in Burke county are still preparing wheat land. From all indications there will be more wheat sowed this year than was last. Piedmont Press. Our farmers are not nearly so blue as they were a month ago. There has been a wonderful outcome in all the crops. Tobacco especially' has come out. What proportion of brights there will be, nobody knows; but the prospects, for those are better than the other side of the Ridge. Asheville Citizen. Tbe farmeis around Milo: have commenced cutting tobacco.- Mr. Julian Dunn is in jail for six months for selling liquor on Sunday. The Judge in sentencing Dunn' said, so far as he was concerned, he proposed to see that the law in regard to the sale of liquor on Sunday or to minors was enibvvcd.SmithJield Herald. The upland cotton and corn crops will doubtless reach an averagei if not a little beyond, this year. Mr. Wilson . Furr, a young man of Locust Level. Stanly county, was found deadjn his barn on the night of the 21st inst., by his wife, and it is supposed that he was kicked, to death by a mule. Montgomery Vidette. VV : '. Geo. Hauler, of big watermelon fame, writes Frank liege that his largest melon now weighs 75 pounds and is gaining from one pound to a pound and a half a day, and that it will not be mature? before the middle of this month. Frank has engaged it, and when it is pulled it will be on exhibition at the sign of the "big 'coffee pot." Salem Press, Mr. John Spoon, of Alamance county, who is 77 years old, sold a load of tobacco at the Globe Ware house yesterday. It was the first tobacco he ever raised and the firt he ever saw on a warehouse floor. He has never taken but one chew of tobacco. Three years ago he was married in his 74th year. Durham Recorder. ' . ',, Notwithstanding the poor crop prospects in this section at one time which was occasioned by the exces sive rains, we : are pleased to learn that the indications now point t: an abundant yield of cotton, while the corn crop on uplands is quite promising.. We hear of several large cotton planters whose crops are the best in ten years. -Rockingham, Spirit of the South. Mr. D. A. : Morrison is about commencing the erection of a tobacco factory, 40x80, on water street near the warehouse of Messrs. Mott & Cowles. The rent has been guaran teed and a tenant for the factory is alniOst secured. -The corn crop this year is going to be capital, cot ton is going to be much better than it was last season, and. our people" are' likely to' be better off by Christ mas, notwithstanding the bad pros pects of the spring than they have been in five years. -The meeting at Salisbury yesterday of persons interested in the proposed Smith-ville-Bristol Railroad was attended from Rowan, Stanly, Davie, Wilkes, Surry; Watauga and Ashe. The meeting w;as enthusiastic, arid , the represeritatives of these counties pledged them for sums ranging from $50,000; Vip $lO0ft00:Statesville Landmark. 1 ' ' " OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO .i !'! s. WINSTON, N. O. , SEPTEMBER 1 Wilmington had 5,000 people in 1844. Raleigh had aboqt :.4,(K)0. Wilmington now has 2b,006. Ral eigh probably about 10,000. , When. Gen. Washington visited (()YiImi ng in the nineties of the last ' century it had 1,100 inhabitarisV In the Revolutionary Wfir it had" 300, In 1844 it. had four churphes. V,It . now has probably thirt or more. JVHr minaton Star. ..mL,. . . There is a Jarge , crop J,of tild' grapes, ' commonly calleu ' hurlaces, this seasbn. uThe wO'ods are full of em. As usual the ifhrmer who is raising his own supplies this , year is going to be in '-a ''better' financial condition when theyearcloses.'- On Saturday we receiveUsome samV pies of cured tobacco fi'onMr. Jenlf ins, overseer of the farm 'of the late Capt. J. R. ; Thigpen,j rfear Penny Hill. These samples are the bright est we h a ve yet seen.; Those of our farmers who tried tobacco t his year, siohi much pleased with' 'the experi-" ment. Greenville Reflector. :' . The time is near at hand when the farmer will begin to 'turn over to the mortgagee thecrop he has toiled so hard to-make,1 fand' when that is done what will he have to show 'for his' ivork? nothing. A porpoise factory has been estab lished at IIatteras,with the aid of Wilmington, capitalists, ; and the. company having procured special machinery and, skilled laborers frtmi Europe, purpose supplying the mar ket with leather, oijt and fertilizers. Sometimes eighty or nipety power ful creatures about eight feet long are netted at a single haul. -Wash- itigton Progress. , THE BEST CLOVER MIXTURE FOR ONE ACRE. Mr. B. P. Williams of Wake'eoun ty furnishes the following . to tlie Raleigh Neics and Observer : "Prepare the land thoroughly by ploughing and harrowing repeatedly until the surface is friable and mel low. Sow down 500 pounds of high grade ammoniated guano and har row it in. When so prepared sow upon it ten pounds of red clover seed, ten pounds of tall meadow oat-grass seed, ten pounds of red top seed, five pounds of blue grass sejd, and brush in. Sow in Sep-' tember or February.; EARLY GREEN FEED. For one acre of early green feed, plow and cross plow one acre of level land near the stable. Scatter upon the plowed land eight or ten two horse wagon loads of stable manure, or 600 to 800 pounds of cotton - seed meal., Then harrow and cross har row and cross-harrow the land until it is. smooth and mellow. Sow upon it two and a half bushels of rye, plow in shallow and harrow again., By following the above instructions and sowing by or before September 20th, a large quantity of very early choice feed can be made, and a splendid crop of either cotton, corn or millet can be made upon the land after the feed is cut off. It; has proved many times to be the best and most profitable acre on the farm. f A PROFITABLE YIELD. The most profitable yield,' per acre, which he have heard of in this section the present year, is, the i fol lowing by Mr. F. M.,Gray, of Lanes borp: , On 2 J '.acres' of ground, .in grape-vines, he made 1230 gallons of wine which he sells for $ 1.00 , per single gallon bi 80c per gallon, per barrel; Three;- hundred of the vines were set out four, years ago, and 700 three years ago. Mr. , Gray ex,7 pects to give' most of 'his 'r time aiid at ten tion , to grape culture and; wine making, and,, judging by the success attending, his .experiment , there is reason to; believe that he will be em inently successful in the end. J udges of wine pronounce his iiiake excel- it is just sd Wadesboro Intelligencer. ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY 8, 1886. TO THE LADIES OF FORSYTH AND ADJACENT COUNTIES. The N: C. State ' Horticultural Society will hold 1 its Sixth Annual Fruit Fair' in 'Winston-Salem next year. It took some work to bring it here, amongst the rest a promise that our. people would give the' society the, ' best fair that liad yet been held) We would ' ask ; you, ladjes, to help, redeem this promise by beginning now to get' ready for it. ' Your department will consist of Jellies, Pickles, PreservesV Cannpd and dried fruits, &C. .Some of these must be prepared now inA order to have them ready next August, and we hope that all who are! interested, (and surel3r you will be sd when the time comes,) will have the fair Tn mind whilst making your fall jellies and preserves. ' '"? v ; Our premium list at the last Fair footed up over $100 on this classi and if possible, we will have a still ful 1 er ' one next : year. So please begin nowadies' and we will know (that your depirthient will not tail to meet the expectations of the Ex ecutive Committee.' l:- ; LiNEBACk Bros! TEACHERS INSTITUTE;' Lewisville, N". C, Sept. 6, 1886. Editor Progressive FAUMElii-The Teacher's Institute held at this place by our County Superintendent was quite a success: 1 ? ; The Institute was Opened August 6th with a goodly number of teach ers present:' 1 Tl& following ; gentle men attended most of them regularly, viz : W.; H. Goslen, P, T. Lehman, E. P. Sprinkle, T: HI Conrad, D; A. Bihkley; Jl WOPratt; E: lii KisefJ J; 1 d. oprinKie, vy. j. vesiu. A. rraii, and one lady. Miss Lula Hunter, and G. V. Dull, JnoA. Dull and L. J. Conrad, were ' also enrolled; as at a future day they aim to make teaching their profession. There were four colored teachers in atten dance. ' '-'! ' The exercises consisted mainly in a review of the ' common school branches, together with normal "in struction by Prof. Butner, who made all these subjects as interbsting as a clear exhibition could render; them. The Institute closed August 27th, the teachers feeling' that 'they were much improved, as well' by the exer- eis Dy association tviid eacn ' l D. 'A. BlNKLEY. other. SILOS. Silos and ensilage are attracting attention in the Scotland neck sec tion. Capt. W. H. Kitchin and Mr. John C. Randolph : have1 built silos and intend to fill them with green forage. We: saw Mr. i Randolph's which was built on top of the ground with plank. The f building ' has double wails about four inches apart, the, space beingj filled ; with " earth closely packed; to setcclude the air. An ordinary roof is put on it, but between the eaves and the wall is-a space of about two feet left open for filling and for getting :outf ensilage. The ensilage is covered by boards laid flat upon JtantLthese boards are covered , with earth.., The silo is about 13 by 16 feet ' and dicT not cost, including the lumber,, more than sixty dollars. The expense would be repaid ' in. one winter' by the improvement in stock and the increased quantity of milk and but- ter.itoanouej'ews. i TRANSPLANTING TREES. In setting put, young trees from the nursery tq jthe orehar.d, we have; always found them in bet condition if dug i n autuin n, careful ly heeled for winter, and ' set out; in spring, 4 , In heeling them f.in,1 it is important, and in fact absolutely essontial, to do the work in the;best manner, ?.al- lowing no ihtertics io remai n a mong the. roots, by compactly .applying fine mellow, earth, banking j the oil part ly up. to the sie,msffor,l additional protection, and selectinga 'well drain ed, sheltered place. "I If.. the .whole 1 , No. 31. are surrounded with a ridge of. smoothly beaten earth, the mice will : be excluded from them, as those' an-: imals - will not ascend steep :: ami' smooth earth under snow.- ; When the trees are carefully taken -out in the spring, small j white fibers; may be seen protruding frohi the cut ends and 1 as these need not! bo'. di?-' tnrbed, they will be ready to 'aid in ; immediate ' growth. Btit when the '1 trees are dug from the nursery rows' ' in the-spring,1 the roots being more or , less cut or broken after the move- iimnt, for .growth" has : commenced, ; somo , check is necessarily!! given tO them, (; .ft;-- i !' ' . It willjbe observed that there are f three requisites for the best; success in' the course we have recommended, ' namely -lifting in ? autumn, 'careful heeling in and setting out ius spring: It is true that they may he ; set - out i in autumn immediately after digging ; but.in this jcase they will Jbe liablo t to be injured by winter, being fully exposed .to the winds;. and they will be liable to additional; injury,' -after 1 starting to grow,, from the .hard crust of earth formed by longet- i tling, if allowed to remain utibroken around them. These objections, how ever, are at least, partly; removed if i the trees are set in a sheltered place, ? and the soil kept well pulverized 1 during the following spring: V- ; ' Many planters find that spring-set trees do better than those trans- : planted in autumn, simply because the operation mellows the soil about them just as growth is commencing , and this is better than the hard un broken crust which has! been form ing since the previous autumini;; . , , ; The. different operations in trans planting may, bo n carelessly and '? niperficially performed; and the trees i 5 may die, or make little growth, for instance they may be --carelessly iug up, , with short stumps of the mutilated roots; theT may bo heeled in; a ; mass,, the lumpy earth ? being carelessly thrown : on v their i. roots,' interstices left all through them., which the mice easily it penetrate, ; and the admitted air being.-allowed. to dry. the roots and skill the i-trees. The same general principles will apply to the bushes of the raspberry," blackberry , and currant; but. th 3 managem en t may be varied $ by set-. ting out at once, if sufficient protec- -tion! is given them, asiithe-nyoung plants, being cut back to afew inches are less exposed .to winter i winds, : and such plants as young raspberries may be well protected . witbi a . fork- ful or two of manure placed - over each. one.,. . ;,.m , hi- We have not given strawberries a series of trials under . suitable management, to lay down rules, but ' we. observe a statement of-Siimuel Miller, of Mississippi,' that, his straw berry plants taken up in the fall, carefully .heeled in, protected during winter,, and set out in .spring, were farther. advanced and set more fruit than those taken up .in the .springs J The, heeled in plants had.Va Jiice set .)f (new roots started which went right ahead." But it should not t be forgotten that without. .full. protecv tion, y i th access of the covered plants at the', same, time to air, the experi-, ment will be a failure. Country Gen tleman. . FINE TOBACCO. We, were ? shown , this morning some very fine tobacco, which ,i was , raised by Mr. A. McFayden, on .his , plantation on the Cape Pear river jn: . Bladen f, coun tyi It : was what is : known as the Oronoco White Stem '1 Golden Leaf, and the.; leaves? of the i !! i samples f . we sawowere, about ? two J reel long ana one jopi wiue in ;xneir widest part.- , We are informed; that, the tobacco in Mr. McFayden'a field will, aemget froin five to ..six; leet hiich Itis his first, attempt at the cultivation : of , tliOiiplant,r but the ; samples shown us-7-which were taki n permisfmously. from the "field-rgive 4 him, so much encouragement that he propjses to greatly, enlarge his acre-, age; in tobacco culture next 1 year.-r-Wilmington Review -v.f :.. . l' ' - . 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