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HE iPKOXJEBSSrVE' K.VRMKH, JUNK 2, 4 71 xmMj L. ,L. POLK, -f - - editor. P. F. DUFFY, -y- "Associate Editor. - " JOHN E. RAtf, Business; Manager. Rafeigh, N. C. - ' . SUBSCRIPTION: 2.00 FOR Ofk YEAR. $1.00 FOR MONTHS . . - . ' i POST-PAID. Invariably in Advance. - Special dnd Liberal Bates to Clubs. Subscribers will be notified two weeks before their time expires, and if they do not renew, the paper will stopped promptly. Active agents wanted in every county, city, toyn and village in the State. Write for terms. , Money at our risk, if sent by registered letter or money order. - - : Advertising Rates quoted on application. . , On all business matters relating to the paper, Address ' JOHN E. RAY, Raleigh, N. C. k" - To Correspondents , Write all communications,- designed for publica tion, on one side of the paper only." ' " " We want intelligent correspondents : In--, every County in the. State. We want facts of value, re sults accomplished of value, experiences of" value, plainly and briefly told. One solid,; demonstrated fact, is worth a thousand theories. Address all communication to The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. C. RALEIGH, N. 0., JUNE 2, 1387. This paper entered as second-class matte? at the Post Office in Raleigh N. IX ENDORSED BY THE CONVEN TION. ' The following resolution was passed by the Farmers' Mass Convention in Raleigh, January 26th, 1887: ' Besotted, That The Progressive Farmer, pub- the Official Organ of the North Carolina Farmers'. Association, and that its Editor, L. L. Polk, be ad mitted to the privileges of the floor as an honorary . 1 M -L 7 ii - - memoer 01 uub Vonvenuon. - ' ' PWe ask every Grange and Farm- ers uiuD in tne estate to sena us ai once, the number of members in tne organiza tion, together, with the name and post- office address of each officer. PLEASE NOTICE. In writing to this office ' to change the address of a paper, our subscribers will do us a favor by stating the .office at which the paper is received, as well as the one "to which it is desired to be sent.' Failure to do this puts us to a great deal of trouble and the necessity of going through a long 4ist of names, involving not only much ;,work, but much loss of time, when time is valuable. " SUBSCRIBERS, READ THIS; Is there a Cross. Mark on the margin of your paper ? We adopt this as the 'simp---lest and easiest method -of informing tir patrons that their terms of subscription. nave expired, ana mat tne paper wm oe stopped if we do not hearfpora-yeuVVe know "times are hafa on every "body, and especialry is this true of newspapers;- andr particularly agri cultural papers But we must help each other asst we can. If, therefore, you are not prepared to renew for the whole yeaif renew for a part of the time, ana tniywin enaoia vou to nave time to up a club, for which you will get thejpaper one year free of charge. So if see the Cross :Mark, let us hear! f rom OUR AGRICULTURAL AND CHANICAL COLLEiGEyr v v " " ' A - The Agriou College, established by the last Legist Iature,.is in ratlieraf bad .way. The trustees, it seems,Wre "not agreed as to whether they shall " attempt to' 'build now or awaitior additional,- funds J .The friends oi the pniversity are, inj Ihe meantime, zealously on the out look, and between the factions it now looks as though the Agricultural and Mechanical College is to be slighted "m the house of its friends."-- TJnioji -Republican. ' 7 " Our worthy contemporary seems toi have fallen into error in regar$, to thej Istatus of this institution. Atiaineetd ing of the board of . trustee3:'itfr.Atpiil ('last,- at which mere oresehtafotirteen? - of its sixteen membersnt was deciHeH, jj. uuu uuauiiuousiy, . witii; yeraiaiy noii more than one dissentmg.-vpiqe .thatj the work1 of ; establishing;; the ; -doBegcl :should be Wgurf:at once "There is lio! 'hesitation, no f altering," "no apatHy on! the part., of, the tstees, -but ihey," ;cided with smgular.vu " ipeed to the.'work at once and appointed executive -committee to carry, ot the. wishes and views of the board, and? that committee. has gone to work act4 lively and -vjgorously and hopefully True, Mr. H. Fries, Ja member of .the board,' has expressed opposition to. f beginning" the wbrk: on the ; ground "that jn his judgment, not a sufficient , amount of , money is t present 'avail able to justify it, but as we under stand him he is not "opposed to the en--terprise. As to the attitude of " the -friends of " the University " towards -Xhe:Qoilege : tov which our Icohiempo rary ref erspWeVhave it f rpirr the :pen oP the President rof the 'University himself that th'eyl have not and do not oppose the Aicnltural College. Remembering as we do most clearly, the speeches that were made' by Presi dent Batttle"'and others on'' the propo sition to transfer the Land Scrip Fund from thev University to the Agricul tural College, and the active efforts that ' were put forth to defeat the JirOositionV it is Ratifying to. be as sured ihat we misrepresented this ac tion and. thatr there now appears to be no outspoken opposition to the insti- tion: - .JTo, the Agricultural College is not ff in a bad w?vy, " nor wiil it be " slaughtered in the house of its friend9.i' - It.hasi.come to stay. jThe farmers &i .North Carolina afctd their boyg wl see to that. I justice, "hpweyer; to jitetftrmers ,hd iriends of the Agricultural Coljege throughouVthe Stater and especially; to those jrbo composed the convention of January 26th demands that we should notice briefly some remarks made in a recent discussion of this subject in the News and Observer be tween Hon. E. G. Reade and Dr. Battle. Judge Reade in a reply to an article of Mr. H. E. Fries on this Subject made an allusion to the Uni versity to which Dr. Battle makes re ply, in which he complains that the $125,000 Land Srip Fund was taken from the University, and that when asked to replace it " it was refused. In his second article he refers to this fund as a part of the " endowment " of the University. "We respectfully submit that this presentation oi the case does greatinjustice by implica tion at least rib the farmers aniLother friendsfthiTAimcultural College. i ' t ip'well known' that the Progres- sivrFarmer from its very first issue, claimed 'that this fund belonged Jo the industrial classes of our . State, by and tmderjhe Act of (?aw which donated itthat we regardeS it! "simply "in" the character' of a generous loan to the University that it was in no sense an " endowment n ,and that we claimed and urged its transfer to the Agricul tural College as a matter of sixhple justice to our industrial classes,, because the time had arrived when they needed it and because it belonged to them. They had paid on this fund $90,000 interest to- the Universitv and had done it practically ' and uncomnlainl ingly. It was their ;. f undand they needed "iraifdthey"claimed it as their own, and not with, the view of damag-, ing the University in any sense. ' This paper persistently-disavowed any such; purpose 'or desire. This disavowal was' made repeatedly and in the most emphatic manner in the Farmers' Con ventibn. Xt was made in some resolves; which were sent to the Legislature itj was repeated - time and again in. the speeches of. members of the Cpnyen-: tion. ; One- oi them -in reply to the charge thatwe ' were . making war on he hivferSt;'ahd aj4 fiteoy'sajLi;: 3ir,r. this isfjetadyi flfevbltrtionists dTheyare'elaw:-abid-! ;ihg loPitizens7Md there hbtia mn, m this tonVjentibh "1vhbV will hot jom me in-. the rWli. ,an the -prayer thalbur University ,my ise higher "eminence when i wlITSe justly recog-i nized as u;e peer ot any similar msti tulic jtmsbroad lan(j";and the B6atimjent was most heartily applauded j .Andwhat ? af e thev ;facts of record aa to'tajg'iaway'-this'' fund," which Dri Battle seems to. regard as an cc endow 4 ment " fundnd which was refused " to be , replaced ? ; The facts' are that the funds of the Agricultural College voted in the Legislature for the Uhi versity to retain its - appropriation of $20,000 and to continue' to use the interest on the Land Scrip Fund, $7,500, until the first of June, 1888, or until the Agricultural : College should call for it. "We assert that no line appeared in the columns ot this paper -no action, was taken by tte, Convention nor :any member of it, toNwaprant -v the s intima tion that the : f rieiSls of 4-he Agricul tural College wererompted by feel ings of hostility to the University, or even indifference to its success, and any such intimation is as uncalled for as it is unjust: " "' 1 "' ' 1 ": The 'action bf that ' Convention' was in .every way highly honorable, and its bearing ...towards the" .University was generous as well as just. It did nothing .to be ashamed of, or tQ-regret. It called the Agricultural College into being, and the1 people of the State will stand loyally by it. There should be no conflict between the College and the University, but there should be the most' cordial (gopd? Jepling and harmony ..between tjiei and we be lieve . thajb the very 8 bt friends ot these institutions ara those who will do most to foster and perpetuate that good feeling and harmony, and to cement them together in. the great and grand work of educating the young men of the State. They have each its peculiar sphere of labor in this great field : let each cultivat for the diemitv. rierhts and characte of the other, and all will be well. UNIVERSITIES AND AGRICUL TURAL COLLEGES. (CY President Battle came forward in two letters in the News and Observer as not been throwri aerainst the Aeni cultural College-AyThe people will be giaa to near ivnot Decause tney nave any fear fothe College, but because they think that the influence of a great. State University should be cast for every improvement in State education. n this connection we taote the exam pleof President Robinson, of Brown University, Rhode Island, which is a purery literary institution like our University and bas "enjoyed the in comelfrom tire latid;-1scpp''fund. ' -"The4 farmers are not numerous" in Rhode islan, and haye little political influ ence, but when,they came forward the otherday, andjasked .to, have; a ;true f armrs' . college separate . from the State: .University,-; President Robin son at once declared that he would help them get it. . He announces him selr very friendly to the move in favor oi a btate Agncuiturai, school ana ex-. periment station, and at the next meet ing of the trustees ; he proposes to. bring up the matter and : Have a'cbm mittee appointed to co-operate with the farmers' committee appointed by the-Legislature. Dr. - Robinson v says,' jthat while BrbwnUniyersity has, done everything the law asked of it, and could retain the agricultural college funds if it thought best' he knows that the money is not -being used for the purpose it was intended fand favors turning the whole inconje over to an agricultural school, if one can be estab lished in a proper manner. v ; ' s. "We say, all honor to j?resident.Rob: inson 1 U . He ;can see and - do the. -just .thing efvetf-when it is against his own1 inteVests. 7 Do'hig cordialiy the vfaaf thing is all hat was.xcted' Of liimj that. Jie should- cry. Id& Zfyiumphe wa$ not expectecbii ,.c - t Sit- -"The' cultoait college question will'.be one' of : the'tnain issues before the;NewMaihie Leglslaturb wnfcA convenes June ll so far as tho?armer are' f concerned. Dartmouth Colleger . wauta . iu, pstaiii ,tne c.agriQuj.tujrai coin wants . to,, retain .tne ? agncuiturai coin lege fund and the agriculturaV college -lvil -sj-iP-iii t .J-xyi!Lii . v; in cohhectidri with: its institution at fianover!;.aiid fwai'TOmhSiwitE the sanS e the govetriimerist experiment stationunder the . Hatch act: jVThe f arrhersf the: r State, noever,ys;o far as lean be' judged by ah intelligent canj yass, favor establishing the college oh an independent basis, with the experi- Homestead. : "' Ji - ; - ; The question of '.the separation of land scrip fund from the old-fashibnedi literary colleges and universities is oc cupying the attention of the people wherever the inistake was made. Sep? arate agricultural colleges, true' f arm- ers colleges, are; -the. Remand pi th hour. . : . , r s : V v.- -.' The fight isSgoing Aead; all along the line. :The fa?mrs ot umoare ue manding that'theifcolges be separate from the Statb University at Colum bus, whicb" has smothered it for twenty-five ybarfe: ? Thely 'are - agitating th sanie' qttestion in Rhode - Island, Con necticut, Eolith. (Carolina, Florida arid ther States: ' "The "farmers of Florida are demanding an appropriation of $25,0 00 for their agricultural college from their legislature now in session. They lso .demand that an experiment station be .established. . 'fc j THE INTER-STTE COMMERCE : . (c) ' 1 No rational man eould reasonably have expebted that the Inter sjtate Com merce iawwoujjd jhye niert and adjust ed all the intricate arid complicated conditionattending , Jhe vast system of transpoiWionoi this great country, ' and without &Jar- It was to be ex pected that both, the people and the transportation coriapanies would find something of which to complain, or at least to discover defects in the law. And it was also to be expected that, deemed detrimental to their inter- ts, the transportation companies wpuld continue that opposition to it, which kept it on the calendar in Con gress for eiht long years. But we deprecate that spirit which seems de termined to render the law odious to the people before it has had a trial. "We deprecate it because the enactment and enforcement of some law for reg ulating commence between the States is absolutely necessary and is inevita ble. It should be based on principles of equity and justice, and if the pres ent law is wanting in these great prin ciples, it can be so shaped as to em brace them. But how .is the public mind 'to be, satisfied that it is not al ready in this shape.?. Simply and only by an honest effprt to meet its -tie mands xirid requirements.; ' - It it shall show by an honest, fair and faithful enforcement iihat it-works unjustly, then let it be amended. "vThenlve consider the magnitude and complicated 'character of the mighty interests involved under this law, it would have been a miraculous achievement in, legislative labor, if the law ha4 been perfect. And we repeat, that a law to. meet the conditions for which this was intended, is - inevitable, and if this one be defective, we.believe. that all : the great interests involved, would be more equitably and justly subserved : in an Koriest arid hariribrii bus' ejffort to remedy its defects than tp establish and 'enforce , $ne' which may be the product of embittered feel ing. Suppose the commissioners should suspend the fourth'' section of the law and thus render the act mill and void. Does, any sane .man suppose for a mo ment that the. people. of -this .country would abandon the; idea? the r.rapidly grdwingsidea, that: the -best interest of the cbdntry demahd' the enactihent oi an t hter-State Commerce law TAs airierid to raflroaaSando all ofir othei great interests, we say, let thfflaw Ibi subjected ;'-laiyifPlt-ai fH6iiest 'a'hd faithful entbrcement CTPBOGBaElT15 3P,AB3fEB. il A' CHEERFUL LETTER: FRGM A oSUCCESSFUL FARMER;. i :Jti:r.-.ri'- Deep Springs IVrm, ' , . : w--i ' W' v 1 kl " -U.W .5 even Tincr. and this mrirfimcr 1 as. Tt W tha mg; and 'this mornirig'as Iit by the door and look out upori' the "broad .fields o' living, green, first the lawn and hen:the wheat, . the rye, the grass andj clover with ore .piece half mown, the.slwcs of , hay standing thick in theiieldj'the orchard and the , dark, green forest as a back-ground, presents a beautiful jpicture; indeed. ' ' I will tell you 'how: I5 make hay. Start the mower as soon as the dew is off, when it looks as if it will be fair weather, mow until the dinner bell rings, feed and rest an hour and a half. then start the mower ' again. At . 4 o'clock I start the rake, commencing where the mower started in the morn ing., . Rake up and wind row all - that is mowed before, 4 o'clock, (Mt w v mowex xxecp vu,imiu llgnt). I then go with rake and pile wind rows as weu .as j. can anu rpuna them ud wjj uxexu wiiLi ua-ioris: ior the nio-ht 1$ext day at 10 a. mVt open shocks an juaui tuciii up in tut; evening. Rake up and shock what ; was mowed the everiirig before. Only mow in even ing so mat you neea not rake it Un until next day. My clover and oin chard grass are old enough now T ,u not UKeior it lu get ioo oia. The wheat is fine in this section of Rockinghani. ' There will not be over half a crop of tobacco planted nor half as much guarib used. . 'With high, regards, your friend, T. B. Lindsay. For The Progressive Farsfp GYP3UM . QR ; I, AND-PLASTER ' - . I have seen but little in your paper of the use and effects of ground gyp. sum or land-plaster.' It is, in the opin ion afthis writer, one of. the cheapest fertilizers in use tftpugh it may not effect-all soils alikei5 -1 would be glad to hear of its results" in different sec tions, of North Carolina. It is exten sively used in Virginia and Tennessee. Its application is felt directly but by one crop clover but its benefits are almost as great upon the succeeding wheat crop. Let me. give an instance occurring under my own observation: My neighbor, Mr. S., rented to one of his tenants, to" be sowed in wheat, four acres of land,' from which the corn had just been gathered, yield of wheat crop eleven bushels. Mr. S. the suc ceeding fall sowed the same ground again in wheat, having prepared the land well yield of crop sixteen bush els. Clover was sown in the spring before the wheat was cut, and a fair stand obtained. The second year after the clover was. started, Mr. S. gave it a liberal dressing, of plaster and reaped an immense crop; When the second crop of clover began its growth, an other dressing of plaster was applied, the crop turned under early in the fall, and the ground seeded , to wheat yield of crop, 125 bushels. The first two wheat crops show the natural sterility of the land, the last, the effect of the clover arid plaster. A 'fliberal" dressing" 'of . plaster is 200 pounds per acre.5" Cost from $1.50 ' to $ 1 . 75. - It should be fresh from the mills. - Is any . method : of fertilizing cheaper or more profitable ? I have heard of .instances where its application was said to have little .ef fect, but certainly n this Yadkin Val ley section, its result is sure. , ; ; Y. v. WHEN TO CUT CLOVER. A piece of especially uniform clover at the Pennsylvania agricultural col lage, was cut June 21, when the clo ver heads were in bloom. A sim ilar area on the -sariae piece was cut Jnly 3' when some Of the heads were dead, and the balance was cut July 19, when all the clover" heads were dead. The hay was reweighed afteir being in the bars ;fiyeor six ononths, when it was found that the. two earlier cuttings had shrunk about 43 per cent in weight, while the last cutting had shrunk only 25 der cent. The weight of the- dry per acre was 4210 lbs on the early cut, 4141 on trie, next lot and 3015 lbs. on that cut when the heads were all dead. The contents. of. the. crop are given m the following figures,' which show th& the youngest 'grass furnished the largest uantities:of the most valuable ingredients of cattle food: w -:nrl k; - U3j ?o'tine22.: July 3. : " . Lbs.. -.WW, Lbs. Yield bf dr eutistiifce m i - ""Ash," ' rt-'U. . -i-' 260 -t ' 226 -Der acre. ... 3680 au JSitioffenous matter. -sau. . Woody fiber. 1248 Starch, sugar. tc.i. "Vlie"1 106 . 1731. 1279 : loto Fata.. ; ,w &1 TKe" comoitrati -of the : clover hay a constant decrease in its-actual nutri-; .tive value, after -the grass has .passed theeriod of fullblopm, .The decree mhe,nitr6o"u part of'the fodder,, which is the most valuable portion, 1S' very marked The much lesi valuable woodv "fibre" mcreased in the late cut, at ' the expense of ' the starch and sugar. "RAorin tn fflit.inTOriiiRt; as the heads are blooming,: . so that , you will', get through with the. Jiarvest before the heads are dead. The bulk of the crop will thus.be secured in the 'best pos sible state. It is said that a good cure for cramps is to take a piece of unbleached cotton cloth that has never been wet, heat it well at the. fire and , wrap it close around the limb or- part affected, ana in a very short time the cramp will cease and will not "return as long as the cloth remains.