HC PECISEni3IE FMHIEE: SEFTE1IBER 6 18S8 8 OONOLUDED FROM PAGE 1 the negroes more permanent in their homes. Wandering laborers, with no ties to bind them to . any locality, are deprived of those high incentives which make enterprising and industrious citi zens. They should be furnished with comfortable houses, in which they may board themselves, have their own gar dens, their own milch cows, a beehive or two, and Buch comforts as laboring men feel that they ought to have. They will then know that they reap the full measure of their labor, and that their superior skill and industry will be re warded by increased enjoyments and comforts. 2. As the introduction of machinery into the operations of the farm is be coming more general each year, so a larger degree of intelligence is con stantly demanded. The senseless ex ercise of muscle cannot compete with the precision and intelligent action of machinery, Each succeeding year will show a diminished demand for ignorant labor and an increased inquiry for skilled labor. The highest interest of the South, then, demands a recog nition of this fact, and the adoption of measures by which the laborers may be instructed in the highest require ments of the farm, for all the experi ence of this country goes to prove that it is more economical to employ intel ligent labor to direct machinery than to employ ignorant and dispense with machinery. The production of cotton since the invention of the cotton gin, the increased production of wheat since the invention of the reaper and thresher are cases in point; and so far from ma chinery reducing the average price of labor, the producing power of a day's labor is greater now than it ever has been, employment is more constant, sales of agricultural products more certain, and a gradual elevation of the laborer in the scale of dignity and in telligence more decided. 3. No labor can be made permanent ly profitable that is not contented. Whatever, then, is done to make the laborer contented and happy is equally conducive to the interest of his em ployer. For this reason I think every large employer should have a school house erected on his farm, so that the children may be instructed in the ele ments of "virtue, learning and science." Apart from the happiness which it gives the parents, it fits the children for the more intelligent labor demanded by the advance of a true civilization. The largest profit ever paid by any cot ton factory in the South was paid in Georgia, where the stockholders not only furnished complete homes for their employees, but kept a teacher constantly employed for the instruc tion of their children. The operatives considered it a rare privilege to be em ployed there, and the owners of the factory were never troubled with "strikes," dissatisfaction or a scarcity of labor. Some regard ought also to be had to the negro's capacity for enjoyments. All nationalities have their special pleasures. The Germans, for example, Jiave their beer gardens ; the Irish their wakes; the French, their soirees; the Spaniards, their fandangos; and if the months of age dressed on an average negro shows a predilection for "big 800 to 375 pounds. For the pork packer jneetirgs," loud prayers and doleful this tendency to large growth ia a very Bongs, it must be sat down as one of desirable quality, but the Jersey red, his "peculiar" pleasures, to which he while possessing a most vigorous con has a right by nature and a desire by stitution, is coarse and rough and is instinct. Let him enjoy them; nay, not so well suited for family use as the let him be assisted in enjoying them, if Berkshire or Essex, it will make him a more effective, re- The Eksex breed, a few years since, liable and honest laborer, was very popular in some localities in 4. The confidence of the negro must the 8outh, but it is not a prolific breed be secured, and he must be made mor ant does not seem to possess the eame ally certain that he will get the full hardy constitution that the Berkshire value of all his labor, and that he has and Jersey red have. The character a right to spend it in any manner that iatics of the Essex is pure black in color, he pleases. He may need advice, but dished face, small ears, broad between advice should not be forced upon him. the eyes, with a body of medium vvnen ne is nrmiy convinced mat ms i employer is looking to his interest, he will not be tardy in seeking and follow- ing his advice. A laborer should be paid, also, in proportion to his real value. The habit of having a fixed rate of compensation for grown men or women, and so much for boys or I girls of equal age, is discouraging to I to those who wish to excel by the I quality ana quantity or their work. It retards progress in the right direction, It stretches all upon a Procrustean bed, cuts down gooa qualities ana elevates bad ones to the same level. I 5. The most liberal rates should be I paid for labor. The best interests of I the farmer require this. In this man- ner he may always secure as many laboreis as ne wisnes on his larm, and do awe to secure tne Dest. Knowing that they are receiving the highest wages, they are not so easy to take offense, and "quit," but are willing, in puahmg times, to move forward with alacrity and a will which the poorly paid laborer never feels. More satis faction is felt, and greater energy secured and developed in the manage - meat of the f arm. e. xne employer Bnouia ne Kina, aau net with impartiality and justice to-1 taia is an American breed that origi wards hia employees. Fretting andjnated in the Miami valley by the cross- fault finding, persisted in, will ruin the best set of farm laborers in the worm. Rules should be reasonable, but rigidly enforced. Too many orders should not be given at once. The farm should be supervised by the owner, and the laborer should be made to feel his re tmrmaihilitv for faithful work. Occa- "f j - sional holidays should be given, and for good and faithful service, well and truly performed, a Christmas present or New Year's gift would be no bad in vestment. It is not the value of the trif t in whifth its efficacv consists. It is the manifestation of good feeling, the sympathetic link that unites the superior to the inferior; it is en evi dence of kindly regard that is always appreciated by the most ignorant. One of the most intelligent business men in the South, who employs Irish servants, when on a visit to Borne had a number of beads consecrated by the Pope, and the distribution of these among his house servants has made the bond of attachment between himself and them indissoluble. All admirers of Sir Wal ter Scott remember how proud his old servant was made by a gift bought for, him in Paris by Sir Walter. "It is not the gift," said the servant, 4 'that I prize so much, but that the laird should think of me so far from home." Thus let the negro become identified with and attached to the soil upon which he lives, and he himself, the land owner anp the country will all be advanced by his labor. J. B. Kille brew, in Southern Farm Magazine. FAVORITE HOGS OF THE SOUTH. Col. J. B. Killebrew, in his article in the Southern Farm Magazine, says: In some localities the Jersey red is a favorite breed with the farmers on ac count of its heavy weights and . its great healthfulness. The males are active and vigorous and the sows pro lific, but the very vigor and activity of the males make it a difficult matter to confine them within enclosures. The writer has seen the males of this breed climb fences with apparently as much ease as a dog. The pigs grow with great rapidity and often attain a weight of 130 to 110 pounds at the age of four months. The Jersey reds have a thick coat of fine reddish hair, which is often woolly next to the skin, making it much more tedious to drees them when butchered than the Berkshire. They have long pendent ears, broad faces and broad, straight backs. The hams are comparatively small, but the mid- dling8 large. They are good lard pro ducers. One report from a Jersey farmer states that 463 head of this breed slaughtered through a period of sixteen years at an average of twenty one months averaged in weight 533 pounds. Pigs slaughtered at nine 'eugvu. iqo uonea or. me nsex are small, the hair fine and soft, but very thin on the body in Southern latitude?, Sometimes they appear almost hair less, with soft, black hides They are good grazers and live well upon clover and the grasses and n quire but a small feed of corn to keep them in good con dition. Like the Berkshires, they ma ture early. They are very docile. Mr. Josepn Harris says: "Those farmers who have plenty of clover could not do a more profitable thing than to keep piency or .Essex swine. In sections liable to visitation of hog cholera my plan would be to keep Essex and their grades and feed them largely on grass I am confident we could raise healthier, I better and cheaper hogs by the intro I auction of more Esex blood and by J ieeamg more grass and clover. The I subject is one of national importance." I Mr. Harris says further that no hog I cholera or similar disease has ever affected hia herd, and he attributes the healthfulness of his hogs to the fact tnat tney are summered on grass. - vuina Dreea Rppmo at. 1 present to be running a good second in I popularity to the Berkshire in the i wumem estates. It is claimed that LIVESTOCK ing of several distinct breeds with a view of reaching a comDinauon ot early maturity with great fattening capacity and large size. The foland riMna is Mack in color, with white epoti irregularly interspersed over the body. They are lazy in aeir uauiu?, rarely walking about after being lea Nor are they noted for their symmetry of form, being squabby in appearance, with large, pendulous ears. They are probably thojbest of all breeds for con verting corn rapiaiy into meat ana lard, as they waste no flesh by the ex ertion of their bodies. At the age of ten months they will sometimes dre33 350 pounds. Such hogs are not desir able for family usa, and their tendency to grow into great "shapeless obesi ties," while it makes them popular with the lard producers, at the same time makes them undesirable with the bacon men. Mr. Garth, near Hunts- ville, Ala., writes that he killed a lot of Poland China pigs that at less than twelve months old weighed from 225 to 285 pounds. They were mainly raised upon the clover field. Chester whites were tried in the South, but they did not appear to thrive in the climate. Indeed, no white hog has ever been long popular with South ern farmers. The Chester whites, how ever, mature early and often weigh from 175 to 200 pounds at six months old. These hogs are regarded as rather a fancy. breed in the South, and while they are gentle and easily kept and fattened, they cannot bear rough usage. They are good mothers and prolific, but in strength of constitution they do not seem equal to some other breeds. A new breed recently introduced in the South, called the Thin Hind, is de servedly popular for family use, be cause of the tendency of these hogs to make "marble meat" or a "streak of lean and a streak of fat." The best breakfast bacon is said to be made from the sides of these hogs. In color they are black, but white belted about the shoulders. They are tall and thin, mature early and have a greater pro portion of lean meat in the "middlings" than other breeds. It is probable that this breed will come more and more into popularity as the fondness for breakfast bacon grows. FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH HOGS AND CHICKENS. These tests are recorded in bulletin 71 of Indiana station. The hog feed ing test was to compare a mixed ration of corn meal and wheat shorts with a ration of corn meal alone. The pigs used were six sows, 5 months old at the beginning of the ex periment. They were divided as evenly as possible into two lots of three each. The pixs were high grade Chester Whites, and were bred on the station farm. Taose receiving the mixed ration are designated as lot 1, and those receiving corn meal alone as lot 2. Lot 1 consumed 1.436 pounds of feed, coating $9 70, and gained 353$ pounds, at an expense of $2 74 per 100 pounds. Lot 2 consumed 1,413 pounds of meal, coating $9 18, and gained 326$ pounds, at an t xpense of $2 80 per 100 pounds. Lot 1 always seemed to eat with greater relish than lot 2. As these sows were of breeding age, they f n quently came in heat, and the record ot daily weighings was watched to fee if this condition checked their rate of gain in weight, but contrary to the general opinion in such cases, not the slightest check was noticed at any time. The chicken feeding test was to de termine the value of ekimmilk for poultry. As milk io not supplied to poultry by nature, it has been con tended by some writers that it is use less for poultry. Twenty young chickens of various Bize3 were used ten Plymouth Kocks and ten Houdans. They were divided into two lots as nearly equ il a3 pos sible, each lot containing five of each breed. Bjth lots were fed and treated just alike, except that lot 2 received all tie skim milk they would drink. Both lots had all they would eat of a mixture of crushed corn, ground oats and wheat bran, and both had free access to wate. The experiment extended from July 18 to September 5 Lot 1 gained 27 pounds and lot 2 39 Following are the conclusions reached: 1. If skimmilk be added to the ration fed to young chickens it will increase the consumption of the other foods given. 2. The great increase in average gain was coincident with the periods when the greatest amount of skimmilk was consumed. 3. Skimmilk is especially valuable as a food for young chickens during the hot, dry weather, and becomes of less importance as the chicken grows older and the weather becomes cooler. Experimental Happinenss. They say that money does not bring happi ness. -This is an experiment, which every one wishes to try for himself. Tit Bits. SUGGESTIONS FOR FARMERS. Dr. Harvey, one of the examining surgeons of the United States, in re cent paper, explains the grounds for the rejection of so many volunteers. One of the chief defects, we are told, was a failure in chest expansion among the volunteers from the faim. "These farmer boys were strong of limb; but so long had they bent to their task that their lung power had been im paired." The following suggestions for ihu improvement of the physical man are made by Dr. Harvey : First Look out for the eyes of the young, ana do careiui mat mey are not allowed to overwork or strain them. Second Let the young farmer boys, otherwise vigorous and strong, beware of the contraction of their chests and lungs. They ought to try setting up exercises as a regular routine. Third Bicycle riders ought to be ware of scorching and racing and of the long and tedious rides across coun try. Bide m moderation. Fourth Take csre of the teeth, and look after them early and persistently. They affect the entire system. Commenting on these statements Homo and Farm also gives some good advice: These wise suggestions from one of the ablest medical practitioners in the country should not be lightly brushed aside or forgotten. On the contrary, they should be put into general effect at once. Americans are too prone to neglect the laws of health and they need sadly to amend this character istic. The American farmer gives himself too little recreation. Change of pos ture, change of occupation recreates the power of the individual. Excessive physical labor is the bane of the farm. Men and women should take better care of themselves that they may bet ter care for their children. We know the first ot j action: "We cannot afford it." But men and wo men, can you afford to neglect your selves, your health, anything that in creases the vigor of the body and mind? It is the man on the farm after all that wins the victory as it was the man be hind the guns on the American ships. An overtaxed mother, an overtaxed father does not get from the land all that is in it, and cannot make cf the children what they should be. Your horses and cattle are not neg lected; your corn field, your cotton lands are not neglected. Do not neg lect yourselves. Save labor by fore thought, by labor saving implements, by limiting the work to the strength of body and soul. Take a day eff occa sionally. Walk erect. Look up to the blue sky as well as down to the fur rowed field. Eacourage the sports of the young. Teach them to ride well, to walk erecs, to see victory through sorrow, and to look to the hills whence cometh our strength, remembering that the body is more than raiment. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positire cure known to the med ical fraternity. Catarrh beinfr a constitutional disease, require a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces or the system, thereby destroying the foundation f the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have bo much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it xaiis to cure, eena tor list 01 lesumomais. - ; . Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.O. JE3- Sold by Druggists, 75c. For many o our subscribers we have made sacrifices by waiting until fall for money due on subscription. Now, of these and others we have a re quest to make. It is this: When you finish reading this paper pass it on to a neighbor who does not take it. Ask him to read it and then give it a trial. Don't forget to call his attention to our 25 and 50 cent offers. NO BETTER MEDIUM IN THE SOUTH. Adrian, Mich.. March 4th, 1898. Progreisive Farmer, Raleigh N. 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