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IUi the Largest Circulation acd l the Oldest, Lrg ett, and only U Home-Priat Farm P.per in tntRi-h Firming "J Tmckitg mond. v - n&s the largest circulation of ax7 family fcgjricultB ral or political paper published between Rich mond and Atlanta TEE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUK PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY. No 3 Vol I4' RALEIGH, IT. C, FEBRUARY 28, 1899. nro p-'aJj&.sTriN tr oi trh tOiTS OiTnrnm jSgSkfuM TT)T iTTTTi ID) PUBLISHED WEEKLY "rhe date on your label tells you when your Ascription expires. Receipts for money on Stacrlptlon will be given In change of date on 1S If not properly changed In two weeks, notify us. and cheese) that are consumed annually make it all the more necessary that such foods should be pure and whole some. Qreat Britain is said to con sume annually 250,000,000 gallons of clover, cow peas, beans, vetches, etc., that draw the needed nitrogen from the air and consequently do not need a direct application of nitrogen to the soil. Hence, if plants of said family rot te verAiaiued at the rx- 5.209.125.567 gallons. BIS v .JTv' -nn-Hrta tr that. ff Art I industry and economy, any farmer can make some sort of a living, and at the same time improve his land. If he does not do this, o! course there can be but one end to the process, and that is the loss of the farm. And certainly it milk. The United States us:a vearlv be nroDerlv suDDliea with nhosphoric acid and Dotaah. a verv rank erowth would be infinitely better to stana con- - I ...... a 1 J The tact that man san contract tuber- can be BUDDlied. siderable hardship in the way 01 nam shOUla DB SCI! l. uiua moo i o-.v- . - - i -- I - . . I . . ... lfrti continuance of thesubMriptioa periled, and cui08jSf typhoid fever, Asiatic cholera, I will state here that phosphoric acid work and poor living, with a better niration c f Ms eubription. notice to that effect should be sent. Otherwise it is assumed that a continuance of the subscription is desired, and 5?i i -rftets must be paid when paper is ordered stopped- Money at our riek if sent by registered letter or money oraer. riea&e cum i en eium. Be sure to give both old and new addresses in ordering change of postoffl.ee. Basis of Advertising Rates: ten cents rer agate line. Liberal discounts for time and space. This Item Is marked to remind you that you shouid carefully examine ibis sample copy and endua tl for a year's subscription. Mll also send paier on trial o monins ior ww-w, 3 months for 25 cents. Or we will send roar paper free for one year if 5 ou will tend Ins $o in new subscriptions, or free six months for $3 In new subscriptions, at these rates. We want intelligent correspondents in every county in the State, We want tacts of value, results accomplished of value, experiences of vadue? plainly and briefly told. One solid, demonstrated r act. is worth a thousand theo ries. - The Editor, are rot responsible for the views of Correspondents. Thi Progresses Farmer is the Official Organ of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance. scarlet fever, diphtheria, infant intes- is usually supplied by acid phosphate, condition m view or tne ruture, man tinal diseases, and possibly malaria, known to the farmers as "acid," that to go on ma shirtless sort on asnionauu vnllnw ffiVAr And anthrax, bv Ronsum- kainit muritfl or sulnhatA of notash lose the farm and home in tne era. Xhey may be had from some parties here in Wake county. How is a queen introduced into a colony of blacks? Answer The A. B. C. of Bae Culture will tell you that. It would take a column of this paper to give all the methods. How many kinds of bees are there in this country f Answer The native blacks, the Car some grain added perhaps during the severe weather. The great cotton growing industry of the South is not up to date and has not done much for the people along this particular line. There is a by product, the cotton seed which is exceedingly valuable as a nutrient and mush good work is being done at the present time by scientists at the experiment stations in the South ern States to show farmers how valu- noleon, the Egyptian, the Cyprian, able cotton eeed is for feeding and ma ing infected milk makes it of vital im portance to the public that such a valuable food should be officially in spected, and every possible means should be used to keep dairy milk supplies the potash, and that nitrate of With such a soil improver as cow peas soda (Chili saltpetre) is the most con- at hand there is very little excuse in venient form for nitrogen. Kainit keeping farms poor. Ex. A. 1. I . l . FROM A PRACTICAL BEE-KEEPER contains about 12 per cent, of potash and about 33 per cent, of chlorine clean, pure and free from disease pro (common salt), which is of value in ducing germs. Numerous epidemics retaining moisture. of the above named infectious diseases Muriate and sulphate of potash con have been traced to an infected milk tain each about 50 supply. and can ba profitably employed in lieu It ia also essential that the inspectors of kainit, where freight is an or j 3Ct. prevent the use of pres2rvatives in I Now if a heavy crop of clover or dairy products, because such drugs I cow peas be turned under, at maturity are injurious to the human body, a bountiful supply of nitrogen will be Commercial preservatives are used by returned to the soil, and any crop re icrnorant or unscrupulous dairvmen ouirme a perfect fertilizer, such as C1 M - - - M. 9 A Talk on Bees for the tsenent oi ce- gicners . I nnnorano rf Th Progressive Farmer. per c mt. or potasa Home rew weess ago tnero oyyoo in your valuable paper a letter from Miss Myrtle Penny on the subject or It ap five banded Italian, the hybrid, etc;.. are all kept. What is the difference? Answer They differ in color, bz and honey gathering qualities. Could a person start on one or two colonies and increase his apiary to any desired siz3? Answer Yes, by judicious feeding and artificial swarming. What is artificial swarming? Answer Artificial swarming i3 the dividing of one colony into two by nurial purposes. The nitrogen content is greater than that of any of the grains; it is richer in nitrogenous mat ter than beans or peas, richer than gluten, meal or oil cake. The North ern feeder and the European feeder have been using this by product of the cotton fields with great advantage to them, while the loss of its fertilizing properties to the 8outh has been pro portionately great. Several very in teresting papers, notably one by'Prof. Hecker4 of the Minnesota Experiment J am ttanding now jtut behind the attain, and in full glow of the coming untet. Behind me are the shadows on and milk dealers in order to keep the milk sweet for a longer time. There may be no intentional wrong on the part of the milk vender. Ignorance and innocence may be excusable as that she had visited the great apiary of Mr. Doolittle, of New York, as the - ,KOQf nf, iiifhn-. mpii aftfir scenes she describes answer vcrjr them without tha application of any curately tne niatory ana prug j nitrogen, whatever to the soil. In this his great apiary and its origin as printed -ifi.no.on i-hih nnata about in his work on that subj9Ct. 1 nave three times as much as either of the been for several years engage 4u0 . . . a T t 1 Vicksburg convention Prof. Hutchin son, of the Mississippi Experiment Sta tion, had a paper showing the value of cotton seed compared with corn meal beef makmg. So that we are en- long as human life is not at stake; but other two element?, will be virtually largely in bee culture and saw very when human health is ruined and lives are sacrificed the law must come to the i? track, before me lies the dfrUfV reecue and protect public health. The tnd tne rxver. oit- ths 8tat0 or the Federal Govern i ivr!i in niLXL utuj iu - i ment performs no more important grown. PROOF THAT NITROGEN CAN BE VIR- nn look upon a country whose govern ment is of the people, for the people, sby the pecpU--L. L. Poli, July Sth, 1890. PRACTICAL FARM NOTES. function than that of preventing dis ease and protecting the health of its citizens. soon that she had caught on to a very prative vocation. I - J 1 14, i AVinf TUALLY grown have orten wonaerea way i wo "The day will come, if it ia not al- so few ladies take hold or a business bo ready here, when no farmer can afford easily handled and in which there are to buy nitrogen as a fertilizer. He such tempting rewards, it is a rare must raise it as he does other crops, by thing for a person to onca engage in means of clover, cow peas and other bee keeping pn the new and improved from a strong colony and put thog them in a new five, where they soon raise a qusen and become a new colony. Does the queen sting? Answer No. Do drones sting? Answer No. What is a drone? Answer A drone is the male bee. D P. Meacham, FROM A LADY BEE-KEEPER. Oorreepondence of the Progressive Farmer. I have kept bees in a email way about fifteen years. Have read Q linby on Bee keeping, Q linby revised by L on Q leen rearing, Written for The Progressive Farmer by tor, clothed with power to enforce his the Editors and Hsa. Guy E. tiitcnexi. mandates. -faapvonnoints on fruit grow- This inspection snouia begin wxtn "Wiu r Especially should every large town legumes."-Norman Robinson, in The methods and abandon it; there is some- Roott Henry Ally and city have a dairy and milk inspec Progressive Farmer of J one-7 A. 1898. thing so f ascinating about it, that the &nd ft great many 8C Prof. Robinson waa formerly State Chemist of Florida. Artificial fertilizers in the hands of an intelligent planter will not be used 8m aller works ; read more we handle the business the more thQ AmerCan Bee Journal several we like it, and strange to say, bee yeara And it i not afford but keepers soon learn to feel that they are Qne b)ok on beeSj that W0VL& ba the A. a kind of fraternity. r n nf Culture, bv A. I. Root. It in couraged to notice that the scientists of the 8outh appreciate the necessity of work being done along these lines to give information to Southern producers regarding the value of this , concen trated by-product of the cotton fields. natural advantages of the SOUTH. "The South has more marked ad vantages over the North with regard to production. It has more heat and moisture, the two great factors of pro duction, and if the cotton grower is to diverey hia crops, he must use those natural advantages. The dairy cow would succeed admirably in the 8outh ; so would the mutton sheep, but before The grower Suitable soil for kinds grown. A man adapted to the business, Fertile soil and clean culture. Productive and strong varieties. Careful handling and honest pack surroundings, cleanliness. and ventilation of the barns and dairy to permanent hniM.no. flhnnM hA irsnflMfid. and also All progressive -.ejw - the personal garb and habits of clean liness of the milkers. Next the water as this drainage thing should be directed with reference a horror of agriculture is because tne portan3Q that comes up is added oi- to permanent soil improvement. bees will sting. Well, this is a wise the tvoQ ja kept standing I write 1 "All progressive agricultural au thorities are now urging the use of sting, we would soon have no honey, progressive Farmer, should there be clover, cow peas and other similar for they would soon all be destroyed. any in nee 0f 8UCh books, and to those ing Novelties touched sparingly. - . . . i a m i hwa mv inriii noa 1 1 i w nvni. eupply ehoald bo looked alter, and the " ' TZ. l-ZZTL J.Th without t' . ! 1 u U t. t-A ,m I WI1BQ UCUCDBirVi WUU nuu DViu- auwnouw" w ,v- vnrpr impir Nnniiiu ijm LmLcu lxjm. ilu T. HV. & i W vw winters in. the South are mill ; 1 T V. provision of Providence; it bees did not the "reader8 o The "ZZZn7"tZ DVJWU iu uju mil Ca " j through the winter; upon them the dairy cow and the mutton sheep may .. .. ..I Kin nknanViqfoa rta t.Vio rml v nrArMrftl I tin? fltlintr - . . . i -1 a M Hn.Tin y n i 1 1 rr irao i r uia uuuciyuun-u, b.u w.w j o a Feeding the crops careru y ye, ----i plan of securing simultaneous soil and To thoae who would like to examine T: w,, - croo imnrovement."-Norman Robin- the subjat, we win answer a iew qa ties ana lonue peruiago ' :'.. - t, A.. I mrtv, fhft nnvim would no doubt t-- ,l--o 1a tn hfilD CUr fa aA fhP- anlifl SOU, in XUC iTf Ugreaaivu luia.aus. - we are & - vi - 7 . u 114.; q h 1898 like to ask and have answereu. farmer readers inanv way poss.be, These po Qt8 o take. .from , bulletm 9.0. what ehould . new be and we are pleased at tne manue. No. 97 ot the ajaoama wwu, - j he or 8ne propoaedto . Kn r maira oil I uuu . miv.v- - i " elf and appends the potash and phosphorb aaid from the keep bees for profit? SUDoOll UUU BLUlo kUCOO iuig f i their leaves, stems and root's, and erally, as a farmer feeds his anima.F. who do not wish to buy a book, I will answer any question on bees that I am able through this paper. S. A. P. THE SOUTHERN FARMER'S ADVANTAGES. ' u f.min, Artwlea a;- iman hnw to make all etc J araw nnrogea iruui iuo air tions Ot lnteresu - vuo -o towo uo u... in thi a nauer. Just now many reaiers these te3ts for hims seeem interested in bse keeping Two airy and milk inspection ordinance of brief articles on this subj ct are pub- tQ cty 0f Montgomery this paper, we liahed elsewhere in shall be glad to forward subscripts s to Gleanings in Bea Culture" at pub lisher's price, $1 per year. If you want it one year, send that sum to The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, N. O. We will also send "AB Oof Bee Cul tureto any address for $1 25. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR ONE DOLLAR. Answer Send to Tbe progressive Farmpr and cat A. I. ROOt 8 A. 15 U. rhpn thRPR decav in the toil this fertil- of Bee Culture, an up to date boo on itv is DUt where succeeding crops can the subject, which teaches all about the eet it. and at the same time the result- wortc. race, posipaiu, x o. iov ing humus puts the sou in tne nnest w careiuuy. How The Progressive Farmer Pays the mechanical condition." J. Linn Ladd, Well, what next? Farmers What a Farmer Says. Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer Secretary Wilson, of the U S Depart ment of Agriculture, Talks With our Special Washington Correspondent on this Subject Diversification and Edu cation the Hops of the South An In terview of More Than Ordinary In terest Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer. Washington, D. 0., Feb. 24, '99. In his recant visit South and attend at the Vicksburg Agricultural thrfve and produce." "Various forage crops can then ba grown successfully through the South generally, Mr. Secretary Mr. Wi'son was asked. "This was one of the first proposi tions to which I gave attention, and concerning which I made inquiry of Southern people. Alfalfa, Italian rye grass, rape, the clovers, vetches, etc., hava all been experimented with at the Mississippi Station, demonstrating that these things will grow, grow vigorous ly and furnish abundance of forage for domestic animals. At the present time, under the reign of cotton, one rides B iy City Texas, in The Progressive Answer-Then get a colony or two wnea hour by hour throughout the South Farmer o May 1Mb, 1898. of bees. If in old gums, transfer them XfS "es nothing - this kind growing. - . :...u 1 oM0 tVq .0, hixTAA in t.ho wftv to get a me verj iuoiuoua Thft wiii ernw. however, and when t v T -.1 XT 1 I . ... . I . m l 1 o Smk to r iJlLLStJUKU, uubuu w., i.. v., Mr. L,dd iS a DODUlar agricultural lO tne movaoie iramo wvw, u , ua .1a Ann whpn hfl - i i.imiim Liiri n hca uu vm w - - The Agricultural Department has been compiling some figures bearing yaia5iQ information by reading upon the cost of cotton proaucwou per Q Prcgre83ive Farmer, but by adopt- acre. The conclusions arnvea r mg maQy valuable suggestions made suit irom me report ui by the vari0U3 writers for your paper, sands Ot cotton pianiera. xuc j hQQQ enable t0 greatly improve of the inquiry snow inane my fttrm and stock, and by increased cost in ioo o. pruuuuiufe i -inland cotton was $15 42 It was found that the average number of pounds of lint produced per aire 255 6, and that the selling price was 6 7 cents per pound. The seed produced was 16 bushels, worth 119 cents. About 20 per cent, of the planters reporting etated a loss, resulting from drouths, etc Th03e who reported a profit in the raising of upland cotton produced an average of 275 pounds per acre, while those reporting a loss raised only 176 pounds per acre. To produce Sea Island cotton cost $21.95 per acre and the total return for lint and seed of this cotton was $23 65 The fact has been brought to light that cotton ia produced to a limited ex tent but at a high rate of profit, by means of irrigation in Western Texas and in the southwestern corner of Utah. In Texas, irrigation had the effect ot producing 512 pounds of lint per acre, which i3 293 pounds greater than the average for the whole State. An interesting feature of the inves tigation n the comparative ccsts of marketing cotton in 1840 and 1897. In 1840 it cost 118.13 to market a bale from Alabama to Liverpool, whereas in 1897 the cost waa only $7 89. For the people in general, especially for invalids, infants and young chil dren, the question ot a pure milk sup ply is one of the foremost sanitary problems. The quantity of the staple dairy products (milk, cream, butter They will grow, however, and when as ne tuway uua m famQr f Qr goes into a community or larmers ana &nimali the mar6f th0 COWf Answer This is hard to answer, as "Z rcA the ewe and the B0W 1 dlscus3ed tne there are so many kinds. We prefer """I TSZZL qstion publicly and privately with the -Simplicity," because it is simple 7Z" r leading Southern people of theadvisa- " " eUh TZ bility of turning much of the labor of What kind of bees are best! I?tK :? "77.7, ZZ'Z " the South in this direction so ai w Answer-We like the Italians best, ?na?"QweBt" diversify labor and take advantage of naa oi me preaeui, b. natiirftl nnnortunitiee offered by liLVJ AVH W V mm wrr Feb. 24. 1899. ,-,- ftnd is well known throughout taught in that book. Enclosed find $1 for my renewal for hQ Tjnjon to all readers of agricultural What kind of hive is best! your paper, i nave not oniy gameu DDer8 . 4,We have long been satisfied tnat the farmers of the South can save half the cost of the fertilizers used and at the same time use more than they do R.it instead of oavine for 200 nounds as they are more prolific, gather more nu L onA : jt trry onil . . . , x. . an aa ooamr tn HOn in WO DOUfcU, IUO uuwwwu proaucuuu Huu v o a compiete lertmzr ana lose au m uuuey uuu axe ..j. hat hoDe therfl for better- elBtll!ltlt,t,ZT: nro?en. in th8 fir8t Cr?P' 7" b, !"f ; tag the condition of the producers. MBuiuuu.f.. . " VT. I spend tne same money ior twice mib " -within late vears much of the lands u,.t0 am Hum 1. 1 1 m. Li il i . . i - a j i. w a , hinna a nnvnn.iNHii - m gruaaiva twuicn - I amount 01 pnospncnc acta ana puieusu i aunwcr ai.aujr rka I nnt Traliiahln fnr nntton crrowine have j n in rna I - . I ... m 1 . vi .a I uwa o maae. x go wiau ovcirjf hmuw State would subscribe ior ine rro tiU some Dlant calla for them." year, w F. Masse v. Professor of Horticul- Where can the Italians oe naai f.io rtf thn North GarolinH Exoeriment Answer Gleanings in Bee Culture Station, in Texas Farmer, (Dallas, wfil tell you where you can get all such TathsV December 24 h, 1898. bees and supplies. Amnrdine to the statements of Eof. What is necessary 10 conBtnuio au I do wiah every farmer in the the80 forma of lant o3d will Btay by monthly paper for bee keepers, $1 per ?ft o b8 well adapted to the cessfully be turned in this direction. i j ..w..-;ka Tho trr I ......... I I been iouuu iiu uo vo BUBrreu I mv.n m:-a1 f Kot can erin. J?ESS Ioniy doVe in gressive Farmer, Yours truly, J M. Parhis. Thia letter goes to prove what we have often said that the average North Carolina farmer is too poor to do without The Progressive Farmer. A rich farmer may afford to lose the But this oc the attention ot oniy a very tor JNorinern Bmpmeuw. out, t, wintAin-nt Adncatad mj UruAvu j w vfc Maesey, fully set tortn m tne aoove article, a direct application of nitrogen to a legume crop will be virtually lost, money he would gain by heeding the B0 far &s this crop is concerned mi ytrpfitinnq contained in it. but no one t consider the above authorities excent a wealthy farmer can afford to amble proof that nitrogen can be vir rinwithnnt it ' tuallv crown. Much more could be How many of your neighbors need gajcit were it deemed necessary with the South in this line. The press ing question is, and it confronts the whole agricultural South, what ia the future of the Southern laborer, who the paper! club Look about and send us a Long Leaf, N. C. Bbyan Tyson. AGRICULTURE. nut fit for a bezinner? Answer A pair or runner gioves, a bee veil, and a smoker. What is the smoke used fort a mama- Tft riaatrmr tha nerfume of the poison of the bees' sting and to has been growing cotton has has not auiet them &een ge"ing enough for hia product to quiei mem. o -r.f to Why do we need a veil! enaoie mu - Answer-InordertoprotECttheface, speak of iraPt3thu i eri nation and all that! The cot- as sometimes you move your uuuuh , , too quick when handling the bees or ton crop bai been greatly extended In the EDitomistwe note a remark combs; this starts them to stinging, over tne ne h.M...ii,Mi. ,hnM hn nrBnK,iJ for anv particularly inai ia juai . , ' - " . ate now grown, resulting in low lb Bays; auuuioua i . thut nnttnti oi-nwin ia j.L.1 j. ,, tnil I TITk. ni;.n haaa Atril I DllUCa BU ww 0. 0 to pwducrSaying crops, but are act Answer-From 5 to $10 dollars per no longer proatable except m favored prfpnt fSrriii.rs contain three es ually running the farmer into debt" hive. . . ,.n-i. . mn lsavM vrv littlo sential elements of fertility, nitrogen, It doesseem a most remarkable thing Where , cW the Italian queens oe . L - . --V. All nm. I triftf. thia Rrtrt or tnincr Bnouifl Dfl KEDl I naa IQ IUO BVCUK WC HUUCU w wumm ... . , pnospnoric acia ana poiasu. . . ; - , . ..... , . of-rfi intn after the piCKing is uone. in rnis re mercial fertilizers soldon themarket up so continuously. If a man habitu a colony of the l.We black natives into tfw i ep imeleutttomtbeem as perfect fertilizes, contain, or should ally loses money by cultivating poor ItaliaDsl .....,. cop ot the Northwest Ptates. The contain, all three of said elements. land, the only sensible thing to do is to Answer-You will find adverfased in crop o . t "S. most of crops, such as corn, quit it. He can dc ,sc .in two ways; he Q-ny persons wh raand J-- on byprod- wheat, cotton, etc., require a penecs can m. -r "r: " uets of the field, as we may say, corn fertilizer. But theraare other crops, or he can .improve ;h and. cu'tivate worth. heat oa,g 8traw with m-n as the lerumn family, such as less ana ao noetier. witn mreiiigeuw., u.- , cup.es tne t Z ' rZZ men of the South, taking hold ot their smaller cant, ol ! tin 'Southern people, 6ndteachfag how to do it. Alons 33 lb 13 prOSBCUbOU gcucrouj mvu ern men who have become identified CHEAP NITROGEN FOR IZING. FERTIL- 0 reeDondence of the Progressive Farmer. agricultural lines, very few people ere quite as intelligent as they ehould bo. A man may be successful in a profes sion and yet know very little about furnishing feed for the dairy cow, cr taking care of her milk, when that stage has been reached. Tbe greatest hope we have is that the experiment stations are educating a class of young men who can take the colored man by the hand and show him how and when to plant these forage crops. Then to teach him how to care for them, the brood mare, the dairy cow and the mutton sheep. The colored man waits upon successfully at our tables, he un derstands cotton growing and taking care of his mule. I see no reason why he should not be taught, or cannot be taught to milk the dairy cow. The moment the cow has been milked, the turning of her product into high selling butter and cheese is a scientific process ; but when once tbe science of it is thor oughly understood by the teacher, nvto- OOSTOrUED 03 PAG3 8
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