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The Progressive Farmer,, June 12, 1900. Published Weekly at RaleigtcN. C. Mrs. L. L. Polk, - - Proprietor, Clarence H. Poe, - - Editor. Benjamin Irby, ) Corresponding Frank E.Emery, J Editors. J. W. Denjiark, Business Manager. SUBSCRIPTION. , Single Subscription One Year. . .$1.00 " Six Months. . . .50 It .Three Months, .25 . 'The Industrial and Education al Interests of our People Para mount to all OTHER CONSIDERATIONS of State Policy,' is the rhotto of The Progressive Farmer, and upon this platform it shall rise or fall. Serving ao master, ruled by no faction, cir cumscribed by no selfish or narrow policy, its aim will be to foster and promote the best interests of, the whole people of the State. It will be true to the instincts, traditions and history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On all matters relating specially ' to .the great interests it represents, it will speak with no uncertain voice, but will fearlessly the right defend and impartially the wrong condemn." From Col. Polk's Salutatory, Feb. 10, 1SS6. . RENEWALS The date opposite your name in your paper, or wrapper, shows to what time your subscription is paid. Thus 1 Jan. '00, shows that payment "has been received up to Jan. 1, l'JOO; 1 Jan. Dl, to Jan. 1, 1901, and so on. Two weeks are required after money Is re ceived before date, which answers tor a receipt, can be changed. If not properly changed within two weeks after money is sent notify us Be sure to give both old and new addresses in ordering change of postofflce. The Progressive Farmer is the Official Orsran of the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance. , ' 1 . When sendii? your renewal, be sure to give ixactly the name on label and postoffice to vhich the copy ot paper you receive is sent- Editorial. SPECIAL ' NOTICE TO NON-SUBSCRIBERS. The Progressive Farmer will be sent to any bona-fide'new subscriber from , now till January 1, 1901, for fifty cents- We are spending thousands of dollars every year to make The Pro gressive Farmer the best farm newspaper in the South. So cer tain are we that we lean please that we will . refund the money to any subscriber under this offer who feels at, the end of the year that he has not received full value. ' What could be fairer? EDITORIAL NOTES. Now that hot weather and hot politics tempt you away from regu lar meetings of your Sub-Alliance, are you still doing your duty? Are you standing the test as true men and true members of the Order should? Weighed in the balance, are you and your Sub. found want- ins; For years the powers of Europe have been impatiently waiting for some event that would enable them to pounce upon and divide up the Celestial Empire with some vestige of justification. Many believe that the Chinese have been systematically abused and mistreated for the pur pose of breeding such a rebellion as that of the Boxers for the very pur pose of affording an excuse for the long contemplated division of hina and apportionment of its territory among the powers. For our part we are inclined to this opinion. If you are looking for something interest ing, watch China. - . A suggestion worthy of emphasis just at this time is this from the June Southern Planter : "Do not allow the wheat and' oat crops to be- come overripe oeiore cutting. ne sample of grain will ' always be brighter and the quality better if cut just before becoming dead ripe, and much loss from shaking will be thus avoided. See to it that your binder and harvester is in good working order a week or ten days before you are likely to need it, and then, if any parts are need or repairs required, the same can receive atten tion and t,he crops not have to stand spoiling for want of the machine to cut it." ! - We referred last week to the bul letin on "Corn Culture" by Agricul turist Irby, of the Experiment Sta tion. This bulletin is now in the hands of the printer. Anyone may secure a coiy of it by addressing Geo. T. Winston, Director, Raleigh, N. C. Professor Irby treats of corn culture under the following heads : Kinds of Lands Suited for Corn Cul ture ; Preparation of the Soil ; When and How to Plant ; Best Fertilizers ; Beth Methods of Cultivation; A Good Rotation for Corn ; Best Varie ties of Corn for the South ; Harvest ing the Crop ; Selection and Improve ment of Seeds; Protection against the evils and Moths ; The Compara tive Food Value of Corn and Other Crops. , - AGAINST THE JUTE TETTST. ' Here's an Alliance with some of the old-time Alliance Alliance spirit in it. "We refer to Wooland Alliance, No. 520, which met in regular session June 1st and passed the following resolutions : "Wiiereas, The different jute bag ging, companies have formed a great trust on jute bagging to unjustly en rich themselves by extortionate prices on their goods to the detri ment of the, consumer. Therefore be it . Resolved. That the members of , , ; Woodland Alliance, No. 520, pledge themselves to use cotton clotli or some other substitute to cover their cotton until the price of jute is re duced to suit the consumer. 2. That we ask the cotton growers of the country to join in 'with us to put down this great trust the second time. 3. That we ask the County Alli ances in the State to pass similar resolutions and have them published in The Progressive Farmer." This is the kind of grit that all admire. If every Alliance were as courageous, progressive and enter prisinjr, farmers erenerally would soon realize the benefits of organiza tion.. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A DOZEN UP-TO DATE COMMUNITIES. The following communication, which we have received from Sena tor Butler, explains itself : "Under the increased appropria tion for rural free delivery, I will be able to get the service established on ten or a dozen routes in North Caro lina. Those desiring the service established in their section will please communicate with the under signed, stating the route on which it is desired to establish the service. "Marion Butler." Free rural mail delivery means new life for agriculture and we are glad that Congress increased the ap propriation for carrying on the ex periment. Everywhere tested, it has been wonderfully successful and we congratulate in advance the ten or a dozen progressive neighborhoods in North Carolina that will be bene fited by the increased appropriation. And we are selfish enough to hope that there will bo neighborhoods in which these are many Progressive Farmer readers. Talk the matter over with your neighbors and write Senator Butler. Have you a dollar in the Alliance shoe factory fund, "one dollar plain?" Well, it is not in use. Write Bro..T. B. Parker, or us a letter ask ing Bro. Parker to transfer the ac count to us and we willgive yr-u a year's subscription to The Progress ive Farmer. ' THIS WEES3 PAPER. An article worthy of a place in every tobacco grower's scrap book is that given the place of. honor on page 1 this week, Prof. McCarthy's "Pests of the Tobacco Crop." Those interested in promising new indus tries will read with equal interest, "Sumac as a Market Crop." Prof. Soule's reply to "Tar Heel Farmer" contains much interesting matter. We are glad that "Tar Heel Farmer" replied to Prof . Soule in that it has elicited such a well written response from the . latter. And we li ope that "Tar Heel Far mer" and all other readers will hold themselves in readiness to comment upon, criticise, and ask questions about any article that appears in our columns. Show your apprecia- tion by asking for fuller information about any subject you are interested in or by giving fuller information on any matter of interest to wide-awake farmers. The article on page 5 "The Wives of Farmers," can.be studied with profit by both husbands and wives. Some parts of the article may be too harsh, but as a whole it is good and deserves the consideration of hus bands of farmers' wives. s Mr. W. S. Clark presents a defense of the system of" government which he considers necessary to industrial prosperity. We are glad to have jolitical articles of this character, non-partisan in tone, not bitter or abusive in spirit. "D.:' gives a bit of interesting history, and another correspondent tells some of the im portant facts that will be gleaned from some of the seemingly unim portant questions of the census enu-" merator. The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man and improving him as a rational, moral and social being. Thomas Jefferson. THE COMMENCEMENTS. Trinity commencement drew a large number of people to Durham . With so distinguished : a divine , as Dr. Lyman Abbott to pic ich the baccalaureate sermon and soiemi nent , a lecturer as ohni. Temple Graves to deliver the literary ad dress, it is not surprising that the attendance was large and that all that attended felt well repaid. There were 26 graduates. The 105th commencement of the State University last week was also the twenty-fifth anniversary of the re-opening of this institution. 5 There were 47 graduates this year. .The attendance was large and many ex cellent addresses were delivered. At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, Dr. F. P. Venable, Professor of Chemistry, was elected, to sucpeed Dr. Alderman as President. Dr. Venable is recognized as one of the finest scholars and . most successful teachers in the State. He is a Vir ginian by birth, was educated at the University of Virginia and . in Ger many, and has been Professor of Chemistry at the University since 1883. ! " The youngest college in the State is the Baptist Female University, but as a success it is entitled to front rank. Two hundred and nineteen students were enrolled during its first session, which ended last Wed nesday. Its most sanguine friends never hoped for greater success than it has attained. The first commence ment was a complete success. The Baptist people of North Carolina know and love Dr, R. T. Vanri, the new President of this institution. He graduated from Wake Forest College in 1873, was in ministerial work from 1874 till 1881, Professor of English Literature- in Chowan Female University from '81 till '83, and Professor of English in Wake Forest from '83 till '89, since which time he has served as pastor of sev eral churches When 12 years of age he lost both arms in a cane mill, and has won success under circum stances that would have daunted most men. . . THE LAST DAYS OF CONGRESS. Congress adjourned Thursday. It had been in session since DecoVnber and had not been idle, .though it did many things it should not have done and left undone many things it should have done. It gave the country new currency laws and securely fastened the gold standard upon us for some years to come. It iassed the Porto Rican tariff bill against the wishes of a large element of the Republican party, in violation of the pledges given Porto Rico by .American au thorities, and in sprite of the Presi dent's declaration that it was our plain duty to give to the island free trade. The House of Representa tives kicked out a Mormon polyg- mamist, said kicking out being a credit to the House, though the method of proceedure was faulty. And the Senate sent back to private ife the corrupt Pennsylvania boss, Matthew S. Quay, and came 'near doing likewise unto the riclr gentle man from Montana,whose case.by the way, goes over till the next session. As to the heavy appropriations made, more anon. In the line of an ti-trust legislation nothing was done and nothing attempted by the majority that promised any substantial re lief. The Nicaraugan Canal . bill passed the lower House of Congress and will probably pass the Senate next winter. So much for a brief glance at the session just ended. The anti-trust bill, like the anti trust law amounted to nothing. The' Senate early last week referred it to the Judiciary Committee', where it will slumber indefinitely. Consideration of the Grout an ti-' oleomargarine bill was deferred. This bill is a special order for 'De cember 6th, and Mr. Grout says he considers the bill as good as passed on the 6th day of December. It is . asserted that the fail ure of the Senate to confirm the nomination of Judge Ewart, 'set tles this will-known case; that Judge Ewart's commission will' "ex pire with this session of Congress,' and he will not again be nominated. After -the August election, Senator Pritchard will -recommend some other man for the place. After prolonged discussion Con gress surrendered to the armor plate manufacturers., Not directly, but in a manner equally acceptable to the iron and steel magnates that have so long fleeced the government. By the bill as finally passed Secre tary of the Navy Long is authorized to purchase armor plate at any price he may consider reasonable, or if the price asked is unreasonable, to erect a government armor plant at cost ot $4, 000, 000. It is - generally . under stood that Long will pay the price demanded. - .. v . On Tuesday the Senate was en livened by a breezy debate. Senator PettigreW, of South Dakota, asser ted that the Cramps, the great ship building firm, gave $400,000 to the Republican campaign fund of 1892 with the understanding that it ywas to be re-imbursedi in case of Repub lican success, by heavy profits on ship building contracts to be given to the firm by Congress. The case was all the more interesting in view of the fact that Pettigrew was prom inent in Republican ranks in 1892, and that he gave Cramp himself as authority for the charge. Petti grew further "asserted that the con tribution was improperly used by the campaign managers. Senators Carter and Hanner replied, to Petti grew and for nearly an hour one of the most heated . debates of the ses sion just ended raged. An appropriation of $5,000,000 was made for Louisiana Purchase Cen tennial Exposition to be held in St. Louis in 1903. With the surrender to the armor, plate magnates as the last impor tant work done, Congress adjourned and the Solon s have gone home to explain matters and dodge ques tions by impertinent constiluents. NORTH CAROLINA FARMING. The wheat crop in Rowan and Alamance is large. The Roxboro Courier says that in Person a fairly good wheat and oat crop win do naryestea. "orn is growing splendidly,, and indications point to a good stand. Most tobacco fields have been replanted, and the weed is moving off nicely . " . . 1 Wayne county, beans are selling low and the truckers of that county are beginning to study the ad van tages offered by the canning busi- ness. Tne reader may nna it to nis advantage to peruse again the article on this subject in last week's Pro gressive Farmer. Drop us a postal if you can't write a longer letter, brother' farmer, and let us know the condition of crops in your section, general agricultural progress, and your views on any farming subject. Don't forget that we will appreciate comment on any articles we publish and will thank you , to ask us for information on any farming matter. We are here to serve the farmers of North Caro lina and adjoining States, to pro mote their interests, and are hap piest when doing so. Columbus county farmers realize the benefits of diversified agricul ture, a fact evidenced by this item which we clipped from a recent issue of the Chadbourn Messenger : "Un tia few years since the farmers here pinned their faith to cotton, corn, peas and sweet potatoes. Since then sugar-cane, tobacco, wheat, straw berries and all kinds of truck have been introduced and as a resultant, the farmers of this county are steadily forging to the front every year." Do you find any "fopd for thought", inthis paragraph? The New YorlTTruitman's Guide sums up the North Carolina straw berry' season as follows : "At the opening of the 4 good work' a great many berries were shipped in their green state, and, also showing the effects or rainy weather. Prices in dicated a- wide range, quotations running from 50 cents at the. open ing down to five cents at the close. Crop estimates fell far below the re ports, as instead of a sixty, per. cent. crop, it came nearer tne luu maris. Experts figure the total shipments of berries from North Carolina as ag gregating close to 1,200 carloads." "Gardening Under Glass" is the title of the latest bulletin from the Experiment Station of the . North Carolina College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts. The first part is a detailed account of the experiment made' during the past winter - in forcing tomatoes, by Prof.. W. F. Massey and Assistant Professor Alexander Rhodes. The second part is a chapter of hints and directions by Prof. Massey on the use of glass in market gardening. The great in creaseof interest in winter garden ing in the Eastern part of the State makes this bulletin an : opportune one. It will be sent free to all inter ested in the cultivation of the soil, on ' application to Dr. Geo. T. Win ston, Director,' West Raleigh, N. C. THE GUERNSEY CO. , We have -been interested in this cow for some years. Here you will wish to know how many we own, perhaps, but we are not financially interested here, i It was in 1890 that we paid a visit - to the New Jersey Experiment Station and first saw the high color of the Guernsey milk in comparison with that of other breeds. We were , successful in selecting the milk of every breed up to Jersey and Guernsey at that time being tested in .the Station Laboratory, . but. in our ignorance of the. higher color of the Guernsey product, took it for Jersey. The Guernseys won a high place in the World's Fair tests and Secre tary Caldwell has figured out that f o l-i i crln pat. ron'nrcl was 1 seed meal and linseed oil ni hers, the Guernsey was the most "-""meal onriTiAtviinol Trndnnfli TifltTl'nor in tllOSfi tests produced, more pounds oi dui- . : . wi, ter per given . quantity or cost of V" milage 30 to iooa. - , , ' ' ' mnx by the Guernsey Cattle Club, we find . . the following maximum records by Guernsey cows : The maximum au thentic record is for Lily Alexandre 1059, owned by Francis Shaw, Esq., "Wayland, Mass., but her record was made for Mr. Mark Hughes, of West Grove. Pa. This record for the breed was 12,856 . pounds of milk. Butter does not seem to have been made from this milk, and only one fat test late in. lactation. , One remarkable feature of thi3 record is that in the eighth month the yield was almost as much as for the first and more than for the sec ond, viz : First month, 1,306 pounds ; eighth month, 1,236 pounds ; second eat capacity for food coupled Kith month, 1,218 pounds. There are ten Guernseys with rec ords of 10,000 pounds or more of milk per year and five of these are in the great herd of Hon. Levi P. Morton, of New York. Pretty Dairy Maid 2nd 6666, has a three r days' record of 176 pounds 7 ounces ot milJc. Tne second day, 62 pounds, was the highest one day should ke to know how mnch of yield. Bretonne 3660, ex-Go v. Martin's cow, yielded from Oct. 20th, 1893, to Oct. 19th, 1894, 11,218 pounds milk, which was regularly tested and which contained from 5.2 to 6.1 per cent. fat. The total fat for the year was 602.91 pounds "equivalent to 703.4 pounds butter- one-sixth added yield was 12,437 pounds milk averag fr ff" RAPrAfanr f!flifiwAil rnf. if ing 4.8 per cent, butter fat or 596.9S We have fallen into the habit of pounds fat and 696.4 or 702.3 pounds calculating at 85 ner cent fat. This oi butter in one year, according te rate gives a little more than 708.3 pounds of butter from the yield of fat. The dairy rations of this cow are given in Guernsey Breeder's Year Book, and will be found else where in this issue. One hundred and thirty-seven Guernsey cows are credited with to 16 pounds hay ; May to Sep- 400 and more pounds of butter in one tember, pasture with the gram, be? year. Doubtless a few more might tember, one bushel cut corn fodder be counted on the difference we have noted between adding one-sixth the fat and calculating butter as 85 per cent. fat. This breed has never made anv of the phenomenal seven-day tests for record of development made on the which Jersev cows and breeders ha ro Millwood Farm. This cow is a prw become famous. ' The highest seven- net of development first by tb dav tests reported is that of Roval- sire Mr. E. F. Bowditch imparts ette 3299 for F. W. Tratt, 28 the foundation, andUaterly by the pounds. Altogether seven-dav rec- son, Mr. N. J. Bowditch ; ords of 14 pounds and upward have we cannot estimate the weigu been made by one hundred and thirty- the grain ration of Miss Bobolink j nine cows. over 8 to 9 pounds. We wouia p ing from 10 up to 83 cows range fromv bran at approximately XA pound pe 313 up to 574 pounds of butter per quart, and oil meal 1 to lPUIlu;j cow per year. We are indebted to the admire The most remarkable test of all we little year book by Secretary uuu have seen of this practical. breed of well, Petersboro, N. H., for the com j cows" is . that of the cow Lilly Ella piled records a few of which we na 7240 when a heifer. The following quoted record gives facts in compact form : - "Lily Ella 7240 was born Oct. 19th, 1893, and dropped a heifer calf March 12th, 1896. She was bred April 9th, 1897, to Springunde.' distinct merit, though no one i Largest amount of milk sriven in nno thfim annftars hv oven an in day, March 26th, 1896, 39 pounds 12 record in the tables which we n ounces, smallest amount of milk in reviewed above. In one or twocas one day March 17th, .1897, 16 pounds animals tested North may haTe;j 3 ounces. Highest single test 7.90 : bred in North Carolina, but we na j lowest single test 4.8 per cent, fat." not time now to look that up. v i Her yield figured by months is very State breeders lose sight ot j interesting. The summary for the charm, and miss the prestige bro j year amounts to 9370.3 pounds of j by careful tests and best care w milk ; 513.19 pounds butter fat ; and fine cows. This is notable m 598.72 (603.77 at 8o) pounds of but- more numerous Jersey breed. ' ter. Quite consistent and persistent from view to the public. worji a.z proauction is bringing this beautiful breed of cattle to the front for-their intrinsio merit. F. E. E. Contri butions for the Indian famine sufferers will be received, acknowledged and, turned over to the proper authorities by The Pro gressive Farmer. FEEDING A HIGH.Ytpttx . cow. The cow Brotanne 366o f 602.91 pounds of butter fat iaS year was fed as follows : ln "Daily , Ration Oct. 20 Vm, Jan. 10, 1894 : Corn ensii ? k pounds, hay 10 pounds, J88 "4 pounds, corn meal 4 pounds 8 seed.(oil) meal 1 pounds H ' con meal V2 Fs, ground i S 1 pounds. oats 9 "Daily Ration Jan. u 1891 in July 10, 1894: Corn ensila, 35 pounds, hay 2 to 3 pounds, v a pu ouus, uurn meal 8 pounds ton seed meal 1 pound, oil pound. 1 Daily Rations July n 1S9, Sept. 1, 1894: Corn ensilage if 35 pounds, hay 2 pounds, hran pounds, corn meal 6 pounds Pftff -V4 1 pound. . . i i ituiy xiauxuu on i. yrtn ion. .r- II II M A. 111, V I 1,11 I l "1-1 '-V . I In the year book for 1899, issued Pounas; cora meal Pls, oilmejl xii.u.pxu u w occu. me ration con sisted essentially of Corn ensilage 30 to 35 pounds Wheat bran 8 to 12 pounds. Corn meal 3 to 8 pounds. Oil meals 1 to 3 pounds . Oats (for a time) 2 pounds. Hay first period 10 pounds. Hay after first period 1 to (2 to 3) The hay was high in first peric-d and doubtless was reduced to about what the cow would consume in later periods. Th,e grain ration began with u pounds, went to 22 pounds and then dropped . to 18 and 12 pounds. The stamina, or constitution enough to assimilate and turn to account so large an amount of food for so lon a time is remarkable. Twenty-two pounds of meal of which over half b bran and over one-third meal is j heavy ration. The bran is bulky, but with this tho cow is credited a ration of 10 pounds, of, hay. TVe the hay was eaten and how much was rejected, since this part is ordinarily the portion which the waste falls most heavily. MISS BOBOLINK'S FEED. This cow made the second best record f or N r "JrBowditch, MSkood Farm, Framingham, Mass. Tte adding one-sixth of the fat or calcu lating at 85 per cent, fat for butter The meal feed for the year wasi; follows, except that when cob meal was out one -quart less of corn meal was fed : Cob meal 4 quarts, bran 4 quarts, oil meal 1 quart. Oct. 1st was added to pasture ana gram This was a much more economics ration than the above for Brotanne We think the most interesting anc notabf e feature of this test is the Twelve yearly herd records ran?, cob meal at 1XX pounds per quart hastilv reviewed abeve, We are elad to say there are tJir or four notable herds of this breecj of dattle in North Carolina, amj which there are some ' individuals idividua-j The numerous municipal el in the State that went non-par t demonstrates the fact that growing sentiment in favor of ing business men for busin3 tions instead of pandering t cal whims where they Q( & but just to give some leu office. Madison Enterprise-