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The Progressive Fanner, July 23, 1901. Published Weekly at Raleigh, N. C Owned by the Heirs of Jfrs. L. L, Polk, deceased. Clarence H. Pok, - - Editor. J. W. Denmark, Business Manager, SUBSCRIPTION Single Subscription One Year. . .$1.00 Six Months. . . .50 " Three Months, .25 ' 'The Industrial and education al Interests of our People Para mount to all ottiek considerations of State Policy,' is the motto 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 bo to foster and promote the best interests of the whole people of the State. It will bo true to the instincts, traditions and history of the Anglo-Saxon race. On il matters relating socially to the yreat interests it represents, it will peak with no uncertain voice, but 3vi.ll fearlessly the right defend and impartially the wrong condemn." Trom Col Polk's Salutatory. Fob. 10. Bo surf to trivo both oM ami now addrossos in ordorinj"ohano of jxstorTuv. The Ckoorf.ssivk Fakmkr is tho Official Onjan of tho North Carolina Farmers State Alliance. When Bomiins your renewal, to sure to lve exactly the nanie ou label ami poatoffice to vhich the copy ot paper you receive is sent. Address all business co rres pond en co to and make money orders payable to'TiiK Fko;kfn 31 ve Fakmek, Kai.f.hoi. N.C.," and not to any ndlvidiml connected with the paper. D 1 S( NTI N F A N C KS - pousi b le s u bso n t -ers will coutinue to receive this Journal until ihe publishers are uoiittcd by letter to iIUidu ;;nne, when ail arrearage must be paid. If you lo not wish the journal coutinued for another fear after your ibcnption has expired. ou ihould tliefi noMfv us to diontinue it. We invito correspondence, news items, su; P8tioiiri and criticisms on the subjects of agri culture, poultry nn sm. sr. stock breeding, dairv ln?. horticulture and trardinir: woman's work, iltonvture, or any subject of Interest to our lady readers, young people, or the family generally; Bublie matters, current events, political nie"s onsand principles, etc., in short, any subject discussed in an all-round farm and family news paper. Communications should be tree trom personalities and party abuse. EDITORIAL NOTES. The State Alliance Executive Cora "mittee met in Hillsboro last Tuesday and transacted s hup business of iru portanc of which the brethren ' ill hear at the Stare meeting next month. Anutlier matter which will also be considered at th tt ti ne is the proposition to move the ollice of the Secretary and State Business Aent back to Raleigh. The Postoflice Department has de cided to debar from second class mail privilege the trashy periodi cals which obtain support by pre mium schemes, guessing contests, etc , instead of genuine subscriptions honestly obtainea. We are sure this action will have the approval ot a large majority of the trustworthy publishers of the country Wo hud a pleasant call last we k from the well-known agriculture writer, Mr Henry Stearr, of Macon county. Mr Ste virt is acquainted with all ph.ien of tho business of farming, but i- especially interested in sheep raising, to whoh business he. b.'litve no State is hot fur ad pt-'d tbun North Crolina. His book on "Tho l)o:nestuj Sheep" is perhaps tin best work of the kind on the market Mr. Stewart hns visited all the leading ex eriment stations and agricultural colleges in tho country, and hi statement that at cone of them has he ever seen such a splen did exhibit of farm crops as at ours, reflects credit upon our State. PROF. C. W. BUEXETT, PE0FESS0R OF AGRICULTURE. AFTER CR0P8 ARE LAID BY II. A few days' earnest work will probably get for your neighborhood both a public sohool library and rural free delivery of mails, so that there is no reason why other matters for the improvement of country life should not also have attention "after crops are laid by." In tho sohools, of course, you should have an abiding interest. If the public school term in your dis trict is not long enough, encourage the patrons to supplement it by sub scription. All other public matters pale into insignificance beside this problem of educating the children. This is the foundation of all true progress, and other foundation can no man lay. Take an interest in the management of the district school. Insist upon the employment of com potent teachers only. And when the teacher is employed, give him all the encouragement and assistance that von cm. Then perhaps you have a boy or girl who is now prepared for the high school or college. If so, make sacrifices, if need be, in order to send your child ; but so far as possible make him "hoe his own row," to use a homely phrase. If he has in him the grit and enterprise that will make a college education useful, he will depend on you for that help only whLdi he cannot give himself. With somo persons, of course, a college education will not pay. It will not. pay the boy without indus NORTH CAROLINA PROGRESS. The progressive steps North Caro lina is now taking in agricultural and educational matters are begin ging to attract attention in other States. Last week the Boston Youth's Companion editorially commended our new publio school library plan and noted the increasing interest our people are showing in the lives of Calvin H. Wiley and other educa tional leaders. Likewise several papers of national circulation have recently commented upon the work of our new Board of Agriculture. One of these, the American Agricul turist, speaks as follows : "Agriculture in the Northern States, long familiar with the spirit of progress, can occasionally learn a wholesome lesson from the 'new South,' with its awakened possibili ities. The action of the North Caro lina General Assembly in ousting politicians and others not directly interested in the farm from the member.-hip of the State Board of Agriculture and substituting prac tical farmers, is a step in progress ive agriculture. The new board also constitutes the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural College. The mem bers evidently mean business and will direct the affairs of the State Board and tho College in the interest cf farmers, without reference to political or other influences. Other Southern States could well afford to follow tho example set by North Carolina. Nor is the direful politi cal influence governing many of our try and healthy ambition. The boy J agricultural colleges and other edu who thinks that a college diploma will carry him to success on flowery beds of ease should remain at home. The college di es not make the man, but many a man has been enabled by a college education to reach heights he could never have reached without it, and many great minds have found the lak of thorough education a drawback li e the chain which binds cational institutions confined to the South. The time is ripe for farmers to step forward in this matter and demand representation, and govern their own affairs." PUBLIC SCHOOL LIARARIES AGAIN. The captive eagie to the earth Tho position of Professor of Agri culture in the North Carolina A. and M. College is no loDger vacant. To that position the special committee of the Board of Agriculture last week elected Professor Charles W. Burkett, now Professor of Agricul ture in tho New Hampshire A. and M. College. Professor Burkett comes highly recommended. He was born and raised on a Pennsylvania farm, and was educated at the Ohio Agri cultural College, where he also served for a time as assistant in agri culture. He then went to the Now Hampshire College where he has made a remarkably fine record When he took charge of the agricultural department there, ho found only three regular agricul tural students, but within a year he increased the number to sixty-five. Tho record of Prof, iiurkett's ca Teer causes us to believe that he will rapidly build up the Agricul tural department of our A. and M. College, and we welcome him to North Carolina. The country schools are now open, and not one should allow the session to end without making an effort to 1 11 i ; i . . T a. 1 . s i secure a small uurary. iu mu o B it let tho man without a college ! counties in N.rta Carolina all ex education keep in mind the helpful ! cept Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Dur mlluence ol good books nut the j n ", Unilford, Iredell, Nuh, Kuth new and gaudy affairs over which j erford, Union and Wake in which the ubiquitous book agent wastes so j from two to six schools can yet take much eloquence, t ut the ti-uo tested j advantage of the ne,v rural school works of the masters, which were ! library law, there can be no excuse never before so cheap as now. for lethargy in this respect. A very And if vou have never had the ad I small sum contributed by each pat- airri-jul ! ron or tae mot enterprising pat- j runs of the school, will ruisso-the 10 needed, which insures the establish ment of a 30 library. Such an op portunity no progressive neighbor hood should allow to pass unim proved. Tho influences for good ex erted by a first-class library can hardly be over estimated. As Presi dent .1. D. Dreher, of Roanoke College, Salem, Va., said at the Capon Springs Educational Conference last year : "No mere important work can be done in the schools than to teach the children to read and love good books ; lor it is estimated that not fifty per cent, of the children in our schools have any proper guidance or advice in their reading. To form this habit of reading what is best the school y.nd library must work together. Such a habit contributes to one's education us long as he lives ; it helps him to enter into the life of the rce and tho experience ot mankind. Even the humbiest laborer or mechanic will he a better workman if ho is well read in the books of his trade and a better citizen if he has an in telligent knowledge of the history and institutions of his country. If teachers are acquainted with tho best children's classics, it will be easy to induce the pupils to read ; and, once the habit is formed, read ing may bo used to teach the highest lessons of patriotism, good morals, i and religion. For as Kuskin has well said : We come, t hen, to the great concourse of the dead, not merely to know of them what is trne, but chiefly to feel with them what is righteous.' 'If a boy reads,' says Horace Mann, 'of the friend ship of Damon and Pythias, the in tegrity of Aristides, tho perseverance of Franklin, the purity of Washing ton, be will think differently all the remaining days of his life.' " vantage of a course in tin tural college, do not fail to get some books by those who have mastered tho science of farming. Every en terprising farmer should have one or more such books for study this sum mer. Some of the best are sold by The Progressive Farmer. As an all round work of its kind we have yet found nothing else equal to Prof. L. H. Bui ey's "Principles of Agricul ture." Tho Farmers' Bulletins, issued by t.ie National Department of Agri culture, cm also bo studied with profit this miusu nuier season. We shall publis i next week a list of those now in print, and hope that every Progressive Kea ier will secure copies of thoe he desires O" c urse, you ought lo get up a club of new subscr ters for The Pro gressive Farmer. Once get your neighbors r reading it, and they will thank yoa for bringing it to their attention. And don't forgot that letters from our farmer readers are always welcome. When you se a subject discussed in which you are interested, write your views of it. When one is mentioned about which you wish further information, for ward your inquiry. The paper is for the farmer, and we wish to make it useful to every reader. And now a few brief sugges tions in conclusion. It is an excellent time to get cata logues of dealers in all kinds of farm supplies. Familiarize yourself with the latest improvements in farming implements, machinery, etc The Farmers' Alliance is of great benefit to its members, and if there is a Sub. near you, you should join ir.. 1 there is not one near you, or ganize orse. Write Secretary Parker for full information. If you cannot organize an Alliauco, get up a farm ers' club. We believe in the organ ization of the farmers. And while we think the Alliance has the best working plan, every other method of getting the farmers together has our sympathy and good wishes. Farmers' Institutes will be held in many sections of North Carolina next month. These do much for the promotion of good farming. The State pays the expenses, and if your neighborhood wishes one, notify Commissioner S. L. Patterson, Raleigh. . The American Boy tor July (Spraguo Publishing Co , Detroit, Mich., is an instructive and inspir ing publication. It would be bard to conceive of a better Fotirth of July paper for boys. The articles appropriate to the month are : "The Cradle of Liberty,' "Hal's Fourth of July 'Hummer,' " "The Littfe Independence," "A Talk About I a dependence Day" and "Isxiah Thomas, the Boy Who Helped Start the Revolution," all well illustrated. IN THIS NUMBER SOME RANDOM COM- MENT. Mr. Wm. A. Barbrey, one of our most valued writers on farming sub jects, re-appears this week. Our Washington correspondent, among other things, tells of the increasing interest in cotton culture in Europe. In our own country, too, the area devoted to cotton culture is steadily increasing. Oklahoma and Indian Territory now produce no inconsid erable part of our cropland it is said that New Mexico is preparing to en gage quite extensively in the culture of the fleecy staple. "Shall we Continue to Pall Fod der?" by our occasional correspond ent, Mr. Hunnicutt, deserves the thoughtful attention of our corn growing readers. ; Wherever the shredder is introduced, the people wonder how they ever managed to THE VALUE OF A PRINTED LETTER HEAD. Some months ago we called atten tion to the importance of neatly printed stationery in any business, especially urging its value upon our farmer readers. Not only is it safer, avoiding much trouble and annoy ance, but the business man is much more favorably impressed and gives his attention much more promptly to letters written upon such sta tionery. We are reminded of this just now by the following editorial in the last issue of Hoard's Dairyman : "A letter from the Dairymen's Supply Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., lies before us asking for the post office of a subscriber of the Dairy man who gives Lis postoflice at Brad ley, but omitted to give the name of the State. The Supply Co. say farther : "'It is annoying the number of people that write without signing their names to postal cards, actually sending orders, and making remit tance without signing their names in some cases, and in other cases the post marks are undecipherable on the envelope and they have failed to put such information on the letter.' "Hoard's Dairyman receives hun dreds of dollars each year from just such careless people. In such in stances, whee the writer has failed to give his name or postoflice, or State, we must hold the money for a considerable time and await develop ments. Maybe the party will write again and maybe he will conclude eithtr that some postoflice clrk has stolen the money or we have been dishonest and failed to account for i it. It is the same old trouble that j runs all through this business of farming, a lack of the use of plain, old-fashioned intelligence. "These people have never taken the pains to educate themselves into business methods of doing business. Now, one of the finest things for every dairy farmer to do, is to have his name and postoflice printed in a simple card, up in one corner ot the paper he is to write on. Then have the same card printed on the corner of all the envelopes he uses. It costs but a trifle and it is an easy thing to do to go to the nearest printer and order say, '200 envelopes and sheets of paper, with a card printed in the following fashion : "John T. Harrison, "Macon, Ga., 190 "Then it the card fails to reach its destination it is returned, or if money is enclosed it is sure to be credited to the right party and properly ac counted for." Tho Dairyman's advice is very good, so far as it goes, but we should like to add a word. In addition to giving your name and address, state your business ; and if you have a specialty, name it. For instance, here are headings used by a few North Carolina farmers who have written us this year, fictitious names being substituted for real ones : W. L. Kerner, Farmer and (lardene r, Ashboro, N. C , 190. . S A. Long, Farmer, Seed Wheat ami Corti a Specialty, Mooresboro, N. C, 190. . J. W. Jones, Farmer, Jireeder of ( xerisey Cattle and llrxyirn Leghorn Chickens, Goldsboro, N. C, 190. . But the following we like bet o: all because the owner has named his farm, an entirely praiseworthy plan, oosting nothing and offering many advantages : Quaker Hill Farm, H. M. Cole, J. S. Cole. Graham, N. U., ioo. . In the long run, business methods always pay. Try the printed letter head. farm without it so long. Another article that emphasizes the value of up-to-date methods is that on 'Im proved Implements" by another of our Georgia correspondents, Mr. F. J. Merriam. We have just received another letter from him, which will be published in our next issue. We regard Chapter V. of Mr. Archer's "Sheep for the South" as one of the very best of the series. Every sheep breeder should read it. Hezekiah Butterworth's poem "The Bowl of Albemarle," the sub ject of which is a North Carolina legend, appeared several year3 ago in the Boston Youth's Companion, but has never before been published ! in a North Carolina paper, so far as we know. That John Stuart Blackie knew human nature quite as thoroughly as books is evinced by hia "Litany" published on page 5. Very few of us are so nearly perfect that we shall not be "hit" by it in one or more particulars. All of it is worth reading and much of it is worth re membering. The Thinkers. sJ.uy,(JU0 00() as of thus oroatM f tion it tu Drmw U p . - ori ringed ;;;;n;h two years ,7 cent, m and for !. Or it 4. arn i . yj . .7; It:' . .v.. , J J -per UBVo V. per rw, - still, uffe; pu as lar r; ' ej - - GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE WORLD. The rapid extension of rural free mail delivery is developing some in teresting results. Country mer chants have not favored it, as they correctly reasoned that it would dimin sh their trade. The big mail order houses in large cities have been cutting into the business of the country stores rather severely of re cent vears and the free delivery of mail makes trade with such housas all the more easy and convenient. For this reason the country mer chant, who has so long driven a thriv mg trade with farmers, has not looked with kindly eye on the estab lishment of free delivery routes. It is now coming to light that another class of trade has suffered thereby, namely, the "wet goods" trade. In communities where saloons are governoii principle No, it m una jn-r : oil in th the kit oil up . : have jui nearly a so they -xh , cent, this v, Oil is a r.f -out it Th--have bee-. out any can wo do': ! tells how Mr ! dent of the re reived a -u from the O:.. taking tiiis y lion.- in rh. was only ; with little ( Is there any y:i. rich as fast a- t . charity wlu-n tLl cities or morii7 t Whose moii-'v L speaking nigral It with the goidn. these matter influence he it that will com aggregation ;t 4 . n i -1 i . "-Mi-, ;u fee i; ! '-therms:: i invars it.; M- ruler l tnead?, 1 ie.e tre 11 Capita.; 40 to other.". T. B. Terrv, tical Farmer. POSTAL SAVINGS BASIS Almost si ncr it.e.--tablijb;- largely supported by country patron- ; National Grange ago a sharp falling off in receipts over the bar is reported since farm ers do not come to town regularlv once or twice a week for their mail. It will be generally agreed that the loss in this respect is the gain of the farmer and the community as well. On the other hand the tendency of this system is said to favor the im provement of country roads. We rather doubt whether this influence is marked enough to enter int cal culations on the subject, as a com munity which will not improve its roads for the sake of more substan tial advantages will hardly be moved thereto by reason of the benefits ac cruing by the free delivery of its mail. A marked increase in the cir culation of daily papers is noted all along the free delivery routes where access is had to the dailies printed in large towns and cities. Just how much advantage will accrue to the farmer and his family from the perusll of the literature that passes current at present as daily journal ism it is difficult to say. We imagine that its reading is not an unmixed good. This, however, is the fault of the journalism, not the delivery system. The Postoffieo Department has certainly succeeded m robbing farm life of much of its unpleasant isolation by the daily visits of the postman, encouraging the inter change of letters and thereby the promotion of many business enter prises as well as a sccial enjoyment that conduces greatly to tho pleas ures of farm life. With the coming of the farm telephone and it is com ing with a rush the farmer will be in as complete touch with the out side world as tae city man. And on the whole he is likely to be greatly the better tor it. tireedeiV GaZdtte "IHE WOULD NJiKDS JUSTICE, NOT las :eeiH establishing p tal Jrostal savings oans? navebe?: lished for yenrs, are rexoris';. - ( T 1 : CrrSSlUl aQ(l U. iiS Z amount or good for thwi European and other e.zs tal savings banks vrer-s': when the territories of confederated under tie 1: the British N .rth Au:er.:i: 1S0S. Eighty-one were tie: lished and tho number has:: until there are now Dir: year there were 2iJl,2t'2de? in the Dostal savings Da JL. Canada, they having deposl: 448,485, or an average m each depositor of nearly I 4. year 37, -V.1') new accc opened and V'J,3:ir accost The interest allowed dep year was !,O4i'..i!0. amount standinir to the ere-, open accounts, lcciu?; allowed, wis r,50.,4 1 age amount standing tone each open account was nesi There are but few fars where a hank of any kind but every town and evena crossroad .-ettlement offices. If farmers dem tives thut tin establish ti:i- sy.-tea. .. -.nl.l he used bank, it wo-ild be of com"1Uii- 1 5 . is a sumeci oareful investigation ot a", It is a thing just us fri good roads, etc., are i iv. trice c. many a farming may not only bcaep' of ollniv .17! it. i-til lia Uli- run! buH-; metric tr the agitat: and Home. The above is fr.;ui friend ritune s letter head. Woulu tut oar great corporations might put the same motto on their letter heads and live up to it. Justice, not charity. Lie and let live. Do as you would he done by. How sadly these mottoes aro getting out of date. Did you notice that the Standard Oil directors declared a dividend of 20 per cent, in March of this year, and another of 12 per cent, in May, and this on stock that is said to be nine parts water in each ten? The following is from an editorial in a leading New York paper, The World: "It is not quite I ainiriv two years sinoe the directors of this combine came together and voted to multiply oy ten its then alleged capi tal investment of ten millions, and make it one hundred millions. And within the two years it has already The utr'..-teach-s n son ! take the ' That h j represr-riiT- - i ... . an i i ttirou-o the tV'.W -:: fear, rh- sertion iT 'T the erriM ' with Hi'- n Longfei- I. : a Did y ri ' bad strive:: .-. tnw.t: V;0" -tali nire ;ei If W 3- mPHSure sistantly 'ivr Did ever a that there them, t'Ht H. D. r U cent-.. i Lf T i. . A i. 1 li 3( 3( i le it of n( Tl hi in cf be 'as ta .5 ;ce fui " -He 1 1 pe j ty 8t! f I m tli I Tl j CI I is, 1 St i . I U j a i VTJ C1I ! re. lUi pi; PH ve Al br pr of an on iri in; nri i -3 iir vk gr pe: th; sec ha ve: ha re( wi wl pri
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