PROGRESSIVE JTAKMER AND COTTON PLANT:
Tuesday, March 21, 1905
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Wood's Grass
AND
Clover Seeds.
For clean fields and clean crops,
Sow Wood's Trade Mark Seeds,
the best qualities obtainable.
Wood's Seed Book gives the
fullest information about Grasses
and Clovers, best time and
methods of seeding, kinds best
adapted to different soils, quan
tities to seed per acre, best com
binations for hay or pasturage,
and much other information of the
greatest value to every farmer.
Wood's Sed Book la mailed free on re
quest. Write for It, and Special
Price List of Farm Seeds.
T.W.Wood & Sons, Seedsmen,
BICHMOKD, - VIRGINIA.
)yOODv& &JEH&
""Awarded"
6RAID PRIZE - ST. LOUIS, 1904.
60LD MEDAL - PARIS, 1900.
Plant Excelsior Seed Cotton
AND
RICH.
Excelsior Cotton fruiu closer and faster
than any cotton on earth; will produce two
bolls same space and time ordinary cotton
doea one. Won Gold Medal Cotton Charles
ton Exposition. Price (10 bushel lots) f LOO
per bushel.
MARLBORO PROLIFIC CORN
will yield 60 per cent, more corn, than any
other corn. Premium corn at Georgia and
also- South Carolina Experiment Stations.
Price, fi50 per bushel.
Write for circular "How to Grow Three
Bales Per Acre."
EXCELSIOR SEED FARM,
CHEBAW, 8, C.
MARLBORO
PROLIFIC SEED CORN.
This Is a well-known Southern field va-
neuy, ana ror the last nve years, has stood
-Well at the lead f n. Ion tr list - rf riotina
Georgia Experiment Station. Seed guaran
teed pure. Price F. OB. 75 cents per peck.
IL25 half bushel, $2.00 per bushel.
M. A. M'GEE,
Honea Path, S. C.
SUNSHINE COLUMN
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF INTER
NATIONAL SUNSHINE SOCIETY.
Mm. J. M. Raksixb; State President, Hen
dersonYllle. N. C
MRS. RANSIER'S LETTER.
Miscellaneous Sunny Suggestions From
Sunshine Headquarters.
Among the guests that were a lit
tle late at our rainy day card party
but none the less welcome when ar
rived, is a letter from J. P. Giltner,
of Kentucky, who says:
"I may be a little late to your Pos
tal party, but shall hope for a wel
come nevertheless. Let us look at
the second verse of poem number II.
(Here everybody get their Farmer
of February 24, and look).
The eave spout gushes its frothy
streams.
Whence the rain barrel fills and over
flows
Its sides, and the slate roof blacker
Through the murk and mist ; the
gleams
From room to room, housewife goes
lest the windows be
Unshut, and peers through the sod
den pall.
Now I think the author intended
to have added "seems" after "black
er" in line 3, or was he like Hamlet
who knew not "seems"?
Though it seems that "seems" was
slighted," yet poor "gleams" in the
following line has even worse treat
ment. It looks to me as if gleams
was like the general who could neith
er retreat, advance. --or stand still;
Now letTsubstifute "and" for "the"
before gleams and see if the poem
will not be improved."
Here is the verse in the original
copy:
9 I O.CO For
fi 200 Eon
INCUBATOR
Perfect fa oso traction and
mttiom. HatefcM mrmry fertile
eg. Writ for estate to-day.
CEO. H. STAHL, Qulncy. III.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
TO
Havana, CubaMarch 29, 30, 1905
Seaboard takes pleasure in an
nouncing another personally con
ducted excursion from North Caro
lina points to Havana, Cuba, and re
turn, March 29-30.
Rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the
round trip, including meals and
berth while on steamer will , apply.
Tickets will be sold Tor tmino n-n
March 29, good leaving Port Tampa
on steamer the night of JIarch 30th,
final limit to leave Havana April
13th, allowing passengers until April
19th to return to destination.
Stop-overs will be allowed south"
of- J acksouville, which govern the
stop-over of regular winter tourist
tickets.
As this excursion is limited to 150
people, parties should advise at once
relative to securincr thpir Pnli,o
accommodations, as no one will be
permitted on same without first hav
ing made reservations.
F or time-tables, rates and reserva
tions apply, to
CHAS. H. GATTIS,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
H.A.1rORSON.O.pEt!TR.hlN--
v. J-l . W.
"The evespout gushes its frothy
streams
Whence the rain barrel fills and over-
ows
Its sides, and the slate roof blacker
gleams
Through the murk and mist; the
housewife croes
From room to room, lest the win
dows be
Unshut, and peers through the sod
den pall
Without; and the rain beats end
lessly With mist like a wet cloak over all."
There is another verse 1 did not
give you before ; here it is :
"The herdsman lowers his broad hat
brim
To a sheltering slant, and the rain
drops fall
From the beaded edge of the low
ered rim " .
To the oilskin coat that envelops
His length; the guiding collie stops
To shake from his sides the glis
tening drops
That mats the mass of his silken
locks."
Please right here get your March
7th Farmer and nut Joe Lincoln's
poem, "Kind-er Like a Stormy Day"
right in after this No. 2 poem. It
acts like an antidote to the dismal,
dolorous, doleful, dangerous, dam
aging spirit-dampness that precede
it.
In a further chat Mr. Giltner aavs
"My favorite authors are Scott
and Hemans. I like Ivanhoe, Mar
mion and Bride of Lammermoor
more than Scott's other works. I
hardly think the poems of Mrs. He
mans have been fully appreciated."
An encouraging caller is Jonas C.
Williams, of Warren County whose
words are a sunbeam to us. He
writes:
"I am a ..constant reader of The
Progressive Farmer and Cotton
Plant, and might say 'paid up sub
scriber.' That sounds good, doesn't
it Mr. Farmer-Cotton Plant ? I al
ways read with interest the Sunshine
. -r-i i , -i -tt r 1
column. ii,nclosecl you win nna a
few stamps. You may enter my
name on the list of Sunshiners. .1
feel in my heart that you are doing
a great and noble work and pray our
Heavenly Father's richest blessings
upon you. I think The Progressive
Farmer a most excellent paper."
Thank you, brother. If there were
lots more like you, there would be no
empty stockings in our bonnie land.
I am sure as soon as our Sunshine
Society is better known there will be
many to help fill them by another
year instead of there being little
feet without any stockings to fill.
From Mrs. Johnnie Outland and
Mrs. B. R. Edgerton, of Wayne,
comes a beam, sending us the names
of some shut-ins, and saying: "We
write for Constitution and By-Laws
of Sunshine Society. Mrs. Ransier,
we are glad you are doing what you
are. We believe the Lord will bless
your work. We wish you much suc
cess in your work."
Yes, dear sisters, the Lord is bless
ing me when I et such letters as
yours. And the work, is it not His?
Surely the blessing follows or rather
accompanies, if we just keep heart.
Now, where do you think our next
caller is from? You never could
"guess" or "reckon" from "way
across the "big pond," over in Hol
land. .
Mrs. C. Gercrands, writes and
wants to join our Birthday Circle.
She says: "I think that is a very
pleasant idea indeed, especially for
lonely Sunshiners as I am here.
Please, may I send you my address
and date of birth, and when I re
port the letters may I enclose Dutch
stamps as yearly dues? Faithfully
yours in Sunshine or Shade,
MRS. C. GERCRANDS,
Drabbe Vlamingstarst 53 Delft,
'Holland.
Date of birth, 22nd May, 1876."
Dear Sunshiners, who will write
to her and welcome her into our
Southern Sunshine Circle 'i And if
she sends stamps, who of you will
buy? Who of you would like to ex
change some of Uncle Sam's for one
of the little Dutch engravings?
All, each and everybody, call
again.
This party has awakened our
sleepy 'Shiners who were napping,
and everybody seems so pleased that
we are planning foranother card
party soon.
Get ready. You don't need to
dress up, just come as you are.
ruiaMi ad necessary as rvain
The quality and quantity of the
crops-depend on a sufficiency of
TTh A II
rvrw sm
a
in the soil. Fertilizers which are
low in Potash will never produce
satisfactory results.
Every farmer should be familiar with the
proper proportions of ingredients that pro to
make the best fertilizers for every kind of
crop. We have published a series of books,
containing: the latest researches on this all
important subject, which we will send free
if you ask. Write now while you thitk of
it to the
GERMAN KALI WORKS
Hew York 93 Nassau Street, or
Atlanta, Ga. 22J South Broad Street.
Biggs Seed Corn!
The most prolific variety. (See report of
Test Farm experiments.) 75 to 100 bushels
per acre. -
Per Feck. 81, Bushel, S3,
No orders less than peck.
Address NOAH BIGGS,
Scotland Jfeck, X. C.
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THE STAY THAT STAYS
makes the flimsiest wire fence
firm and staunch.
lggest little thing ever offered to ,
Easy to handle as nails no ma
chine required. Sells like hot
cases.
AGENTS
make $25 to $40 a week easily
some make much more. Exclu
sive territory and most liberal
icxuia. oampies can De carried in
pocket. A rare chance for the man
who wants to give It either all or
O. Box C 286, Pittsburg, Pa.
IFOR
We offer for Fehrtmrv nr March
shipment, several thousand bushels of
Clay, Whippborwill, mixed and
wnue peas."
500 bushels of Soja beans.
200 bushels of Burt, 90 day oats.
200 bushels of re-cleaned Buck
wheat.
Seed Sweet Potatpes.
5 choice Berkshire pigs. 1
Pit Game 'eggs.
HICKORY MILLING COMPANY,
Hickory, N C.
PER CENT. REDUCTION
In Price of Grafted
Pecan Trees
JJ Standard Varieties.
DCID'O DCnitl lllinprniro Palatka.
Ukftll Q TLUAn RUnOCniCOf Florid.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
MEDIRINF RICHMOND,
flZZS 1 VIRGINIA.
MEDICINE-DENTISTRY- PHARMACY
Do you wish to buy anything f Seo
if it is not advertised in our col
umns. If not, write to the EJitcr
Elmwood Nurseries.
Ala1n 1 a r. 3 riA
-'flci' Mii3ri SOU. lx U III iive-vtrtii v.
field, at J1.00 per 100 pounds f. o. b. .Midlo
thian. .
Also Splendid. Strawberry Plants of ear
liest, medium and latest varieties at 50 cents
per 100, $3.00 per 1,000.
Frult, Shade, Ornamental Trees and
Plants after November 1st. Catalogue on
application. Address
! WATKINS Sc BRO., Halls boro, V
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