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n,irT!STVE FARMER VOL. XX. NO. 18.
THE COTTON PLANT-VOL. XXII. NO. 17.
RALEIQH, N. C, JUNE 13, 1905.
Weekly $1 a Year.
Tli6 Prooressive Farmer
AND THE COTTON PLANT.
(Consolidated September 27, 1904.)
Entered at Raleigh, N. C, as second class mall matter.
THOUGHTS FOR FARMERS.
CLARENCE H. POE.
B. W. KILdORB, "I
C. W. BURKBTT,
Editor and Manager.
Agricultural Editor.
A LITTLE LETTER TO THE SAMPLE COPY
READER.
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The Oat Drill.
Some time ago J. O. Greene, of Franklinton,
N. C, made some inquiries in regard to an oat
drill TTa was answered throuerh The Progressive
"Ffl-rmer. "Rpoentlv another North Carolina farm
er who reads The Progressive Farmer, wrote for
the name of the manufacturer of the drill. We
will state for th information of all farmers that
oats planted with that drill were not injured by
fhft cold of Inst, winter. Even the Amler and Red
oats, tender varieties, were fresh and luxurient
after the February ice and sleet melted. The
Appier oats sown October 20th to November 5th,
wfr readv to out tho last dava of May. Oats
sown February or March mav be nut in with a
wheat drill, for all danger of freezing is then
over. But the best time to plant them is Uctober
when they should go m the open furrow.
Nitrate of Soda.
Farmers in this county who have used nitrate of
soda on small gram are, satisfied with the results.
Nitrogen is the most expensive of the commercial
fertilizers, and nitrate of soda is the most active
of all the nitrates used. Sometimes it f ails be
rnns!A rnmlipd nt. the wroiiff time. The writer
neiArl KO nmiTida to tho acre on some oats when
they were three or four inches high. When they
were ready to reap the indications were that the
Vld hnd hpn inerased 30 to 50 ner cent. There
was a lot of wheat close at hand that had been
well manured in, the fall. It seemed that there
Tern a nmmnniil enOUffh to make . the wheat. But
nitrate was applied to small portion of the ground
and in two weeks the wheat was a dark green, and
now when ready for cutting, it looks as it tne
yield would be doubled. In sowing small grain in
the fall use no ammoniated fertilizers. They will
the winter months.
Wait till March or April and use 50 to 100 pounds
of nitrate of soda, which will cost about $2.75
a Vnndrd nonnds when bouerht by the ' ton. Fifty
pounds to the acre applied at the right time will
make a great difference m small gram.
present they are here. They are going to stay
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nere. JLt is xne cneapesx ana Desx iaDor avaiiame
and it can be greatly improved.
UHAS. PHITTY.
Spartanburg, S. C.
The Negro as a laborer.
Immigration Commissioner Watson, of this
State, has established an office in New York, and
ia -roo rlxr nn nnnlicatl on to furnish laborers or ten
ants. He advertises that farm laborers will cost
$15.00 a month with board and comfortable lodg
er TViot nrt drmht. includes the washing. That
wili bring the price up to $21.00 a month, or
$252.00 a year, which is about six bales oi o-cenx
nnHnn Tn at. will bft auite satisfactory to the
farmers, provided each hand can make at least
$450 worth of marketable produce a year. But
immigration will come slowly. We have laborers
here now. They need encouragement anu uyj
t v,?o staia Tipirmps make and gather three-
JLU. VillO KJVW - .
f,,i,0 f nnttmi oron. The first duty of the
landlords is to make this labor more ettective. It
can be done. Build better houses for them. Em-
rtr l-nam fnr lonCT teTUlS. SO that they may plant
gardens, set out fruit trees and have a milch cow.
Give them a square deal. Instruct -them in better
nmAc Enmisn ffood horses, niules and tools.
Never cheat them. Make them give opinions -as
to best methods of work. Make them feel that
toll i cent men and not mere hands.
Treated in this way nine. negroes m ten will do
good work. We saw several tenants on one farm
1- Tho. lnndlnrd saw them about every two
iro Tli Ota was one white man on the place,
W orvo. " mi
-u o-r. clspT and not an overseer, lhese
negroes have good mules. They take a pride m
their work. A few days ago xuey wCre uu
tVitpr or four of their white neign-
, .:n ;n"tTiA ficrht. We are sure that
negro labo. can be made much more effective. At
uuiuusacu uuusca ui uie vuiuiujr.
Messrs. Editors: T wonder if therA are as manv
unfinished houses in every section of the State
as there are m this section. If so, there are
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aDOUt xwo-xniras oi xao nouses m me rurai sue- -
tions unfinished. ' "
This fact tells a atorv which shows an indiffer-'
ence for home, and want of love for home and
home things. Many a wife's heart has grown
faint and sad over this condition, and the bright
and cherry hopes of the boys and girls have been
shattered because of the unfinished house" at -
home. When they go over to see their friends
and find the house finished and everything fixed"
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they become dissatisfied with their own homes. ;
Thev cannot take tho interest and nride in their ...
homes as their neighbors seem to njoy in their
finished homes, xes, such a home-is not loved -
and cherished as it should be, and that home feel-.,
ing, as expressed by the words, "home, sweet
home," never grows so strong in the hearts of
V-xra o-nrJ . rri-rla TOOTOrl in TinfininTlpd VlOllSfiS AS it
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does in those whose homes are finished and, well
UX A UU(3 A V A WV , ' v w . f ' . .
on A rt th familv. Mv friend, why don't you
finisli vonr house S Do vou know why? No, that
you don't know. So I will tell you why. Why,
you think you are enjoying life well enough and
having about as good a time as most other peo
ple, and as you are growing older you care less
for these things, and so time passes and tne nouse
is neglected and you conclude it is good enougn
for me anyhow. Yes, and every one will agree
with you that it is good enough for you. And
anything else is plenty good for you and; all your
like. You see, you never had a thought about
your wife, who is silently going around doing as
much or more work than you. You have not
thought that by just a little more work the house
couiu be nnisneu aim uuw n wumu xxx v"
d hrino- hack the brisrht face and happy
heart as she goes about arranging and fixing
things in the finished house. .
No, you never thought of the pleasure it would
give those bright boys and girls for you to do.
a little more work on the house and nnisn it.
"VW liavA t bought only of self in the matter,
and never dreamed of the pleasure one gets in
making others happy, especially when the others
are your 4 own wife and children. -My
friend, just think over this matter now, and
count up the cost and see how much it will take
to finish the house. It only needs the latnes Vui
on and -then plastering and painting, and it is
done. You and the boys can do .nearly all this
this summer and never miss the time irom xue
fields A good plasterer can put the plaster all
over the first time in one and a half days, and
you and the boys can do the rest. Now what are
you going to do about it? Are you going to
finish it or go on having your wife to stick up
paper and hang up sheets where xne iaxues auu
plaster should be? Just xduik wimu r"1"
and pleasure it will be to your family and friends,
and go to woxk and nnisn menou
4-v, ntiier fellow and listen more
Day icss liioxx wxw . , . f.
than you talk, for when a man's listening he isn t
xnaii b , flattering the fellow
tening on uuuscia., , "
who is. "Old Gorgon Graham."