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and fi)& fitotfofll PteWfc ow'KKSSIVE FARMER VOL. XX. NO. 26. PRyGKAJ XrTvnT.. XXIL NO. 25. THE UUiiwii CIRCULATION STATEMENT. The sworn and proved average weekly circulation of The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant for the year ending December 31, 1904, wasi.0,509 copies. For the six months ending June 30, 1905, the sworn and proved average weekly circulation was 12,288 copies. " The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant has . A larger circulation that any other weekly pub lished between Richmond and Atlanta, and . 2. A larger circulation than any other farm weekly published between Philadelphia and Dallas. Farmers' Stationery. Messrs. Editors : Being in correspondence with a laree number of farmers from all the States, I wiilo endorse what has been said by the Editor and others in regard to their using printed sta tionery We often get letters that we can read without trouble until -we come to the name and postoffice. Sometimes we have to lay these over until we can consult the cashier of our bank, the postmaster, and other experts that we meet. '.And after all have spent their opinion, we come back to the office and guess at it the best we can and forward a reply. Sometimes in about two weeks afterward our letter is returned to us marked, 'Tarty Unknown," and we look uo the letter and try a?aiu. - We want to suggest to any to whom it is not convenient to get printed paper and envelopes that they buy a rubber stamp and pad, and stamp their addresses on both paper and envelopes. This need not cost more than forty cents, and will last for years. They are advertised in The Progres sive Farmer. - T.H.RANEY. Chapel Hill, N. C. THOUGHTS FOR FARMERS. The Importance of the Oat Crop. The farmers of the Carolina's are waking up to the necessity of sowing small grain. That is the only possible way to secure a rotation of crops, anu without a wis rotation the soil will get poor er every year. Several inquiries have recently been made in regard to the open furrow plan of sowing oats. Many farmers have given up the crop, because the better varieties will not stand our winters when sown broadcast, or with a wheat drill. In Georgia this year the Commissioner of Agriculture solicited many reports. No farm er that sowed in the opendrill lost his crop. A few stated that their oats were partly killed. Those sown broadcast were generally killed. In this county no oats sown in the open furrow were killed. Then it may be accepted as a fact that it js a Mire plan. It makes no odds how small grain St-e that the hard pan is broken, if it has not Wn done before. Harrow well, so that "the land Kay be smooth aud in fine tilth. After the land is ready a lively hand and mule will put in two acres a day. That looks like slow work, but at Nipht the farmer can say with certainty that he will haw two acres to reap the first of June. I Prefer the Gantt drill, because it is simple and opens, distributes the fertilizer, plants the oats and covers at one run. The guages are such that ;ue quantity of fertilizer and oats may be regu lated. The writer nrefers trm Annler oats. The Southern Red, not the Texas Red, are good. These arieti-s make a larf vie-ld nf heaw mrain. ighiiip 34 to 36 pounds from the thrasher. The straw is soft an(j edible. Horses and mules will it all. The oats should be sown October 1 to "cmuer 15 Experience shows that it is poor economy t0 apply nitrogen to small grain in the RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 8, 1905. fall. Owing to the cold it does little good. If oats are planted on thinnest land it may be better j to add a little ammoniated fertilizer to give j them a start. If the land will make 15 bushels of corn or 700 pounds of seed cotton to the acre, leave off the ammonia in the fall and apply ni trate of soda in March. Mix 600 pounds of 14 per cent acid phosphate and 400 pounds of kainit and apply 200 pounds to the acre. That will an alyze 8.4 and 5. The cost will be $1.75 an acre. Add 50 to 75 pounds of nitrate of soda in March and run a light harrow or weeder over the ridges so as to smooth them somewhat. The late varie ties of oats, such as the grazing and Virginia grays will do well in an open furrow, but they do not yield well. They make an abundance of forage. But the average farmer wants oats and not straw. If the Cotton Growers' Association persuades farmers to sow small grain there will be a great demand for seed oats and wheat, and no one need be afraid of making too much of either. This fall there will be a strong demand for both. "There, is more money in oats than wheat and they are just as good to restore land. It requires no more plant food to make 35 bush els of oats to the acre than it does to make 20 bushels of wheat. The writer brings up his poor est spots of lands by sowing oats and peas. CHAS. PETTY. Spartanburg Co., S. C. The Compost Heap. Messrs. Editors: In these days, when commer cial fertilizers are so largely used by farmers, the cnmnnQt bfnr.- is miir.p overlooked. Many, in fact. f -i 1 1 especially among the young men, scarcely know the meaning ot the term. Many regard, it as Qia fashioned and unnecessary, and as too trouble some to pay for itself. The truth is, it is more valuable for being old-fashioned. Many of the best things are old, for they are "the result of a wide experience; and this being true, they are well worth trouble. Every farmer would do wise ly to have a compost heap as a constant factor in farming. No sooner has he spread one on his fields, than he should start another. Nothing is simpler, nothing of equal value to him requires less labor. His main reliance should be upon it, together with the clovers, peas and other turn under nitrogenous crops much more than upon commercial fertilizers with their highly stimulat ing qualities. It is easily made, easily kept up. Stable-manure is its foundation, hence its proper location is in the stable lot. As often as the stables are cleaned (and that should be often), let the ma nure be thrown into a heap near by and a thin layer of the adjacent soiljthrown upon it, thus tppn'nfr n sbnllnw trench around it to catch the rain and keep the edges of the heap moist, and also preventing the escape of the ammonia. From time to time a light layer of slack lime should be thrown on, and whenever practicable woods mold or swamp mud should be hauled and thrown on it. So it grows gradually, and as it is dug and carted out its ingredients, fermented by natural heat and already intermingled by their contact and pres sure, may be more thoroughly commingled by nrninorlinrr nrd Tllmi frhinCT- In the same manner a heap can be formed for the warden, of poultry-manure, slops from house and kitchen, soap-suds, etc., witn some staDie-ma nttt-a a town tinn- with lavers of earden soil. "C--i nnno " Tina nnrn Iv shown that comnost. is j.i -fertilizer, whether for field or erar- LUC UCSl uii-vw.- , - - - den. It may be followed up m the case of lands naturally barren, or exhausted by over-cropping j t i ;i"!orro wib 5i moderate and -judicious j? oi foriiiTPrs find it would nay the use ox cuiumciwtti . . j. , - " j farmer to purchase the lngredienta of these and Weekly -$1 a Year. vit ( - R ATT AM. PROF. JOHN G President North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance. Prof. Graham is a farmer and also one of the State's ablest educators, having been for years princinal of Warrenton High School.. He has the unique distinction of being the only man to serve a third term as President of the North Car olina Farmers' Alliance, having been chosen for two terms several years ago, and being elected for a third at the last State meeting. compound them at home, rather than pay fabu lous prices to manufacturers or their agents for the ready-made article. Then, too, he knows what he is using. . HA. SKINNER. Sampson Co N. C. "Shady Farmers. Editor Arch. Johnson is not altogether free, from prejudice. He is quite sure, it seems, that only the ploughman knows anything"- definite about agriculture. Accordingly, he has allowed himself to speak of the classic for beginners in agriculture, as a book written by. "shady farm ers." To be sure, Brother Johnson is aware that Messrs. Burkett and Kilgore are ten times as well prepared to treat of farm methods as they would be if they had ploughed all their lives. In the very, same issue of Charity and Children ap pears a note of the new $100,000 hotel to be erect ed in Salisbury under the direction of a Char lotte architect, whom, by the same token, Mr. Johnson might have designated as a sawless car penter. Briefly, it would as well be admitted that no man can learn agriculture from his own lim ited experience. Moreover, if that were the only reliance, there could be little or no progress in the science or art, whichever it may most prop erly be styled. When the ordinary country car penter can plan and erect a $100,000 hotel, with due regard to economy of time and material, then we will direct would-be learners of agriculture to the ploughman, to Brother Johnson, for instance, as he served an apprenticeship at the plow-handle. Lumberton Argus. - You mav be doing God's will with one hand consecrated to Christ and making your own au tobiography with the other consecrated to self. Henry Drummond. 1 .: ;. - v ,,.
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