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I r; PATENT MEDICINE FALSEHOODS ANSWERED AND EXPOSED-Dy EJItorPao and Dr. H IV IVIIoy. A Farm and Home Weekly for North and! 1 South Carolina, Virginia, Tennecc63, and Georgia. VeL XXV. Ifc. 18 RALEIGH, II. C, HAY 7. 1910. Vtt!dr. $1 Yci. $1,500 Worth of Prizes for Wide-Awake Farmer Boyst A Last Call to You E NE HUNDRED THOUSAND Southern farmers read The Progres sive Farmer and, Gazette. That, ought to mean that two hun dred . thousand toys are ,.; In f amilies where - The Progressive Farmer "and ..Gazette is taken.' yv ; ,:- v?;;:UiV;;y : ,;: " If the'reV one in your family, Mr. Subscriber, we have a bully chance for him, and we want to , tell him about jt. Here is what we wish My boy, you have a, chance ; at nearly $1,500 worth of prizes. We have told you something about this in previous issues of The Progres sive farmer and (Sazette, but you .&ay, have .overlooked it. At any rate here is the chance open to yott s timee again, ! and it's up to you as tc whether you shall seize It or Z,. v'ur-i-h; 'h k-W through the. generosity 6f our? advertisers and our company we are biggest and mttfct profitable corn yields this yean Most of these prizes will' be f or ' boys not iti until next yeaiS jbbys bom after January 1, 1892, that is to saj, but there will b gome for fellpws older, but yet under 21. v v ,;r;V If you were born before 1892, but are yet under 21, we want you to cultivate five acres. ; To the Southern farm boy who makes the big gest corn yield on five acres in 1910, using not more than $8 commercial , fertilizer per acre, , our Mr. A. L. French, weir known to many as a pop ular North Carolina Institute lecturer, will give a handsome young Angus bull, valued at $125, and other smaller prizes will be offered. If on the other hand,; you won't be 19 before next year, we Want you to cultivate only one acre of land, and we have a string of prizes long enough to make your head swimbetween - $1,200 and $1,500 w orth, including $200 worth of Royster fertilizer, a $75 Thornhill 2-horse wagon, a $75 DeLaval separator, a $75 Meadows grist mill, $50 Duroc-Jersey, Poland-China and Berkshire pigs, a $30 Iron Age riding cultivator, a $40 Modern canner, a $32 ; McKay sulky t stalk cutter,5 a $30 Watkins hay press, a carload of Blue Ridge lime, a King weedery one ton Meridian feittlfce etc. A full list -of prizes and their" generous givers will appear later. We hope. also to include a free trip to Washington with all expenses paid as one of the prizes. ,- ' - v: V;. m k-..-' , Well, my boy, : we want you to get one :of these prizes, ; and there's no time to lose 'if you are going to do it. r Kake up your mind about it now: there's no hope for the fellow who is always hesitating. These . prizes Will be. given to boys who cultivate One acre of . corn, doing all the work ' themselves o evcept needed help" in breaking and harvesting, and the whole $1,300 worth will go to the fellows who make the big gest yields i and the, biggest profits per acre., v No boy will be allowed to use over $10 worth of commercial fertilizer on: his (acre, n r: b i i More than -.this, . any , boy .competing for, our prizes may also compete for the scores of other prizes offered by State and ; National : Depart ments of Agriculture, including, Ave believe, the free i trip to Washington City with, all expenses, paid, for the best yield in each State, the prize- FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE; ''! . (!"'no') VMri',.' A BUMPEtt FRUIT CROP IN PltOSPEOT '. 'Wl , I '. ", . . .420 "ORbow MbNEY; ANi PLANT OOWPEAS , V . . ; IV;:. ; .V. . . V . . 406 "ROOM CdltN-CUliIVATl6N AND CURING '.' Wl . . 415 CHEAPLY FED BROOD SOWS . . . . . ..... . . ..... I 413 JJVERY FAR5IER NEEDS A FLOCK OF SHEEP. . ............. 412 i ASTS AB0XJT THE CULTIVATION OF COIttt . 1 . . . . . .... . . . 419 JvnM work: for mait. . : . v ; . . .v . . 1 ; v. ; . ; . . . . . . ..... 402 JIOSQUITOES AND MALARIA . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . t .... 408 LATENT MEDIOINES-A DEFENSE: ... . ... ... 1 . j . ... . . . ... . . . 407 ?T MEDICINES FRAUDULENT CLADlS AND RANK -MIS- REPRESENTATIONS .... .... . . . VV. V. V . . h-.r;. .7. '.T, ;V 411 vaS things to 1)0 IN ma : ..:.:..;!...........;. 403 imVS8 0F OOWPEAS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES .......... 404 W7IAT TILLLAGE DOES . . . . . . 403 winners from all tlie States taking the trip together and being royally, entertained in Washington, being introduced - to - the President and att that. 7: -.iM?irr',;v. v" - i: ' '.,'; Now then, why not have a prize acre? if , you get a prize, good and well, and even if you don't get a prize, you'll have the untold good that comes from putting forth your very best effort etudytlx planning, l learning. If you bhiy make the best yield of any boy in yon township, that will be a distinction In itseif, and will help make a man Of you. :. ':. " '' J There are already 40,000 boys lined up in Com Club work in thev Southern States, each bof tuftlvatfng an acre and doing his level best,' with it. Let's make it 100,000, v Z-iZZ'V' :r-r ; j;-r CLetevery i boy not tob old- try aii acre;! let the older Ones try five, acres.'? WeL shall print the pictures of the prize winners in each State, and we shall i print the names of all our boys who make over 5& bushels per acre. !r;irrr'; This offer this week is a lait chance, my boy. The great processioni Is moving 40,000 of the brightest, wide-awake young chaps in the, whole South in line, and they are calling you to Join them.' Will youv do it or will you lag behind and then feel ashamed of missing the chance they seized? Try the acre, boy; it can't possibly do you any harm ; . it is almost: impossible for it not do you a lot of good. If you are not 19 until next year or later, sign the lower 1-acre blank and mail to us at once; if you are already, 19 or will be before the end 6t this' year, sign the upper 5-acre blank. Be sure to enclose 2-cent stamp for one of our butt tons. DO IT TO-DAY. IF YOU WERE &ORN BEFORE JANUARY 1H 1892, SIGN THIS BLANK 5-ACRE CONTEST!. Publishers The Progressive Farmer and Gazette, Rileigh, N. C , GENTLEMEN: lam over 18 but under 21, and I wish to compete for Mr. French's $125 prize, and all others that may be off ered to the boy or young man under 21 who makes the biggest yield on five acres of corn in 1910. I will not use over $8.0& worth of commercial fertilizer per acre, and wilt do all wort? myself. I enclose 2-cent stamp, for which send me one of your buttons and all literature and enter my name for the contest ; . Yours truly, vr;:! ! ! -v: V' ' "V"'"':." Name P. O iSta&T IF YOU WERE BORN AFTER JANUARY 1, 1892, SIGN" tHIS -BlX Publishers The Progressive Farmer and-Gazette, Raleigh, N. GENTLEMEN: ' I will not be 19 till next year, or later, ancT J want a chance at the $ljr300 to $1,500 worth of prizes you offer- Jo boys of my age and 'younger who moke the biggest yields and' biggest profits on one acre of corn in 1910. I will not use oven $10 worth of, commercial fertilizer per acre, and will do all the work myself, except breaking arid harvesting. I enclose 2-cent stamp, for which send me your literature and a button, and enter my name for the contest. Yours truly, Name 1 ' H t ii ft h 1 V P. o. State-
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