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..- V . . THE. PROGRESSIVE FARMER
and How to Grow It; .491 Profitable Management be alteredand it is simply in obedience to such a
of the Apple Orchard on the General Farm ; 631 law , that our Negroes are leaving, Eraigration
Growing' Peaches; S The Native Persimmon;. from EuropV to AcJerki has 'practically ceased.
'696-Handling and Shipping Otruj Fruit in the q c - i mdustnai centers of
Gulf States;' 700 Pecan Culture, Also write your - Vuc . ' ... . nicrs of
uuli v. . , if.tt the Norfh are feeline the Dinch. Price (r t,v
state experiment staiion.ior v-- 4 ... . T4. : -
tions on orchard and garden suDjecis.
The Progressive Farmer Company,
Qnmrmntmi tinder tfc Urn of Kortt CkrcCixu.)
lit W. Hcrgett SI, Raleigh, N. C.
CLARENCE FOS.
TATT BUTLER,
& L. MOSS. . .
W. F. MAS?ET,
JOHN S. PEARSON,
I. A. MARTIN,
. Preiidffnt and Editor
Vk-P-idnt and Editor
Mtffinff Editor
Contributing Editor
, v ' . Secretary-Treasurar
. Adrerttiintr Manaarar
J. I- Mosrford. OonenJ Rtpnmfftsfit
XE HOPE our readers are not forgetting the
' Y ' good advice about keeping their windows open
at night. As "someone has well said, "You had bet
ter be carried off by a burglar than by an undertaker."
there, always'. higher than in the South, have been
- - raisea 10 9J,t n cvcbj a tiy. wua larm labor-
"CORlongyears Noriis : Cat O-ina, South "Carolina-. in many sections of the Soutfrat 75 tents' and a dol- "
and Alabama kept qflltt t&mpiBj together down lar a day,.tfiat is more natural thari for the laborer '
.at the bottom of the lift cf states in the matter of to drift away? And who is there who shall deny
public school progress. fTbere is now a great stir Um the ftn the best markei he can for i
among all these states. However; and North Caro-, . f ... , ; , . ;: , r Ior
lina can't expect mere ordinary effort to put her ms labor r r -; : rt. '
ahead of her once sleepy companions Alabama . In the aonndance of cheap labor the Southern
has probably passed more progressive educational employer has had afld stiir has a tremendous in
legislation in the last two; years than any other dustrial advantage. Bat if he is to fiiaintain his
Southern state has ever done in the same length of , , - - , - - t " r r ' .
.time, and what South Carolina has been doing is in- . a?r?taff ; fP:??. -:rKircasing "
dicated by these . extracts from Governor Man- the -productive- power, of this - labor, this in turn
ning's message to the South Carolina Legislature: enabling .employers, to pay better wages and pro-
pDIOR Clarence Poe will address the public at
- Elizabeth City, N. C on February 5. He will
also speak at the Wake County Farmers' Union
business meeting, -Raleigh, February 2, and at the
Virginia Press Association meeting, Charlottes
ville, Va., February 8. -
"The school f tmd , ba more than ; doubled
within the past eight years. A local tax-' hat ,
been secured in over 1,600 school districts. The
enrollment for the-year exceeds 400,000 arid a
gain of over 42 pupils i 12 months was bet
ter than could have been expected."
Governor Manning adds that in the few months
since the passage of the law permitting it, nearly 10
vide better laving conditions.
The heaviest movement of labor away from the
Cotton Belt has.been" out of the boll weevil-ridden
areas. Herd: almost tdtal crop failures have left
the; tenants destitute, and .it is often a case of
either ,get out or starve; No drastic anti-labor-
agent laws or. threats of violence will remedy such
per cent of the school districts of the state have C a sit uatlOru -The'prohlem is v 6
voted compulsory attendance on themselves : and
we hope our South Carolina friends, will now. join
the Governor in ; Calling for a rsate'-ide'lawrTr7;
E Soutn, Carolina Livestock Association held
a notaDie meetinK last wee, ine ranneiio
State is getting thoroughly aroused over the boll
weevil menace, and redoubled interest in livestock
is a natural result. Every North and South Caro
lina farmer should ask his members of the Legis-y
lature to vote the needed funds to drive ticks out
Of these states in the next two years.
a , '
THE best issue of the whole year in which to
have an advertisement is our Reference Special,
preserved and consulted by countless thousands
the Whole year round. 'This year's issue appears
February 17, and advertising copy should be mail
ed us by February 3 or 5, at latest, the earlier
the better. No matter what you have to sell
livestock, poultry,. eggs, seeds, plants or. anything
else you can't afford not to advertise it in this
issue.
Speak Qtiickly ta Rorth Carolina
tators:
iO ALL our North .Carolina friends nd sub
scribers we would' sajrr ow is the time to
speak to your, members f ; the Legislature
Possiply never before hate our farmers had such
an opportunity for evoking goed results that may
endure for all time to etttrfc-Tbe. new Governor
has presented a non-partisan program of rural
progress, and legislators are just waiting to see
how vigorously th e farmers th emselves will spe ak
out for reforms. The ancient crop lien and time
prices iniquity may be crushed and crippled for all
time to come if fanners .will only speak promptly.
and employer If he isr firianciatty; able and willing
to feed clothe and shelter his tenants tintil another
crop is made, he can .make sure that practically
none of - hi$ -labor will willingly leave him. If he
can't do this, if the community, the county, or the
Sonth cannot 'Ho thtsf theft the labor movement
North is bound to continue until a fair balance is
struck. You can't keep water from Seeking its level.
The Buine& Fanner's Calendar r Six
Things ta Do This-Week and Next
F
IRST, let's start the garden work, if we have
not already done so, getting it in shape for
producing an abundance of vegetables all sea-
son long.Tr--TT--;y " ;, :
2 " Let's remember that an abundance of plant
food and humus is an absolute necessity to get the
best results in the; garden, -and then fertilize ac
cordingly. "Stable manure, balanced by a liberal
The State Farmers' Union Council and Gchrernor
fkUR annual "Reference Special" will appear on -Bickett have agreed on a ifieasnre prodding that appncatiort of acid phosphate, is one of the best of
rcuruary xi tnis year, ana we nope every reader wnerevcr a niercnani uas crop ucn ? security garden fertilizers v
will make up his mind right now that he is going to he shall hot charge, for time prices more than , T af, . .,a ,,,, . ... .u (aaA
file and keep this copy of our paper. This s a mat- u: c u-: ni11c in r .k.ii nv Lets give thought to the poultry, their feed,
ter of some importance because the alert reader, hlS cf h Pnce Plus 10. Per cent, jior shall any per- houshlgf and the matter o1 bfifigitlg off the early
during the coming twelve months,' will not only son' firm or .corporation adyancmg either cash or spring hatches, ' . , . ' '' - '
find this Reference Special" answering many a scrppfies on Crop Ken seenrrty add more than 10 per 4 Let's keep' an eye on-the barnyard and sta-
problem for him that would otherwise necessitate5 cent in lieu of all commissiofls and rnterest charges, ti'-.- t,,,'-.r, u it .- j -it '-. j i .
hi, writing a letter of inquiry, but kjf lt j t
indispensable because in discussing subjects during . , . u ' ; supplied with Utter, t5 keep down fitttoV
the year we shall frequently say, "See page so-and- st0? croP len usury and extortKn, don t fail to 5, Uts plant spfin oats, if for.ny reason we
r fh m i.. . - - . L h k . 1 l . L l . L 1 C . Jl l k T L l.
so of our 'Reference Special' for full information." w"c yum wgiswiois u " Btren cw incsc as
The reader is wise who resolves right now that he possible get up a petition t in your neighborhood.
is going to put our Reference Special" in his desk Everr Local Union rh the state, should also rush
along with his account book.
MEXT week we issue our annual "Implements and
Machinery Special," and we commend it t& our
readers in the belief that it will contain some of the
most instructive and interesting articles and letters
we have ever published. Among the more notable
articles wilt be the following: "Implements for
the Small Farmer by A. X. French; "Machinery
for the Large Farm," by G. H. Alford; "Planters
and Seeders,, by E. F. Cauthen; "How to Buy a
"Gasoline Engine," by P. T. Hines; "The Peanut
Picker," by T. E. Browne; "The Typewriter as. a
Mpney-making Piece of Farm Machinery," by C. O.
Carpenter; "Disk and Section Harrows and How to
Use Themr" by J. W. Willis ; and "How Small Farm
ers Can Cooperate in the Purchase aftd Use of Ma
chineryVV J. Z. Green. Mrs. Hutt wfll hare some
thing to say about labor-saving devices for the
farm women, and there will also- be an unusually
interesting lot of experience letters front Progress
ive Farmer readers. Watch for this Special
resolutions and petitsonsv
The vicious patent medicine fraud is also on the
run and letters,, petitions- artd resolutions should
fe rushed regarding it. The patent medicine manu
facturers have millions withwhich to defeat the
will of the people. Look up the measures ;:advo
cated on" page 19 of our last Reference Special and
Write your Legislators fit behalf of such of these as
you favor, and all other legislation you want. The
wealthy corporations send lobbyists to the Legis
lature ; the great plain people must send letters'.
failed to get in as sufficient acreage last fall.
6. Let's be sure to renew our subscription to our
favorite farm papers' and magazines, making cer
tain of plenty of wholesome reading matter for all
the family. V - ;r; ; .- .
for the Week
TIERK are ifl the world two forces at work,
love and hatrjed. Hatred destroys, love
bttild ; hatred Injures, love heals ; hatred em
bitters lifef love sweetens. It; hatred is godlessness,
love is godliness The snpreme question, therefore,
is, not as to wnetner tnere are tmlOvable persons in
the world or. not, but rather, which one of these two
the
Tin FfttrlfU nl f "W Ffftm ZmAU fces wouldyou have to rule your own life-and
r ,wMMV w. -w. w wM ute otnumartilyatjarge, love or hatred?, Whicli nu-
and the Remedy " trltion would you give your own sou? and the souls
' ' of those who are near and dear to y6ff that of hat-
Ft. . fed, or that of love? Can it be your aim in life to aid
OR the past six .months from Georgia on; the that power which iilms life
est-to.Teaaf " oxt the west, there.. has been a and estranges God, oV the ' power whieh -heals,
steady movement of Negro taborers toward huilds ttpT"sweetens $ii and makes' one with God?
the industrial centers of the North. By the first of : r the designs of love give you oyous sat-
h' ii--'r.wf fw ev, tcAfws t sfaetiou and not pain. You know . r .: thattne
the year it was estimated that some 150,000 had of Utnd :Ktterf'md the frttfts of love are
gone, with the: movement nnabated. -sweet Is it your duty, therefore; to giveyour life to
Newspapers, commercial bodies and individuals- the power of hatred, and-thus- ntereaie Hi dcrniin-
have deplored this 'migration, foreseeing in it dis- J, men and nmttrply ftV Hfter,' poisonous
aster to the agrtcuHtrral and mefffstriat Sonth. Res ' trmtln hf yort&, ?ttt consecrate your life to the
. -4 1kK u-uu- Pwcr t love,, which you ideallz fid adore, and
olotfon have heet adopted- prohibitive taxe orf whose fruits are iov aid twa ? : , . - The man
tcr Grow iZ tteS 6The 0r and in some c actual of hate U. djstftre;Wer or ilatef io tost his
inX ycVrtreaU
igf-Frartr 4Wkritir Pch tr -ingKorth: v ' V ; . v :Ptt Withers, and to occupr .f.Sntaflest and
THE following(free farmersrbunetirrs:o orchard
and garden subjects are for distribution- by the
United States Department of Agricultuvev Wash--fngton,
D. C Look over the Gst and order" today
. such as yotr think wilt be of mosthelp to you:' No..
2S4 Cucumbers ; 255 The Home' Vegetable Gar
den; 354 Onion Culture : 433 Cabbage; 434
itome Production of Onion beed a-nd Sets; 642--
k omato
Garde
A io tu- t a4. (t.;, rtf i r mtf
u.i, joi-rruiuHK, -w-bw-jh reacnes ior o , . . .. , . , . --, .... ti -s-4 . " '
Brown Rot, Seale attd -Ct&x 471-Grape Pro- . Rivef. are dammed and their flow cfcedkrf ii
Ling, 482-The Fear easily -than i can the operations of an eeonottttc bw The Syrian ChThtr ' - ... -
pagation, Pruning ared Trarflif