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Tuesday, November 7, 1905. PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GOTTON PLANT. - - 9 ELEVEN CENT COTTON IS HERE. I Next comes a page full of valuable facts -for I We have a number of breeds of live stock in-our The British have again been defeated. cotton growers. Observe especially that township State, and why are not more animals offered Saturday there was another Yorktown. meetings of the Cotton Association are to be held at the State Fair? It is true the prizes offered Cotton then sold on the streets of Raleigh' for everywhere December 2nd, county meetings De- are not large, and the pens are poor, still, if the eleven cents. V" , cember 9th, and State meetings January 3rd. The breeders were to write to the State Fair Associa- Small wonder it was a day of rejoicing fj-om general meeting, we believe, is to be held at Hot tion and were to ask for better accommodations, Virginia to Texas. ' Springs, Ark., Januarv 24 th. The North Darn- and KettAr nrizps. T am MnfiApnt thai. tt Anting The farmer has triumphed, the Southern Cot- ma State meeting planned for December has been would be given to their requests, ton Association is vindicated, the scorners re si- postponed to conform to this official schedule. ' All of us want to see the livestock industry de- lenced, the bears are routed, and the South is safe. Next week we shall print the first of a series, of veloped in the State. It is the important question Eleven cents the figure for which the cotton articles on the 'tobacco situation, and as a sort of to our farmers to-day. Our agricultural outlook farmers, most of "them, had struggled valiantly forerunner we are giving on page 5 a discussion should extend in this direction. Live stock will and which the bears and the British spinners had f independent factories -found in the last issue save our agriculture. It is not too early now, for declared they would never reach ! of the Southern Tobacco Journal. ' effort to be extended to make a better show in the It is a great victory, and should lead to more 4Do not squander time, for time is the stuff that way of live stock for next year, thorough and more permanent organization. life is made of we believe we have old Poor Rich- The State Fair management cannot make good ard quoted correctly. At any rate it "stands all exhibits. It can only help. It rests with the far- Ve have received a letter from Mr. J. P. Allison, eternity's offence" if one wastes the long winter mers and breeders to do this work. If reasonably Executive Committeeman for North Carolina nights that might be so well spent in self -improve- well arranged pens and sheds were provided, and (written Friday, 3rd) in which he joins Secretary ment and in aiding others. You will hardly find reasonable prizes were offered, and a reasonably Parker in directing that the North. Carolina or- a more suggestive article on this subject than our large number of exhibits were made; the live panization observe the general dates mentioned by leader on page 6. Let some member of the fam- stock side of the State Fair would become the" President Jordan in his official call printed on ily read it aloud; then lay plans to put its ideas most popular, the most interesting, and the most page 4. Ihis is now settled. Mr. Allison adds: into force. And fitting in nicely with Mr. Mey- profitable side of the State Fair. Let's all work uThe cotton in our section is nearly all picked. er?s article is the poem "A Good Fire" by our own together to that end. While there are some crops, as good as last year, McNeill. C. W. BURKETT. the shortage will be fully as great as estimated " ' "" September 1st, and the growth of weed during Q A 5,937 SUBSCRIBERS IN ONE MONTH. September, which raised the expectations of many, :UVE STOCK AT THE STATE FAIR. Clarence H. Poe, of Raleigh, personally appear- uiu uuu '"vivuoc " icuuxua nwm me vvxiiie ui nve siock entries ax xne recent orate mg Dei ore me, jonn JNicnols, United States (Jom- gins are very disappointing, and yet I see the crop" Fair re not so large as sll0uld have b - missioner, deposes and says: reports gave North Carolina a better showing than . . nevertheless a fact that the interest and en- That he is Editor and Manager of The Pro other States which convinces me more than any- )la TOUieiess a lact tnat the interest and en Farmer and 0otton pia t . f and. thing else that cotton is cheap and must go high- tries of this department were, larger and better home weekly published in Raleigh, and that ITS er, and that our action in Asheville .was very con- than they had been for years. The State Fair, ACTUAL SUBSCRIPTION LIST OCTOBER servative, and our farmers who sell now are losing should stand for education and educational prog- 1, 1905, EXCEEDED 10,000, making it the most the opportunity to get good prices for this crop." ress in agriculture. It is not merely a picnic laTy circulated farm weekly published between nor a home coming of the people. It is a school Eleven-cent cotton is the highest vindication fnr ,tll(1.ff . pw aOT:M1ifi;w largely circulated weekly of any character pub- wi, c a, n a u for studying new things m agriculture. lished between Richmond and Atlanta. Oit the Southern Cotton Association could possi- A d . 2 The Progressiye Farmer (0ctober ly require, and yet it looks now a sif materially g entered upon a carefully-planned campaign, mak- higher prices may prevail. We quote from E. F. r nr. -d i. n mR an otter of the paper the rest of the year to Button and Co.'s latest circular: f ?e .Pr?8TC?8 farmer who possesses well new subscribers for 15c. Under the terms of this tv c t. j A V , - bred animals should make an effort to have at offer, the number of trial subscribers received each Ine bouth is now organized. A short crop of iPflst a small Axhihit at dm Fair and h& should dp- dav in October wer as fallows- cotton in the face of a tremendous d PTnand will I . - , - i . I - ' : : , : : " i, .i o ,t . --.e--. maud ivltn otner exnibitors, reasonaoie prizes xo . . A . OAA enable the Southern growers to control the price. i . . . Monday, October 2..... 209 The organization of the Southern planters ad- be awarded for the winning animals. Tuesday, October 3.......... 469 . vanced cotton from G.5 to 10 cents per pound this There was a better display of horses at the re- Wednesday, October 4. .... . 152. spring. This was done in the face of the largest cent State Fair than ever appeared heretofore. Thursday, October 5. 234 wop ever produced. Without organization tho The splendid exhibit of the Lafayette Stock Farm Friday, October 6 .................. r ..... . 267 planters would have been helpless. It bought about , v 4f-u Saturday, October 7. ...... . ........... 338 a reduction of 14.9 per cent in acreage. Should of the German Coaches was one of the most m- Monday, October 9. 246 the crop be less than 10,500,005 bales, as many teresting of the stock features and attracted a Tuesday, October 10. .............. . ... 559 believe, and as the majority of private reports good deal of attention. We need improved horses Wednesday, October 11. ...... . .......... 255 state, the Southern planters will.be able to dictate j mir agriculture as much as we need imnroved Thursday, October 12. ... . . . . . .. . . . ... ..... 181 the price of cotton to the world, and the spring ptflp Wr. flT1j Friday, October 13. . 169 of 1906 will see a" scramble for cotton like that of came, sneep ana swine. Saturday, October 14. 315 1903-1904." In the cattle pens were seen a large number of Monday, October 16. 210 animals, and only a few were representative of a Tuesday, October 17. ..................... 284 THIS WEEK'S PAPER SOME RANDOM COM- State Fair. The Age Bull from Pinehurst is Wednesday, October IS... 312 MENT. worthy to enter any show ring in the land. He ag Mr. J. E. Rue proves himself a veritable cyclo- was in a way a credit to the State Fair. French's Saturday, October 21: ...... .r. ........... . 200 poedia of information in his reply to Mr. Moye. Aberdeen-Angus Cattle also deserve special men- Monday October 23. 172 And all the subjects mentioned are of real inter- tion, ! since this herd is not only one of the best Tuesday October 24. ..t ................. . 1$9 est to farmers " - Angus herds in the South, but is one of the best in ednda c,tobe0 25 " ' vxuiuiers. e ,i . Thursday, October 26 161 "Uarion Farmer's" article is very helpful, but the land. French's development of the cattle m- Friday October 27. . ....... . '72 ' think he misunderstood Mr. Hayes's insistence dustry in North Carolina suggests what can be Saturday, October 28. ........... .1 --r,151 upon having the corn "drv." By this no reference done throughout the State. T : Monday, October 30 .... . 91 as meant to the condition of the shuck but only Going to the swine pens one found a larger and Tuesday, October 31.... 138 that the ear should be matured not in the least more even exhibit than in any other line of Hve Total v... . 5,937 green. But the TTavp rnrx is new to us stock. There was not a poor hog in the lot. The . . . . , i. nut xne nayes pian is new w us. v, . l- a' .. 3. These subscriptions i were sent in, not by One of the most valuable articles we have number of entries m the .Berkshire classes were agentg but as a result 0 perS0nal work by sub- Printed this year is "Plant Fruit Trees in the many, and suggests the interest thafis being man- Cribers among their friends, this being the Fall," a paper full of practical and timely sug- ifested all along swine lines. As good specimens strongest possible testimonial of the hold that the gestions prenared'at our reauest bv Prof. Messey. of Berkshire hogs were seen on the Fair grounds paper has uponjts ?dt yJ, with a ft will prove helpfuUo you in selecting varieties, as one ordinary finds' at any Fair, and the r bscriber ordering them cheaply and in planting proper- keen, competition in most of the classes. JMuls, .g beievea that half of this year's list of 6,00(f Jy. Some suggestions as to their after-care will the Pinehurst Farms, Williams, and TJpchurch wiH also remain with the paper, thus giving us tliA ri ViqW i snort Vnn n -firlft subscribers January pcar later naa spieuuiu. caiuw uu auiiuuio, . xtiyj -- Mr. Daniel Lane gives an excellent paper on the Berkshire classes. The Chester White.and Poland For nQxt year A CIRCTTLATION OF 15,000 Proper handling of sweet potatoes. In spite of China, exhibits were small and there was .no com- TS GUARANTEED, and if the pa- general custom to the contrary, there are mani- petition with either of these breeds, but the am- -per continiies the same rate of growth as for the est advantages in his policy of hilling with the mals shown were choice and of fine quality. Both rast two years, the actual-number of yearly sub vines on. of these breeds should be well represented at such scribers will exceed 17,500 within the next twelve Samuel Archer, the sheep man, back again and a farmers' gathering. ; months. CLARENCE H. POE. G are glad! The Qarolinas and all other States The sheep exhibit was small, but one exhibitor Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd day small flock of Shropshires. This nf nvpmw 1905. feline of the sheep industry. Archer's letters flock was representative of the breed, and attract- o eWhN O Help revive ii, ed a good deal of attention. I U. S. Commissioner, Raleigh, N. O. .
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