to-See YourllO-Cent or 15-Cent Trial Subscriber To-day and Get Him to Renew.
Consolidated, 1904, with The Cotton Plant, Qreenville, S. C.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER VOL. XX. NO. 46
THE COTTON PLANT VOL. XXII. NO. 45
RALEIGH, N. C, JANUARY 4, 1906
Weekly $1 a Year
SEE THAT TRIAL SUBSCRIBER AND SEE
. HIM TO-DAY.
You, sir didn't you send, us one of more trial
10-cent and 15-cent subscribers a few weeks ago?
Well, sir, we appreciate your kindness rest as
sured of that -
- Actually, however, we have lost, money on all
these1 15-cent subscribers i the paper was furnished
at less than cost. Still we are willing to stand the
loss if we can get these trial readers as regular
members of The Progressive Farmer Family, That
is why we made the offer, and that is. why we want
you to help us again. ,
1 We want you to see each of the trial subscribers
you sent us and get him to subscribe for a year
if he' has not already done so. It is not our cus
tom, to allow anything at all for getting renewals,
hit in the ease of these trial subscriptions,- yoy
may keep 25 per cent one-fourth of all you col
lect, or we will credit you three months on your
label for each dollar you send us.
" Now, Brother Club-Raiser, I .hope you . will go
for Mr. Trial Subscriber right away. His paper
stops this week ; he will not get another unless he
renews. Seebim, and lanc him, or we have lost all
the trouble of getting him into the fold. We
doirt want to find him ifalling from grace; we
count on you to see that he keeps the faith. .
And he can surely stay on the list if he will.
Get Him for a full year one dollar if you possi
My can ; otherwise, six months, at fifty-fivo cents;
and lastly, ' try three months for thirty cents.
Anybody can give you thirty cents for three
months or if he can't, and will promise to pay
by the end of 1906, send us his name,. and we'll
continue the paper.
Jsow won t youi, please, see each one ot your
trial subscribers right away certainly in the next
ten days ? It is the opportunity of a life tjme to
set each man as a permanent reader, and I shall
regard anything you may do for us as a personal
favor.
Yours sincerely,
CLARENCE II. POE,
Editor and Manager
THIS WEEK'S FEATURES.
COTTON ACREAGE. President Harvie Jor
dari sounds the first note of the long campaign
to. keep down the 1906 cotton acreage, urging
the necessity of crop diversification. Page 1.
THE TOBACCO ASSOCIATION President
S. .C. Adams, of Virginia, sends a ringing New
Year message to Progressive Farmer readers, to
be followed next week by strong articles by M.
W. B. Veazey and T. Y. Allen. Page 1.
CONTRACTS. The fourth of Judge Mont
gomery's splendid series of Law Talks. Page 2.
MAKING MONEY WITH CALVES. Mr. A.
L. French tells how to raise and sell them profita
bly. Page 3.
BETTER LIVE STOCK. Col. I.' C. Wade, of
Georgia, suggests that neighbors combine to pur
chase pure-bred sires. Page 3.
A COTTON TRUST. Messrs. John P. Allison
and B. F. Keith argue that farmers must control
m any combine that may be effected. Page 4.
"THAT OLD FOOL WOMAN." Dr. II. Fi
Freeman urges that she be kept out of" the sick
room. Page 6.
JNVV x JtiAK KJiSLrUllUJNS. Some every
farmer will do well to consider. Page 8.
WHEN THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
WILL BE FIFTY CENTS The Editor makes a
plain straightforward statement .of his-- policy.
Page 8. -
USING FERTILIZERS MORE JUDICIOUS
LY. Dr. C..W. Burkett of The Progressive Far
mer staff makes some suggestions that will save
you from wasteful expenditures. Page 9.
JOHN BILLING S. It's not Josh Billings, but
Josh could hardly beat "Uncle Jo's" selected say
ings. Page 10. '
OAKS AJND JMJNKS. You will learn some-
tiling new about these trees you have seen all your
life: Page 11. '
THE NEWS. Our news review is crowded Qff
our editorial page. Pages 12 and. 13. j ;
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS. Dr. Henry Wal
lace gives good New .Year advice. Page 14. .
PROF. ANDREW M. SOULE.
Prof. Soule is well-known to farmers through
out The Progressive Farmer's territory, having"'
been for years at the head of the Agricultural De
partment of the. University of Tennessee, and for
'j. J- ' ii . XT' ri n .
two years now as .uean oi uie v lrginia uonege oi
Agriculture and Director of the State Experi
ment Station, he has done miucih to give a new im
petus io agricultural education in the Old Domin
ion. An occasional correspondent of The Pro
gressive Farmer, Prof. Soule will write in next
week's! issue on "The Best Use a Parmer Can
" .1' 1 L P jl TTT i "I" il 1 - : V. ,.
-uajve.oi me winter montus.
j.
TO TOBACCO FARMERS.
LAST CALL FOR THE WINTER COURSEr
Remember it begins at A. fc M. College at Ra
leigh, January 8, 1906.
You need this course : it will fit you better to
farm; put interest in your .work; increase your
rewards 'J
Total cost, thirty dollars. . ;
'Xo examinations to enter.
C. W. BURKETT.
' i ii . 1 " . -? -
'vmoiig other excellent articles soon to appear
in The Progressive Farmer is "How the Farmer
"".y uesi opena tne winter jMAMiiuus uj j.
Andrew M. Soule, of Virginia; , "Where Rural
ife is Happiest" by E. E. Miller of Tennessee;
"Xew Year Reforms for Farmers" by Prof. J. M.
-lohnson 6f Georgia and Prof. J. N. Harper of
s'outh Carolina ; "What 'is a Fair Price for Cot
UmV bv H J Fflison and two stroner papers on
"How to fight the Tobacco Trust," by Mr. W. B.
Veazey of North Carolina and T. Y. Allen of Vir
ginia. - - ..
An Appeal by President Adams, of the Inter-State
" Association.
Messrs. Editors: I was glad to see Mr. jVeazey's
letter in The Progressive Farmer some weeks ago.
It was to the point and right? in line with the ef
forts of our Inter-State Tobacco Association. The
future of our organization is bright.
Our aims and objects must be carried out if the
producer of tobacco- ever shares his part of the
profits which are 'making the Tobacco Trust one
of the richest and most oppressive, of this coun
try. The, tobacco growers have thexpower to cor
rect these evils, and when aroused by education
thev will assert their power,. That these results
Inay be speedily accomplished, every producer
one ofl our first plans be to talk , up and work up f
our organization in our communities. What sense
is there in starting out to do another year's hard
work, and leave it to a heartless trust to name the
price of your labor? Have you a common laborer
in your section who will render you a year's hard
service; and leave the question of the price, entire
ly to ybu? He is not there, and ought not to be.
Have the intelligent tobacco growers of Virginia
and IS orth Carolina less manhood and business,
sense than the commonest laborer ? Thatcmes
tion will be answered by your action.
- S. C. ADAMS,
President Inter-State Tobacco Qrowers; Associa
tion, Red Oak, Va. ,
Mr. Trial Subscriber Here's a Good Example for
' You.
am in a club of trial subscribers with J. A. v
and I banded himv$l before I got your
I am well pleased with the paper, and if
Editor Progressive Farmer : .Yours of the 15th
must realize that he individually must do his fJart. received too late for me to use your blank in re
The officials of our organization are powerless un- iiewing my subscription to The Progressive Far-
less our efforts are backed up by the manhood and mer; I
financial aid of the rank and file. Battin
Won't the tobacco grower learn a lesson from letter.
the Cotton Association which is doing so much, it continues as good as it is, I will be a subscriber ,
for the producer of that staple ? . as long as I live, and when I am. dead, I hope my
Our plan to establish steam prizeries and fac- children will take it and heed its advice in farm-
tories for plug and smoking tobacco will solve this ing and many other good things. I am a poor
if we will put our money and influence man and bought me a little home nine years ago,
hpbind it. This has been proved by the plants we and I have managed to pay for it without The ,
are operating. The darK tooacco growers .oi tne jrrogressive jc armer, ana now witn tne paper, wny
West and of Virginia are rapidly falling in line, can't Ijmake some money ? , .
and in some sections have made the ngnt ana won. wishing you au a nappy iew xear, i am.
At' this time. the. beginning- of a new year, it is . jn. J. .ALJJiJN..
in order to TJiaii u uu ucwi v ""v") -'. w-