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J tj Title Registered In U. S. Patent Office. , A Farm and Home Weekly for the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Vol. XXII. No. 38. RALEIGH, N. C, OCTOBER 31, 1907. Weekly: $1 a Year. WHAT YOU WILIi FIND IN THIS WEEK'S PAPER. Page. A Variety of Current Topics by Prof. Massey. . 2 How a Small Renter .Made $1,421 This Year, T. H. Raney . .. 2 How Farm Girls Can Make Money, Charles M. Scherer ..... . . ................... .r. . . Keep Your Poultry Stock Thrifty, Uncle Jo. . Lint Gains by Ripening, H. Sutcliffe. . . Live Stock at Two State Fairs, Prof. R. S. Curtis . . . . . . . . ..... .". November Farming, T. B. Parker. . . . Pen of Black Cattle at the Fair, A. L. French. Plan for Growing Rape, W. H. Sutcliffe. ... . . Prepare Your Bees for Winter, W. L. Womble 14 Rural Carriers' Convention in Atlanta. . J. .. 16 Suggestions for Hallowe'en Party, Aunt Mary. 6 Tobacco Grmvers, Arouse Yourselves! . ... . . . 9 "Virginia Tobacco News . .. . . 13 3 11 3 5 9 10 10 THIS WEEK'S PAPER SOME RANDOM COM MENT. ;-;-.. October bids us good-bye to-night. This is the last of five issues of The Progressive Farmer for this good month and through the forward windows we are already peering into November; thinking of what the month will bring us and of the, things we want to do. The suggestions for November farming by Mr. Parker are right on time in this Issue and will speak for themselves. We have been thinking of Judge Bennett's saying that ev ery' all-round farmer should have as many crops growing in winter as summer. It was In last week's paper, you know. Didn't it strike you, too? About testing lint cotton have you decided to make some investigation for yourself and not wait for the Government to do everything? There is an idea pretty widespread that, lint gains in weight by "ripening," but does it? Is it anything more than an Idea? Have repeated scientific tests proven that it does, and how much? In this con nection you will find yourself entertainingly en gaged by Mr. Sutcliffe's short article on page 3, in which he tells of some tests he made forty years agoshowing a 10 per cent gain, nearly an item of profit by no means to be despised. j ; Your bees do you keep any? If their scant stores of honey make the bee-gums lift lightly at this season, of the year, lend these industrious lit tle workers a helping hand and help them put away something to feed on in winter. You are storing away good things for your horses, cows, pigs, and chickens this "winter help your little bees, too. Mr. Womble tells you how in a good article on page 14. Did you read the other day about the lady up near Winston somewhere who sold $1,000 worth of honey this year?- ' . 4How can a farm girl make money for herself? We've just mentioned the lady who made a lot on her bees. And In this issue Mr. Charles M. Scherer tells about other ways. He lays especial stress on the poultry business for girls, and we think Uncle Jo has hinted more than once that girls could make a success of raising poultry as a busi ness. One of the discouraging things sometimes is the loss of one's chickens by disease of one kind and another. Right here Uncle Jo comes to the front with a strong article telling how easy it is to cure chickens before they get 'sick. Learn what good things make your chickens strong and thrifty and what bad things hurt and weaken them, then hold fast to the good ones and remedy the bad ones before your flock gets sick. National Government May Outlaw tne Tobacco Trust ! .1 ' ... - t' ; . . I r"'-.... v V.,' V T -- -v v THE GERM OF THE TOBACCO TRUST. ; "Mr. WaRWtiirton Duke at the cabin in which he and his bods began the manufacture of smoklnsr tobacco In iRfiRhr beating It out with a nail and sifting by hand the germ of an industry which now encircles the globe. ' -. --I- " " PRE-NT MAIN FACTORY OP W- DUKE ON8 & CO., DURHAM. This fpctOTy is one of the stronghold" of the present American Tobacco (Ympany; and m-nufactnres more tobacco thTany other one plant in America. Prom this fa tory was fc hipped the J7.000 worth of cigarettes and tobacco seized by the United states Government in Norfolk laeit week. At last relief seems to be in sight for our tobacco farmers. The American Tobacco Company, which has so long ruled the tobacco world with the ruthlessness of a Czar, is now to feel the 4 big stick" of an aroused National Government. Not only has the Department of Justice instituted proceedings looking to the complete dissolution of the Tobacco Trust on account of its violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, but the Attorney General last week astounded not only the Trust its'lfbut the entire counfry as well by producing a weapon of attack so covered with the dust of what Mr. Cleveland would call " innocuous desuetude" that few people were aware of its existence. Yet, there it is in Section 6 of the Sherman Law the plain mandate of the law under which the Government in Norfolk, Va , last week seized $7,000 worth of trust ptade goods and now compels the American Tobacco Company to come into court and show cause why similar seizures shall not continue until it conforms to the laws of the land. Mr, Roosevelt himself is actively interested in these movements. With the active co-operation of the tobacco growers, the Trust may now at last be outlawed and competition in tobacco markets restored. The latest news from th cotton crop, you will find gathered together on page 4. You will be sure to get flagged down anyhow by our second page this week. Prof. Massey has spread himself, and never in better style, on a va riety of topics that are now Interesting our read ers. Aunt Mary, too, Is at her best contriving a good time for the young people a Hallowe en party this time, not a wedding that is, not yet. The date of Hallowe'en, you know, is October 31. 1 if I it;?- J ! I"' '-
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