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t . '" SI 1: ' la' ifii li 5:4 I III . .1' ' .M :l 1 s i 1 ' t 'I!. ! In s !'' ' V (: (U-j. .. iii! i. I i i f ,1 Mr 1 i i ' S M El it ,11 I I! Li I ii if s U !' i ii !:1 ii St 11- jji ,'!:!. il ,16 THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. Thursday, June 11, ig'. .-I .1 ' "; 1 V r. i ""-V'. ' vi ..'-r :':o : ": - r Who SKall Price tKe Cotton ? Messrs Editors: As a reader of agricultural papers, I will say you have gone on and told us how to cul tivate and plant our crops and what kind' of seed' to plant and all that 1 kind of thing; but you did not tell us how to work these hears and wolves and panthers out of our cot ton. They devour thousands and millions of dollars of our . cotton crops yearly. They , are worse than the boll weevil. It was stated in your paper some weeks ago, that when one hale of cotton was manu factured into different kinds of cloth it brought $3,500. , If this be true, and I think it is, who is getting the big money out of the cotton crop? It must be the manufacturers and bears. You can see clearly they are getting rich off of our honest labor, the labor of us who made it by the sweat of our brows. Who is it needs this big surplus in cotton?" It is the producer that is, the women and children and men, who first make it by the sweat of their brow. We are going on year after year making the rich richer and letting them set Jhe prices and control our cotton. If we are going to let them control it this way, we had better stop raising cotton at, present prices. The farm er produces the wealth of this world; and then takes nothing and a half for what he does, and feeds all the rest out of it. WM. QUINN, SR. Editorial Answer: The best way to keep the speculators and mill men from getting more than their share of profit out of the cotton crop is not to raise more than is really demand ed by, the needs of the world. Rais ing the home supplies, even to a sur plus, is the safe thing to do and it is also best for the land. Till the farm ers take care of themselves tby a wise diversification of crops, the specula tors and mill men will not take care of them. However good plans may be formulated by organizations of farmers, their fight in open market against speculators must be an un even one because the number of far mers is so; large and the needs of some of them are too pressing for Ihem to act as a unit. The smaller the number of fighters in an indus trial army, the better is the chance for unity of action. Certainly if the buyer of cotton cannot depend on the Advertising News Notes. Interest in Squabs. The purpose of a little booklet issued by the Suc cess Pigeon and Poultry Pens of - Florence, S. C, is to create an in terest in squab-raising and it is well calculated to fulfill its purpose. Send a stamp for it to Ernest . U. Mack, proprietor; it will interest you. The name of the booklet is 'Squab Truths." Heating the Smoothing Iron.- Troning day in the hot summertime, with a big fire ' going in stove or fireplace to keep the irons hot, is something to be dreaded by the average housewife. One of our ad vertisers, Mr. Li. Medlin, Monroe, N. C, tells of a better-'way. It is to heat the irons on a neat smoothing' iron heater which you can set in doors or Out. A few chips or corn cobs or coal will keep the irons hot without heating up the whole 'township around you. If you want to try one of these heaters your next ironing day, or if you want the argenqy for your county, read Mr. Medlin's advertisement and drop him a postal today. ': Before You Buy Your New Buggy write to the Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio, for their new 1908 19 2-page Vehicle and Harness Catalogue. - A good buyer always looks the cost you a penny for a postal or a two-cent stamp to write for this cat alogue, and if you. do not want to buy from this company after you have received their catalogue, you can place your order anywhere you please and wherever, in your opin ion, you will get the best value for your money, but be fair to yourself and post yourself fully oh all prices before, you do buy. Address the Ohio Carriage Mfg Co., H. C. Phelps, Pres., Station '612, Columbus, Ohio. . Gasoline Engine as Farm Power. A user of a Foos Engine says: "I took it 'on their guarantee and have round it to be all that they claimed for it. I have . made one of the most successful seasons I ever made with a threshing machine. It gives the most regular speed of any power I nave ever seen -use a, ana conse quently does the cleanest and most satisfactory work as well as the cheapest. When machine stops, all expense stops. When you want to start," two or three minutes is ample time; no , waiting to get up steam. No waiting for wood or water, nor low steam, but regular speed and clean work, with satisfied customers. Seventy-five cents worth of gasoline will thresh 300 bushels of wheat," The picture shown here represents the mammoth plant where the Foos engines are built. The Foos costs ; a r.9 w o-T-nwpr to make him sell, J1CCU Ul ! " . . - - the buyer cannot iorce a mic av prices. What We Need and Don't Need. MPRsrs. Editors: ' I wish to discuss what we need and must have and what we do not need and must ao away with, and how to proceed to ret what we want. We need better immigration and more of it, to give us a better class of labor. We need and must have better protection for bir(isnot only for a . few months during the Tear, but for the entire twelvemonth; and not only for one year, but for years - and years to come. Where we have only one use ful bird, we need thousands; and must have them or go down for lack of them. What we do not need and must do away with is ninety-nine dogs out of every , hundred, as one dog out of every hundred we now have would be sufficient. And where we have thousands of ticks, we do not need one; therefore they must be done away with. What we want and demand is strict and effective bird protection, dog taxation, and tick extermination; and, without these, we never will prosper, advance, build up, improve, and induce good immigration and have the immigrants remain with us to give us a better class of labor." JOHN SCHMIDT. Not every wild bird hatched reach es maturity, and the poultry raisei should not get discouraged because a reasonable number of his charges die. Supply sanitary conditions and suitable food in reasonable amounts, ana tnen, oe satisnea witn tne re sults. But; do not get so much satis fied that a sharp lookout is hot kept for anything that may be detrimental to the flock. I will not steal a victory. ander the Great. -Alex- THE MARKETS. RAiEIGH COTTON. Cotton, bast grades Off grades Raleigh, June 6. 1908. 11 to 11 6 to 10 NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET. The prices are strictly wholesale (not Job lots) and represents prices obtained on ac- Fancy Strictly prime i-rime Machine picked. t5uncn Spanish peanuts. 3 to 8 to IPAto 8to 95 to 3 CHARLESTON PROVISIONS AND FARM SUPPLIES. Charleston, B.C., June, 8 1908. D. s. C. R. Sides, packed u. o. rjeiiies, pacsea ; . : . -, .,; .... : - sfJ&I--'- ... , : -4 Butter Creamery Hams Cholce,as to size and brand Lard Pure Tierces Pearl meal . , - , Meal, Common Hay Timothy ; Grain Corn, white . . Corn, mix ed . Oats Clipped white .oiixea SI is; 11 70 1 1 market over, thoroughly posts him self on the different qualities of goods that are oh the market hefore he makes up his mind. It can do no harm and will only little or no more than inferior en gines. We advise our readers to get their catalog, free if . you mention this paper. Address Foos Gas En gine Co., Springfield, Ohio. Feed Cracked corn, per bushel.. Corn, chop, per 100 pounds - Wheat, bran, per 100 pounds , Corn, bran, per 100 pounds .., Middlings, per 100 pounds " uuua, per iuu puunuB. 65 10 93 92 70 ' 68 85 91 60 Rice Flour Sacked, per bushel Cotton Ties pieced Rebundled wew ties- Bagging 2 pounds Flour Spring wheat patent . Patent - - - , Straight . Choice .85 50 - 5 00 . 4 60 - 4 00 60 1 10 1 60 65 45 80 80 81 13 105 to 5 to 5 25 to 5 25 to 4 25 WANTED ! sell "HOOD'S CELEBRATED NUBSEBT 0j.uujls" juiDerai proposition; weekly cash advances; outfit free. Students make big ixiuucy uunug vacation representing us Write immediately for full particulars. W. T. HOOD & CO., Dept. B Old Dominion Nurseries, RICHMOND, VA. JHE RALEIGH SAVINGS QANK. JOHN T. POLLEN, President Capita! and Surplus, Deposits, - CHARLES ROOT, Cashier. $ 75,000,00 - 700,000.00 4 per cent interest paid on deposits Write for further information. COW PEA THRESHER AT LAST A machine that will thresh the Southern Cow . Pea from the mown vines any variety, also soy beans, field beans, and the Canada field peas in a fast satis factory way, not breaking over 1 to 2 per cent, Catalogue FREE. K O G E R Pea and Bean Thresher Com'y., " MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE. Write today for free catalogue and mention The Progressive Farmer. Soja Beans For sale at $1.50 "per bushel. Try a few bushels to plant for forage or beans in the place of Cowpeas. V You will be pleased. Write quick before they are all sold. SELMA BRICK CO., Selma, N. C. FOUND I One of the best Commission Houses for you to ship your Fruits, Potatoes, Cabbage, Peas and everything. in this line to, Write them today. They are ' Hewitt & Company, 10 E. Camden Street, : ; Baltimore, MdV THE CHEAPEST FARM LANDS In the United States to-day soil, Hmoa ma -rlr-ot-Cf trorfcrmrtatifin " . facilities, and all considered ARE SOUTHERN LANDS. They are the best and most desirable in the country for the truck and fruit-grower, the stock raiser, the dairyman and general farmer. The South has quick and cheap rail access to the greatest markets in America. The South has seaports and a growing foreign trade. Its ports are nearest Europe, the West Indies, South America, the Panama and the The South contributed nearly TOO millions rt dollars to the 1,700 millions of exports last year, The South has a mild and healthful climate plenty of fuel, good water, soils yielding a greater variety 01 products tnan any oiner of the country, excellent school facilities and every advantage desired by law-abiding and in telligent citizens. The South has extensive forests, veins of coal, deposits of ore, quarries of marble and stone. The South is in need of more settlers to buy . . . -m .11 1 A ' -r A vacant land, to raise rarm stun ana sen it, buy wagons, implements, furniture and house hold supplies, and put some money in the bank. Reasons why the South is the most desirable part of the country for the home-seeker, manu facturer, and business man supplied by ill. V. KltnAKU, Land and Industrial Agent, Southern Railway "and Mobile & Ohio Railroad WASHINGTON, D. C. When writing adjvertlsers, please mention thli paper.
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