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Vol. XXIII. No. 28 RALEIGH, N. C, AUGUST 20, 1908 Weekly : $1 a Yean
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FAIR FIELDS OVERFLOWING WITH FORAGE.
"Forage crops growing the whole year round B that should be the motto of every farmer in The Progressive
Farmer's : territory. It has been said a thousand times that the growing of forage and the feeding of live stock on the
farm lie at the foundation of soil improvement. Let it be said here once more. The growing of forage crops the whole
year round is good for hogs' (as is noted oh page 10) it is good for horses, good for cattle, good for the soil, good for the
farmers pocket book. Possibly you may miss getting a growth of the many difficult forage crops, but you can grow cornr
what an unapproachable forage crop this grand plant makes ! and you can grow the ever ready cowpea, the poor man's
unfailing friend and the rich man's constant helper, a forage plant that fattens your stock and your land alike.; Have you
broad fair fields of the cowpea like the picture 7 Then you have a good start in your soil for other forage crops to be
used the coming winter and spring. "
Future of Farming Full of Hope.
Passing westward through Guilford County I
notice, more than elsewhere, that the seed we
have been trying to sow in The Progressive Farm
er has taken root. More wide fields of peas are
here than anywhere we have been in the State.
The corn fields I saw along the railroad from
Greensboro to Winston-Salem have nearly all been
laid by level, and I saw little of the hideously up
turned furrows in the fields made by the turning
Plow throwing up a bank of earth to the corn to
dry" out.
Peas and rotation of crops, with deeper plow-
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corn fields here that would do credit to what they
call the "com belt" of the West. y
The fact is, that the South should be the great
corn belt, and it would be, if good farming became
the rule. -. ' . 1 " :: '
But these farmers are gradually advancing, for
the evidence of their advancement is plain on
6very hand. Speaking with a Greensboro man on
the train last night in regard to. the growth and
improvement in that city, he said ''Yes, Greens
boro' has improved, but not so much as the Guil
ford County farmers have improved."
This reminded me of a pleasant letter I had
from a Guilford County farmer. He wrote: "When
you first began to preach cowpeas nearly twenty
years ago I could buy cowpeas in Guilford County
for fifty cents .a bushel and could buy land for
$10 an acrei Now cowpeas are $2.50 per bushel
and land any price you choose to ask for it, and
it is all your fault."
Well, if that is true, I-am perfectly willing to
take the blame for such a state of affairs; and I
always am glad to get among those Guilford and
Forsyth people. They are so wide-awake and so
eager to improve, having seen, the results of what
they have done since they waked up to the need
of better farming. - .
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Yes, with the great interest manifested in the
Institutes, the future of farming in North darolina
is full! of hope. : "
; Ws P. MASSE Y.
AVHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS WEEKS
" PAPER.
Among the Fields and Farmers. . . . . ...... 9
Canning Beans and Corn ................. 6
Condensed Notes on Last Week's Paper. ..... '3
County Farm Schools Should Teach the Use of
Machinery, J. W. Wirtz 3
Dairymen's Convention, August 27th to 28th 11
Farmers Alliance State Meeting .........
Forage Crops for Hogs the Your Round. . . .
Future of Farming Full of Hope ..........
Getting Rid of "Fire-Bugs" on Cabbage. . .
How Many Loafing Acres Have You?.
Light-Bread Without Yeast Cake. ......... 6
North Carolina Farmers' Convention August
25th to 28th . . .... .... ...
Picking Pea3 by Weight, N. Y. Gulley. . ....
Poultry Questions Answered by Uncle Jo. . . ;
Rolling Up Peavine Hay, Paul Hoffman, . . . .
Safe Drinks for Warm Weather ....... . .
State Meeting Farmers' Union
Storied Castles and Palaces of England, Clar-
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Stockbreeders Should Organize, G. T. Tyson . .
rveet Potato House for 2,00(V Bushels. . ;
To GatherN Chufas. . . . .. .... . . . . . .
To Make Syvup With Less Cooking, Uncle
.. Billie . . .. . . . . . . ... . ....
"Vetch, Clove., Wheat, Oats . . . . -J . ." . ... . .
With Our Rural Carriers. . . . . . . .
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