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Thursday, April 22, 1909.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
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With Our Rural Letter Carriers.
- Conducted
for the N.C. B. L. Carriers' Association by Ed. D. Pearsall. Cor. Secretary.
Rocky Point. N. C. to whom all communications should be addressed..
WHAT THE R. Ii. C. ASSOCIATION
STANDS FOR.
Fraternal Assistance and Association
Ketter Service and a Wider Field'
' of Usefulness.
(both State and National) represen
tatives from the Department. I ;
With best wishes for all the car-
riers, The Progresive Farmer (the
in the
Dear Bro. Pearsall: The first re
quisite for success in our organization
ia that we have work to accompusn.
this. Our purpose, my friends, is high
and noble. Beginning only a few
vpars aeo. our little band has grown
to an army of more than 39,000 de
voted men and women who make
their daily rounds to the homes of
ubwards of fifteen millions of people,
sDreading tne news oi tne worm, auu
uplifting the life of the rural com
munities.
i In the performance of our duties,
it is true, we earn our daily bread,
but above and beyond this, we have a
grander purpose. We, as rural let
ter carriers, are buildin up the
waste Dlaces, shedding light in the
darkness and bringing pleasure, hap
piness, and enlightenment to millions
of our fellow countrymen.
Tt is throueh the work of our sys
tem that country life is being brought
injo closer touch with the outside
world. No longer isolated irom nis
felloes, the farmer takes renewed
pleasure in beautifying his home and
ma kin it attractive, and wherever
our boys go we see the country-side
assume a more inviting aspect.
Nor is this all. It was at the de
mand of our organization that the
movement for better roads was in
augurated, and from all over the
Union we hear the cry for improved
thoroughfares.
Our band is growing in strength
and importance. Our work is too
grand to be carried on in a slip-shod
manner. Every carrier should be
come a member of some county as
sociation and help bear the burden,
if burden it be. I rather deem it a
pleasure. -
The question sometimes arises,
"What is organization for?" Well,
that is easily answered. You very
well know that the Department sanc
tions no organization unless it has
for its objects the doing of those
things that will result in better ser
vice, or the fraternal welfare oi an
its memhers. We have for our ob-
Wt the fraternal welfare of the
. members, and we should use the
word "fraternal" in its most slgnin
Mnt sense: in the sense that we are
not only brothers in the service, but
Withers in life in a common occu
pation, with common interests, with
common perplexities, and working
under the same conditions in gen
eral. Then we are organized to see
improvement in the condition of all
the members'. This does not mean
that we are to clamor for an increase
in salary, as some might suppose, but
we seek to instruct each other by ex
changing views on matters pertain
ing to our duties, by being polite
and kind to our patrons, and seeking
to increase our efficiency as public
servants. Then, we are to co-operate
with the Department for the advance
ment of the free delivery service. In
the work of co-operating with the De
partment we have gained the confi
dence of the officials to the extent
of having with us in our conventions
best agricultural , newspaper
Union), and all.
Sincerely,
J. M. BALLARD.
Newton, N. C.
(Bro. Ballard is a "wheel-horse
and his letters are always gladly re
ceived. He has pinned his faith to
the organizations of State and Na
tional Rural Letter Carriers, and his
faith and works always go in i unison.
We truly hope every carrier that
reads our State Organ will both read
and re-read his article. - And it won't
hurt our patrons to read it and ask
their carriers that have not joined the
"procession" why they are not mem
bers of their State Rural Letter Car
riers' Association. E. D. Pearsall.)
An Alliance Revival in Old Johnston.
Bro. H. M. Cates, lecturer I for the
State Farmers Alliance, has Just
closed a lecturing trip in Johnston,
where he has done much good. He
organized one new sub and strength
ened the old ones. Brother cates is
an up-to-date farmer and a fluent
sDeaker and can capture almost any
crowd. I wish that every farmer in
the State could hear him speak. I
hink that they would feel that they
were made better farmers. I
H.C.WILLIAMS.
Beasley, N. C. I
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District Pass. AgW RAunoH. N. C.
TO THE MAN WITH THE READING HABIT
If doing a thing better than the other fellow does it, is worth while then
it is worth your while to read high-class books, particularly those, which will
benefit you in your chosen field. j
The successful farmer whoj really makes progress and gets ahead is the one
who reads, studies and thinks; Jo r himself, and does not wait for others to do it
for him. It is most essential that you form the habit of reading if you desire to
keep abreast of the times. i
Herewith we present a partial list of the newest and best books treating on
every phase of rural life. All of . these have been written by the most eminent
authorities on their respective subjects, in plain language, and are quite easily
' Understood; in many cases they have been especially prepared for self-instruction.
For descriptions we would refer you to our 36-page catalog which will be
mailed free on application. '
fit
General Farm Books
Farm Appliances i . .- $0.50 1
Fences, Gates and Bridges 50 ;
Farm Machinery and Farm Motors, Parid- i
son and Chase;... X.;.net2.00;
How Crops Feed., Samue Johnson.. .. 1.50
Farm Conjeniences .4....... L00;
Fanner's Cyclopedia of Agriculture, Wilcox and ;
Smith' ...1 3.50;
First Principles of Soil Fertility, ;f Alfred "
ViTian 4.... net LOO
Agriculture Through the Laboratory and
School Garden, Jackson and Daugh- jt
erty .. net 1.50)
Cereals in America. Thos. F. Hunt...'.. L75
Farm Grasses of the U S, W. J. Spillman. LOO
Clovers and How to Grow Them, Thomae
Shaw ....i.. net 1.00;-
Rnral School Agriculture, C. W. Da,Tis.... 1.00
The Book of Alfalfa, F. D. Coburn. J 2.00;
Ten Acres Enough, L P. Roberts 100
Irrigation for the Farm, Garden and
Orchard, Henry Stewart 1.00
Fumigating Methods, Willis G. Johnson.... LOO
Forage and Fiber Crops in America, Thos.
F. Hunt L75
Forage Crops Other Than Grasses, Thomas
Shaw LOO
Soils, C. W. Burkett 1-25
Soiling Crops and the Silo Thomas Shaw.. 1.50
Fungi and Fungicides, Clarence XL Weed.. L00
;How Crops Grow, Samuel W. Johnson...... L50
Spraying Crops, C. M. Weed 50
Talks on Manures, Joseph Harris L50
Irrigation Farming, L. M. WUcox ,.2.00
Land Draining. M. Miles LOO
Bookkeeping for Farmers, T. C. Atkeson 25
Pedder's Land Measures for Farmers .50
Alfalfa, F. D. ,Cobum ...........C.50
Asparagus. F. M. Hexamer J....... .50;
Clorers and How to Grow Them, Thomas . ,
Shaw i- net 1.00
Book of Alfalfa, F. D. Cobum i 2.00
Book of Wheat, P. T. Dondlinger....;... net 2.00
Bean Culture. G. C. Seyey 4 .50
Celery Culture. W. R. Beattie 50,
Cabbage. Cauliflower and Allied i Vege- .1
tables. C. L. Allen... j....... .W
Manual of Corn Judging. A. D. Shamel.... .50
American Sugar Industry, Herbert Myrick.. L50
. Mushrooms, and How to Grow Them, -i?
Wm. Falconer 4. ...... L0
Special Crop Books
The New Onion Culture. T. Grelner 50
The Peanut Plant, B. W. Jones 50
Ginseng. Maurice G. Kains .50
The Book of Corn, Herbert Myrick 1.50
The Hop. Herbert Myrick L50
Flax Culture 30
Hemp, S. S. Boyce 50
Sweet Potato Culture. James Fitz .0
The Potato. Samuel Fraser
Tobacco CJulture vS
Tobacco Leif. Killebrew and Myrick Z.W
Tomato Culture. W. W. Tracy , .50
Broom-Corn and Brooms .50
The New Rhubarb Culture. J. E. Morse 50
Gardening for Pleasure, Peter Hendereoni..L50
lnsectslnjurious to Vegetables, F. H. ;
Chittenden L50
Market Gardening and Farm Notes, B.
Landreth j....... LOO
Vegetable Gardening
Gardening for Profit. Peter Henderson...... 1.50
Gardening for Young and Old, Joseph
Harris L0
Southern Gardeners' Practical Manual, J.
. 8. Newmaa
Florlcnlinral Books
The Chrysanthemum. A. Herrington,'....... .60
Parsons on the Rose, S. B. Parsons,..... LOO
Bulbs and Tuberous Rooted Plants, aO. L.
Allen ........ 1.50
Home Floriculture, Eben E. Rexford. L00
Greenhouse Construction, L. R. Taft.. L50
Greenhouse Management, 1u R. Taft........ 1.50
Propagation of Plants. A. S. Fuller 1.50
Practical Floriculture, Peter Henderson.... L50
Raflpv i .75
Cider Makers' Handbook. J. M. Trowbridge. LOO
Cranberry culture, J . J. bw."J--American
Fruit Culturist, J. F. Thomas
i net 2JS0
Citrus Fruits and Their Culture, S. H.
Hume it. net 2.50
Fruit Hanresting. Storing, Marketing, F. 'f
A Waugh Lw
Chorfton's Grape Growers' Guide, William
Chorl t on a; v . "22
Plums and Plum Culture. F. A. Waugh.... 1.50
TVa TFmrft. fiarrlpn. P. BftlTT
For the Fralt Grower
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Peach Culture. J. Alex Fulton l.oo
Grape Culturist. A. S. Fuller L50
Dwarf Fruit Trees, F. A. Waugh... .50
Nut Culturist, A. S.Fuller L50
Quince Culture. W. W. Meech L00
Strawberry Culturist. A. S. Fuller.. .25
Insects and Insecticides, C. M. Weed 1.50
Pear Culture for Profit, P. T. Quinn.. ...... 1.00
Successful Fruit Culture. S. T. Maynard.... 1.00
Small Fruit Culturist. A. S. Fuller 1.00
Systematic Pomology, F. A. Waugh l.w
Propagation of Plants, A. S. Fuller.......... L50
American Grape Growing and Wine Max
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Ornamental Gardening and Forestry Books
Forest Planting. H. Nicholas Jarcho...... L50
Ornamental Gardening ior Amencn,
A. Lontr
Hedges, Windbreaks,
1.50
Landscape Gardening, F. A. Waugh .50
Beautifying Country iiomes, yyeiuen-
mann iv 10-
Practical Forestry, A. S. Fuller ............. L50
Shelters and LItb
Wanta VI. P. Powell
Horse, Cattle, Sheep and swine hooks
Key to Profitable Stock Feeding, Her
bert MyncK
Dairyman's Manual. . H. Stewart .1 L50
Farmer's Cyclopedia of Lire Stodk, Wilcox
and Smith
4J0
Practical Dairy Bacteriology, H. W. Conn.. L25
Profitable Dairying, C. L. Peck
Diseases of Swine. Dr R. A. Craig.... J....... .75
Feeding Farm Animals, Thos. Shaw j. 2.00
Swine Husbandry, F. D. Coburn....! 1.50
The Saddle Horse........... , L00
Study of Breeds, Thomas Shaw ...... L50
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Clean Milk, S. D. Belcher... ...... ."J
Testing Milk, Modem Methods of, J1.I1.
Van Slyke U"",V
First Lessons in Dairying. H, E. Van
Norman ne .m
Animal Breeding, Thomas Shaw
Herbert's Hints to Horse Keepers, Henry
Wm. Herbert vlv;v;: "
Home Pork Making. A.. W. Fulton -50
American Merino Stephen Powers LW
Shepherd's Manual, Henry Stewart
New Egg Farm, H. H. Stoddard... .1. $L00
Turkeys and How to Grow Them, Herbert
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Making Poultry Pay,; Edwin C. Powell.... L00
ohrr Feeding and Fstt?rjbg '
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Pmiltrv Amjliances and HSl5fraii, w. .
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New Bee Keeping. Quim, L. C. Root. LW
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Profits in Poultry
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