Thursday. October 7. lm.j
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
IS
beral Prisco to North Carolina
Hundreds of Dollars in Prizes for Best Exhibits of Corn and
Other Farm Crops at . Farmers' National Congress, Raleigh,
November 3rd to 8th.
We referred last week to the liberal prizes offered by the North Car
olina Department of Agriculture for best agricultural exhibits at the
farmers' National Congress, Raleigh, November 3rd to 8th, and we now
take pleasure In printing herewith the complete list of premiums.
For the corn exhibit the State has been divided into three divisions
and first and second premiums will be given to the winners in each- of
these districts. The premiums offered on exhibits other than corn apply
to the State at large.
The divisions for corn exhibits are as follows:
Eastern District: Scotland, Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Nash,
Halifax, Northampton, and all counties east of those.
Central District: Cleveland, Catawba, Alexander, Iredell, Tadkin,
Stokes, and all counties east of those to the eastern district.
Western District: All counties in the State west of the Central
District. : V , . -' . . ;.
Premiums Offered by the State Board of Agriculture.
Best ear of prolific corn, any variety. . . . . . .
Best ear Gourd-seed or Horsetooth type . . . . . .....
Best ear of any other variety or type of corn . . . . . . . . . .
Best ten ears prolific corn, any variety . . . . . . . . . . ..... . .
Best ten ears Gourd-seed or Horsetooth type .... . . . . . . .
Best ear, any other variety or type of corn ...... . . . . . .
Best stalk of prolific corn, ears attached . ..... . ..... .
Best stalk Gourd-seed or Horsetooth . . . ..........
Best stalk, any other variety, ears attached . ... ... . . .". .
Best five stalks prolific corn, ears attached . . . . . .
Best five stalks Gourd-seed or Horsetooth . . . . . . . ... . . .
Best five stalks, any other variety, ears attached . . . .
Best bushel of white wheat. ........ . .... ... .'. .... . . .
Best bushel of red wheat... . . ... ...... . . . . . . . .......
Best Dushel of early or spring oats, any. variety . . . . . . . . .
Best bushel of Appier or any rust-proof type of oats. .....
Best bushel of turf or any other variety of winter oats, i . .
Best bushel of rye . . . . . . . . ..... . ... . . ... . . . . . ... .... .
Best bushel of Irish potatoes . . . . . . . ....
Best bushel of Irish potatoes, second crop ... ... . .... . . .
Best bushel of sweet potatoes, Red, Yellow or White
Yam type . . . . . . . . . .... ..................
Best bushel of sweet potatoes. Southern Queen and the
dryer varieties . . . . ....................... . . . . . .
Largest and best cabbage.
Ten largest and best cabbages. ..... ... . . . . ..... ... . .
Heaviest pumpkin
largest mangel wurzel (sugar beet)
Ten largest mangel wurzels, (sugar beet)
First.
$5.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
Second.
$2.50
2.50
2.50
5.00
5.00
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
5.00
5.00
5.00
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50,
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
5.00 2.50
5.00
2.50
5.00
2.50
2.50
5.00
2.50
1.00
2.50
1.00
1.00
2.50
Value of Peanut Hay.
Will you please inform me in
your valuable paper, if peanut
vines are a valuable hay?
T. A. P. Choctaw
Ca., Miss.
Editorial Answer: The vines or
tops of peanuts make a good hay.
Owing to the manner of harvesting
there is likely to be too much sand
and dust in It for the good of live
stock, especially horses. When the
peanuts are picked by machine much
of the soil and dust , Is knocked out
or the hay and its quality is accord
ingly Improved.
The following analysis of cowpea,
timothy and peanut vine hays will
serve to show that peanut vine hay
is moderately rich in food nutrients:
i si -h i
g cfa as a .. ,
Peanut vine hay. 10.7 23.6 42-7 4 6 10.8
Cowpea hay...... 16 6 20.1 42.2 2-2 7-5
Timothy hy..... 5-9 29 0 45-0 2.5 4.4
A Method of Eradicating the Wild
. Onion.
The office of Farm ' 'Management,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, has now ready for distribution
a circular giving a detailed discussion
of the wild onion problem - and but
lining a plan whereby the pest can be
exterminated. ' This t circular will be
sent free to any person requesting it
Failed
to make more money than he ever did
elsewhere from any other cereal.
$6,017 net from 93 acres; $3,619 net
from 49 acres that is what rice
brings to growers on the Grand Prairie
: of Arkansas. There is no crop half
so sure or half so profitable. Grown
practically in water, rice is under
absolute control, you are independ
ent of the weather, j The highest
price is paid for Arkansas rice never
less .than 90c a bushel. The pro
duction is far below, consumption.
There is a bonanza for you
In Arkansas'
Every man who has undertaken to
grow it is making a fortune and not
one of them grew it before. You
can do as well or better, if you can
plow you can grow rice there is no
cultivation or special knowledge need
led ' Good rice land can be bought
now at $15 to $75 per acre and the
first crop will pay for most of it. But
these prices won't last they have
doubled in two years. ..Get in on the
ground floor write today for book
let which tells all about Arkansas Rice,
its growth and profits. Its free.
E. W, LaBeaume, G. P.
&T.ASTJS.W.Ry.
1345 Pierce Bid?
St. Locls
When writing advertisers, please
mention this", paper.
XO
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tit-
Evergreens. Shde Trees, Shrubs
arid Poses. Quality Stock off
Special Price for Fall Planting
We have an extra-fine lot of surplus stock of the ,
following on which we will make special price
conceptions In quantities for fall piantlnt:
i isvergrtent: a moor and aiuornia rrivetiorxieaKes, -r
Norway Sprue, Euonymus, Yucca.
Shade Tnen: Box Elder. Carolina Poplar, Silver
"i Mapl , Norway Maple, Willow, Texas Umbrella.
. Shrub: Deutzla, Forty tbla. Hone ysuckle.
Lllar.8i.liea. WUUrla. WeiseDa; also Vlitlula
reeptr.
JTc.- All the good varieties; big, sturdy,
field-grown d ants.
gardlng the above. Our catalogue de-
j- scribes them all besld lots more
if -end kratopy at once It will come In
nandy for making your select on for
'.a fall planting. Free on appl cation.
jrj. J. Van Lindley Nursery
company
y Box 1 06, Pomona, N. C.
Not One Man
OILS
$50 Profit Per Acre
GROWING
OATO and PEAO
WITH
OPEII FURROW GRAIN DRILL
' i I
It has been done time and again.
Tou eon do U. Plain Instructions sent
i n
free. Tou are welcome to use the plans
whether you buy our Drills or not.
A man raised
98 Bushels Per Acre
by sowing oats In his cotton last Octo
ber, two furrows to each! middle. No
i ii
damage to the cotton. CANT RAISE
OATST Four money buck If you fall
with the Cole Drill. j
The Cole MTg Co.
Box 300,
i -CHARLOTTE.
N. C.
-:THE FARMERS' MARKET PLACE:-
Readers wbo have contlderabl nuibera
f live t ck or poultry cons der bl quan-tlt-es
of lmprovH eid. or ronsld iraDla
area- of lam. should u dUplay d In the
p uperdrpartm ntsof our piper; but for
be convenience o 1 who d dot wish
arger space, wa will, insert ads tor our
wt-0Mi ve ITaraici cvmXoem lXX wit Uwpan
ment and In this stylo type at the rate of 4
dents a word for one week; two wv 7 nt
word: three weeks. 10 oents. f ttr weks, 13
three months 4 Jo. mx montn 7 c.; one
rear. tl.tS Baeh word number or initial (in
cluding name and address) counted as a se
parate word. Send cash with order. If the
rate seems high, remember It would cost 1899
for postage alone to send your ad. by letter
to each home to which we carry It at this
tow rate. Stamps accepted for amounts
tess tha tl.
Two tine MuUg for sale.
North Carolina.
J. Hunter, Areola,
Several good Farms for rent to white ten
ants. A. B. Deans, WILwn. N, C.
R-glst-red Guernsey Bull for sa'e to avoid
In-breeding. J. H. u hltlow, Claymont, Va.
Wanted To hire a first class Blacksmith. A
man with family preferred. Box 82. Camer
on, N. C
Wanted North Carolina grown Seed Fye.
Quote Price. Raeford Hardware Co., Kae
lord. N. C.
On Rainy Days
A Fish Brand Slicker
will keep you dry
And give you full value la
comfort and long wear
sa.oo
BUARAHTC3 WATERPROOF
Bold Ij first-lass Ectilcrs tlie country
over. Bend for onr Tree Catalogue .
A. J. TOWER CO. LcRs
mim 1 wiif w. a. . M A.-, m
TOWER CANADIAN CO.. Ltd.
0O0 1
Will rent or lease large farm, for Stock Rais
ins Hay, Cotton, and Corn. Addreta Box 91,
Eliza beth to wn, N. C
Wanted. Farmer for two or three horse
farm. Wages or shares. Send references.
Box 428. Ral lgh. N. C.
Firm to rent or nell Several good farms In
Moore and Lee County to lease with privilege
to buy. Addres Box 32. Cameron. N C
Oarllo for Homestlo or medical mse. By
freight or malL lib. package postpaid. 30c
Stamps taken. E. F H nkenlua Tyler. Va.
Au tlon Nov. 4. 40 Reslstered Angus Cat
tle 25 Anxora Goats. Ool 1 fr m Brush. 20
Pure Berksnire Pigs rao taage lifters. Alton
Worden, Tul ab.o na.Tenn. . : ; . . 1
Berkshire Pig for Sale. Pome fine ones at .
(10 each Sow s In pig at tl3 to 35. B rd dogs
broe and unbroke. ?at1gfa tlon guaranteed.
Jst-ph Met lamtoch, M cksvtile, N. C;
200 acre Farm for sale, 85 cleared. One mile
to depot, church, and school. bout 30fl.000
it, mill timber. CaRh price with timber 13.500,
without timber. $2,600. Chas. T. Peaa, Owner,
Tunis. N C
800.000 Celery and Cabbace plants ready.
Si 00 per 1,000, 6.000 $4 to. All varieties. Safe
delivery guaranteed. We ship t6 MIssUslppl
safely. List fr-e. F W R cheile & Sons,
Chester, New Jersey. Established 1899.
Pigs cheap: Imported Lrgn Yorksbi e and
Ess x. All beedlnsock re lsterd. Angora
liuatn. Money back 1 not plAd .1 pa lng
rtun. Pure seel w eat. money refunded,
wheat taken ack at my expens If any cockle
found. Klght and r verttbie dlo pIuwa. Large
teed cutter. J. E. Coulter, CooneUys Springs,
N. & : , .-. ...
FISH
XARTTK us for Ctalogn T and you wl'l learn
tv Bornetn ng now md lnexp-nslv about
catching flan nuirkl' In -ny Mream or brook.
een if you have fl'ed herro'or. Now la
the t'me for rhxnnel cat and suckers. A post
al to u is all It eosts. . 1 '
' EUREKA FISH NET COMPANY?
GBunriN.GA. - - : - : . - BAXXAa.TKX.