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Saturday, Angus t lfc 1917 EDUCATION, COOPERATION, LEGISLATION 0) Eduction to Develop Power. 0) Cooperation to Multiply It. and (3) LebUtlo. ud Good GoTernm..! to Promo Eaurf Right, ud Hamn Progress-PUla Talk About Men. Measure, and Mor.ent, l3S -By CLARENCE POE (U) 8S7 setting and for stock birds at from $2 to $5 apiece. Then in the last six months our 35 members have sold $1,200 worth of table eggs, or $200 worth a month. We get the extra price on table eggs be cause of careful sorting or grading combined with guaranteed freshness. Each shipping carton has the owner's number on it, and in case a bad egg is . n . CL' IJU i i A " !. found, the member responsible loses pay for a North Carolina onOUla rrOteSt Against one thing for cotton farmers to do. And that is full dozen eggs." M 000 000 Increase in Freight Rates N'nil"1 wi iinJgether1 an! ship Ptihr io A cheese factory tsjme of the newest evidences JD,UUU,VUU Mi ciiL ivttio Norfolk Wilmmgton , or elsewhere, and keep on of progress ; there is a national farm loan associa- FOR some reason the people of North Carolina Qomg ths untl1 weal buyers come to their tion with $30,000 worth of loans applied for; the and the press of the state seem to have al- senses. Boycott all such buyers absolutely.. county fair has been put on a permanent basts most overlooked one of the most serious ques- . Keember this: if cotton buyers in your coun- and the community fair idea is spreading; County tions affecting the financial welfare of North Car- y Fctused to recognize this Government grading Agent Quisenberry's neighborhood is starting a olina farmers and business men. We refer to the last ?ear:;that 1S n0 reason why the commission- farm life school; the County Farmers' Union demand of the railroads for a great increase in ers should not make the appropriation again this holds an annual picnic at Frederick Hall; and an freight rates in this state,, the demand to be heard year: ,1n the contrary, it is the very strongest agricultural census of the county is just being hv the Corporation Commission in Raleigh, Au- Possible argument why the appropriation should completed. . jrust 30. The officers of the North Carolina State e maae. it snows tnat tnere is something wrong Farmers' Union have-already arranged to repre- which must be corrected. It is wrong in prin sent the interests of our farmers in this matter, - "ple for a man who. is buying a product. to have but other leaders seem strangely silent." . the sole say-so as to its grade. The temptation t.o for. of 'thA-fact that tb; TtPf.nt. ? take advantage; of. the ignorant is too great 111 Uiv - tnr a ctntP fn oormit i : Every Progressive Farmer reader should see or cntfon ZrZ W i t i that is hiShlv "editable to the good sense and Unin f!7 ' ,iPk I u very Lofcal good hearts of both classes. It too often happens ',l?i"J?rx??s j1? also ad0.Pt a that each element is too critical of-the other la icsuiuuuu uu ixic suujeti ana sena a commiitee to appear before the commissioners. Last week's Progressive Farmer shows exactly how much each county's part would be, and- any further in formation may be had by writing the Agricultural J.li w , . . .... , Commerce Commission reports the railroads of the country in the latest month for which the figures are-available (June) as making more mon ey than in any previous June in American history, Southern railroads alone netting $1,000,000 more than in. June last year -in the1 face of these facts, the North Carolina Corporation Commission is asked, chiefly vby change of classification, to in crease the freight tax on the people of North Car Another interesting feature of Louisa County ; life is the large number of enterprising farmers who have come from the North and West and are working as if to the manor born. They don't seem to feel any difference between themselves and the native farmer, and the native farmer; seems to feel no diff erenccJhis is a situation ohna by an amount estimated at $5,000,000 a year. Experiment Station at Raleigh. Meanwhile look out for a notable article, "A Golden Opportunity for North Carolina Cotton Growers," in next week's paper. Find Out About Forest Product Prices ARMERS should make it a point to ask their If this estimate is correct, it means an added tax of $2 a year for every man, woman, and child, white and black, from Currituck to Cherokee. The state owes -a debt of gratitude to Mr. George L. Forester, Traffic Manager of the West ern North Carolina1 Lumber and Timber Associa tion, for his painstaking studies in this matter. Mr. Forester, expresses the belief that the total increase asked would average 50 per cent. Four roads alone the Southern, S. A. L., A. G L. and Norfolk Southern collect-about $7,000,000 a year in intra-state freight rates, and it v is estimated that such receipts of other roads carry the total to $10,000,000; so that an increase of 50 per cent would mean $5,000,000 more a year. In a letter to The Progressive Farmer Mr. forester says: "The change in classification and so-called 'basic scale,' accounts for advances of above 50 per cent. On lumber (carloads) the increase is 51 per cent. Other specimen commodities (less than carloads) show the following ad F Louisa all work together with no distinction be tween them. And the newcomers are doing good work. "When we came here four years ago, they said we had the poorest farm in Louisa County," said Mr. D. E. McPherson, "but last year our farm exhibit took first prize at the county fair." It is an important achievement to take a worn-out waste of sassafras and briers and redeem it to something of the beauty and productiveness God intended it ' should have. We are glad to report that-' hardly any of the Western farmers ' after coming to Louisa have gone back home. The good women are interesting themselves state marketing bureaus about prices of any greatly in canning, bigger gardens, and better PecCent Fertilizer 15 Cast iron pipe .' . 46 Bugar 72 Sugar (carloads) A 15 Scrap iron (carloads) , 91 . Ter Cent Apples and onions ......... 126 Potatoes, onions, turnips.... 55 Building material (int. trim) 123 Cotton hosiery ., 194 Cotton bales (any Quality).. 13 "And so on. As an indication that the car riers of the South do not need more 'revenue at this time, it should be stated that since the first of January their net earnings over and above all expenses, which included taxes, are , greater in the aggregate than they were in a similar period in 1916. It is a further fact that in 1916 the railroads earned more money dur ing that period than' they had ever . earned in any previous similar period." AU interested farmers who attend the Farmers' State Convention here August 28-30 should make it a point to attend the hearing before the Cor poration Commission. - We must protest against such a tax. . commodity before selling, if not sure, as to what the price should be. A friend in Moore County, N, C sends us this suggestive note: "The New York Journal of Commerce quotes prices of tar. Last winter the New York price of tar was $9 and buyers in Moore County paid $5 per barrel. Now the New York price is $14 and buyers pay only $6.50 per barrel. This is not fair. It may be that you can aid your readers and help them in getting more justly treated." - We believe it will be a good idea for all our Southern states marketing agents to publish at least once a month an article on the trend of prices in lumber, tar, and all forms of forest pro-; ducts. In no other commodity sold off the farm is it likely that farmers so generally fail to get anywhere near real values. Louisa: A Progressive Virginia County THE Editor was glad to pay a visit the other day to one of the most progressive rural communities of Virginia Louisa. They have a live Farmers' Union in Louisa; their women" are organized and eager for pro gress ; and everybody mentions "Jim" Quisen berry as one of the foremost agencies for better taent. The folks call him "Jim" and he is one of their own folks a good Louisa County farmer who has been four years demonstration agent and has shown himself a live wire. Any. county with out such a man as captain of its progressive forces is bound to suffer. They are doing better farming in Louisa : grow ing more legumes and livestock, and are also learning the value of cooperation. Two years ago schools. At Frederick Hall they showed us their new school building. "We raised $60 to beautify the grounds," said Mrs. McPherson, "and the girls 1. 1 i 1 J 1 . . .. ,1 i 1 iir nave worKea nara in pianxing me snruDS, etc. we also have a school library, and a traveling library, while friends have donated not only books but subscriptions to papers like The Youth's Compan ion and The Progressive Farmer, and our mission ary society has interested itself not only in get ting good schools for the heathen, but also in get ting adequate equipment for our school here at home." And in this little story of Louisa we suspect the reader will find some lessons for his own county. DALEIGH is to have a packing house and we hope it will prove a big success. The men who will direct it are men of high character, and farm ers anywhere in North Carolina may ship to it with the assurance that they will be fairly treated. As we have said before, however, packing houses as a rule have not been financially successful in the South and if other' North Carolina towns set out to build packing houses just because Raleigh has one, we believe farmers will do well to wait awhile before investing. A Thought for the Week E COULD have stayed out of the war and saved our bodies and lost our souls. Ger many would then have won the war; she would have taken over Belgium; the rich coal and iron districts of France, regained her colon ies, possessed herself of the British fleet and re ceived an indemnity so large that the Kaiser and W Ask Your County Commissioners for the lOKOn Uraomg DerVlCe T.mii Cmmrv TroUtem Association" was or- Hindenberg and Von Tirpitz would have said, WE HOPE no reade? missed the article on ganized, the result of a community meeting of "See what we have done; any war is a good -war page 22 of last wee two which voted to adopt Holstein, as.the breed . when it increases the power of state' The war- "Official Cotton Gers May be Obtained forlfibsettions. Three Holstein bulls, coopera- like Gerrtan people and the German Army flushed by Any North Carolina County." For a compara- tively owned, have-been placed in different, parts Sntim? tively small sum the county commissioners of any of the county.. Very soon now a mass meeting o the eBt ment, saying to Amenct : Gome out. county may obta n th s authoritative cotton grad- all the-cattJe breeders ot tne couniy win De neia -- u i 7 j ing service fo thd ' 0 to decide officially on a breed for the whole coun- P" -by ur"lsh!ng arms and munitions and vice has been confined tT a few counties but this ty. Of course, owners of cattle of any breed other food and contraband of. war to our enemies." By r than the one officially selected will not be unduly that time we would have begun to wake up to the grows cotton in the sUte of North Carolina. He hurried in disposing of their animals, but as fast a ha should be able to say just what grade his cotton as possible it is intended to secure uniformity of J nthronement of force and we would . have begun IS. and then he will lrnnw whether or not he is breed. offered a fair price for it If he doesn't know Already, too, the county is preparing to make grades, he can't tell whether he is offered a fair itself famous as the home of one particular breed price or not. t -. of poultry. "The Louisa County Barred Rock In some sections,-we knowcotton buyers have Poultry Association" is actively at work in two joined together and refused to recognize this communities, and three others are ready to come Government grading service. In otheVwords, they in. Rev. J. E. Roe, the energetic secretary-treas- have tried to stop a service that will shut off op- urer, says that the organization has zUcz&y en- portunities for them to rob farmers by under- abled the members to get from 100 to 200 per cent grading. It seems to us that all reputable buyers more for hatching eggs and 5 to 10 cents a dozen should frown on such a procedure by. their fel- more for table eggs. .We had more orders than lows but wherever it is attempted, there is but we could fill for hatching eggs, at from $1 to $3 a get ready- between civilization and savagery. Judge Robert W. Winston. MY CREED I would b pure, for there are those who trust me; I would be true, for there. are those who care; I would be strong, for there is much to euffer; I would be brave, for there is much to dare; I would be friend of all the foe the friendless; I would be giving and forget the grift; I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up and laugh and love and lift. Howard Arnold Walter, In Harper's Bazaar.
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