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IP 2 I'H 13 PKOGBESSIVE FAEMER, FEBRUARY m. 1886.' ; ! " - . . '-i-'itV- - : g-L rr-rrrr: - , . 'KTZl -Sry-rr fffgff A ft. fc' r ?4- .... i -o4 i ' eftliScHAel, klHnff'.J kMnzle, - j WS5isvBtiieUutydinKlet .- J-VhftikW are coming home; , , i-..inL-iinrs nirac and tro. 4 Wkhimings from some far-off tower. r Wit - r VT Tht miikos the daisies srrow: JCo-kliiiff, Ko-Kiaujr, Ko-KuiiKifuusif, Vay down the darkening dingle , The cows come slowly home i ' -1 ,.," i.ll ."I... id old-time friends, and twiiignt piays, id stjirrv iiisrht. and sunny days 'Come trooping upthe misty ways When the cows come home. AVltk JInsle, Jangle, jinsle, .S&fUiounda that sweetly mingle, i The cows are commj? nome : Mai vine, and Pearl, and Florimel, -Dt-Kttmp.-ltedrtww and Oretchen Hctrell,- Queen Bess, and Sylph, and Spangled, Sue Across the fields I hear her h-oo, .And clam? her silver bell: Go-linpT, KO-lnng-,"ffli nsrleli njrie ; i Vithjiliit,.tJir sounds that mingle, " . The cows come slowly home; And mother-songs of long-gone years, And babv jnj-s and childish tears, ' 1 And youthful hopes,! and youthful fears, fwhen the, cows come home. . . ..;,.'. . With ringle.rangle.'ringe,; , . '-J T By twos ahfl threes and single, The cows are coming howie ; r.r , : , i ' Through the violet air we see the town , And the Summer sun a-slippiug down ; - The maple in the hazel glade Throws twn the path a longer shade. And the hills are growing brown ; To-ring, to-raug, to-ringlerlngle, ; By threes and fours and single, The CQwa come: slowly home ; The sameBweet sound of worldless psalm, The same KWje?t June-day rest and calm, The same sweet scent of bud and balm, - When the cows come home. - ' 1 With a tinkte, tankle, tinkle, .Through fern and periwinkle, ? The cows are coming home; ' A loitering in the checkered stream, ' Where the sun-rays glance and gleam, Starine, Peachbloom and Phoebe Phyllis , stand knee-deep in tho creamy lilies In a drowsy dream : . . -.To-llnk, to-lank, tolinklelinkle, O'er banks with buttercups a-t winkle, The cows come slowly home ; -And up through. Memory's deep ravine Come the brook's old song and its old-time ; sheen, - ! - . And the crescent of the silver Queen, . , , ; ' ' AVlien the cos come home. With a klirigie, klangle, klingle, With a loo-oo, and mixHKi, and jingle. The cows are coming home : . . . , And over tert on Merlin hill ' ' ' ill ear theplaintlve. cry of the M-hln-podr-wiU ; The dew-drops lie on the tangled, vines, . . , mm And over the uooiar Venus shines. ' ' lf '.,:Au4 over .the sUejit mill; , , ."" Ko-ling, ko-Iatg, kollnglellngle, w With a ting-a-ling and Jingle ' i The cows come slowly home : . tf-Ket down the bars ; let in the train Or long-gone songs, ana nowers and rain, For dear old times come back again When the cows coriie home; " '. ' , ' Mrs. Agnes E. JfUchelt. (E bmspontlcncir. FARM PRODUCTS. Statistical Tables Showing the Produc tion and' Value of the Principal Farm Products in the Uni ed States. COMPARISONS WITH FORMER ! TKARS, ' ;; EXPORTS OF PRODUCTS OF V ; AGRICULTURE, ETC. . ' Fpr Tiik Pkogbkssivk Fakmeu. . ' Of the books tlia t ' liave been published, giving valuable inform- , Mion tq farmers, there is no end' Experience and observation, however, teach rue that it is not br reading books that a large ma jority , of those engaged in agri cultural pursuits )t tKeir infor mation ;biit by reading theVeekly newspapers of tlicVcouhtry. Tins eihg fi fact it behooves the rhan ;iigliibnt"of such papbrfr--espccially 'those published in the interest' of .rtrmcraftq . 'look r up such statis- .tical,, and; other, information.; as : relates to the interest of. the far finer and publish the same, thus idisseimnating facts which may be valuable.' " - ! " IIow few of our people have any conception of the products; of agriculture ; !Tlie following table will give sorce' idea of the lead ing articles produced ; . , , 1382. vrr- t J Mr f Products. Quantity i f Value. Corn.' Wheat, ! ,t -Oata,. i bnshela. ; do " do l do i ! do. 1 pounds, 1,617.025 100. 504.185470 29 860,037 '488,25061: , 48 953 926 ..ll.019v53 170472 B08 . .113 77558 1 ftlO '44402 125 13,439,194 1 30.768,015 8)38 862 95.304 844 .43.189457 369 958,158 309.696.500 l0Uto8t f ' llay, tons cotton;. Quantity Value. .roduccdJ Corn. ' . ? btJRhelfr, 1 1,551,0695 ! $65M5185 , 4il.086,160 , 28.058 583 57102,400, 450.138 U97 1 17.668 851 -208 164.425 451,515.641 ,4 43 804 009 - ,5 700 000 187 040.264 29.420 423 6,303,980 87 849 991 40,453,362 383.834 457 250 594 70 ' " 1 - -iiaricy. do ; . i Iturk wheat, :.f da Tobacco poumls, -:JIayi . ;.;;-. ..'i tous. lr 1884. -'My Value. i t I.- n885. rV Ouiintity Produced 143476 Ol)0 357412,000 .- a. 629.409 M) Value; Corn,' Vheat, Ryf, , tats, bushels, i ;.;do - do do tlo do pounds; tons, bales. 179 631 850 ! tarley. Buckwheat, Potatoes, --lmcc Hay, Cotton. Not reported 'full. ' Domestic exports of some of the above articles lor two years, ending June 30th, 1885. iU' f ( i . i c pm M. tmmt JU . m. MB r . 1-5 H i i7 5 n 1 Tl P ot i ? :- .a si : is f . P : 3 2. : 5 532 C3 'A H 2b S to -i -1 i i-i 1 "It. "be v to t3 "2 11 or. Q M m-ix; ii to v? -v- i S to n ' Hie ' ! abb vo ' e xfrbYt 8 ' ; t o' f o re i gn , count rijqp are iij,4 exqe pt ; syjhat was required for home consump tion. ; , Two-thirds of the cotton" crop raised in the United States is shipped abroad. " ' ,! , -i J The - census reports for 880 gives the number of persons bav in r avocations as 17.392.099. Of .''""nnislihniTO ployed in agiieulture, which is per cent, oi tnose iiavnu per cent, ot tnose navin avocatipiis; vqry nearly oiic-half. The. exports of tlie products of agriculture, constitute about .76' per cent, of the total value of the exports of merchandise from the United States.- The growth of the exports of products of agri culture has increased wonderfully in 15 years. 1 In ' 1870 the value of exrorts was: ,M$3GI,188;483, andf in 1884 'oO(5,3I5,318: The Value of breadstuifs exported in i870, was $72,50;933 and in 1884, $m544,715. ' n . i jloping the above statement Avill, he of iiintorest to. tho readors of tlie'-l?ROGitEssivB Farmer, lam, 'Very Tespectfully, Robert' W. "Best. .-f it I ' 1 1 i : 'i . ' i I ' ) : W I r iii' ' "'m; ! 4 i 1 .Will the , Result be A Mortgage on fthe ....... ' .,,'? Farm"?. , ... ,.., ..,,:. , For tUe !ROGKiiSSiVE F.Jlumrv.) . , ; , j I The rnst enduring monument that can be Verocted to thet memory of any hian 'is 'tliat reared 'by his 'own .hands, and h6ne have cVletterTdiindaiioh 'to work fromf nor finer material 'rrith which to build than the?'agi-icnlturalist,:fof'tho solid earth ::h dis foundation' and- his material is that furnished by God V bene ficent hand withwiichtobiuld,.tpclqrn and to enrich.. ' 1 . Farming ls a business and a science, and no man can' attain' to' kiHcess' in it unless he work upon businef'riHiiciples and upplies.hfe brain as asuidcously as those of any jOther calling. All the pro fessions that depend ' 6n the' 'public for support require closo confinement ' to study a,nt,, the; places of business. ;The lawyer and.he physiciinHcan always be fotind at their respective otnc'es, 'the mer chant at his store and the 'miller at his mill ; but , the easy-going farmer is; like tlie r6od brother who told ,tlie' deacon that ho couldn't' contribufe ttf fhfe mis tnajiy fun4 until thq paid hb debts, and upon being -tod ho owed Gol (the -greatest debt, .repliec.l that (rod jwas, npt push ing him like, his neighbors; but there wa.s big iiiferest drawing on that debt' to lo settled some day, tihd so it isHvith the farmer ;AVhen We elimb over the feiiee going fishing -because tho gate h oft the hinges and J wo haven't time to; swing it, ndLallpw.oin!.ho,Q,ploejp in an unlit tred sf aHbccius " we mutf g6 Vd' the' stcr t whaif ;r-ttJii-ij TrortIi? T?heii ire. hiven't'., round; tp sell, or bed cur c , -t on a ipudUy M to be covered With t, rhen xre vastoJ tnore than ' time . t -.1 .-at i r;: . r t ,1 , ui U i a .cczr.Zztt-'-Jier. Jwlthw,tfJrttt i . ..r. cs tis, and the result Z-b th? firr-v. t v- id energy and study tq farming that there is to the other av.ocations would make ours i new' oountrv, and they who now doubtthe posssibUii W making iwo bales; "of cQtion or twoharrels qf .corn jer acre will be able to rejoice in' a much greater yield, and those wljo ridicule "book farming" will themselves have valuable hints" to furnish through the pros.- ' TJiere is an old proverb that 14 the spade is the best, maiuire," but it must be applied with brains. Let the young men study farming as a science ; let them study it as a business; let them pursue it as man's noblest calling. Hriifjsli tnr m;mv vears to rive a direct ini; influence in the development of our grand old State F. A . New England vs. The South and in Farming. For tho Progressive FAUAfiru. It is well known that Niiture has showered her choicest favors, and with a lavish hand, 'upon the South and West. In wealth ot climate and soil the South surpasses all other sections. Her agri cultural advantages are simply magnifi cent and unequaled. North Carolina is behind no other State in natural adapta tion to agriculture and horticulture, but the prevalent opinion in the South is that New England is too bleak and sterile for farming, for people regard the soil, in far-off Yankee land, as so rocky and poor and the climate so cold as, to be un productive for cereals or other 'desirable; crops. This is the view generally enter tained in the South and West. Now let us see how this is : The Com-, tiling out creaitame to southern an( J 1 I'll'! J . 1 Western farming they are highly so to the agriculture ot cold, bleak and rocky ew r-ngland. According to this otticia report, 'endorsed and sent out by the Government, wheat was 'produced there last year ai a greaier pronno me Tarmer than m any ot her t section ot the UnUv't estates, i ne injures snow inat tne six New England1-Stated prtfmteed an aver age of fifteen bushels of wheat per acre or a money value of $20.35-100 to the acre. Illinois gave a money value of thi cereal of $15.22-100 -'Kansas. $13.04-100 California, $13.00 ; anl Minnesota, $10.66- 100. This advantage in lavor otNew Jngland, over, the richer and more ia vored lands of the South and West, well calculate I to cause our people to pause and think. : Then again as to cprrik faA ot ncre. in lllnlow the average yield was twentv-three bushels per acre, of the value of $10.8 MOO, while in New Eng land the average vield was twenty-seven bushels per acre, of the value of 25.00 Read -the report of the tobacco crop now stirring the energies of an increas ing the number of tobacco fanners of our State. Take that crop in New Eusland. In 18f2 New Hampshire yielded an aver- ago ?ot '1,4112 pounds to the acre, and worth SlolMX): .Vermont, 1,417 pound worth $184.0(); Massachusetts, 1,430 pounds, worth $l9.00; Connecticut, 1, 128 pounds, worth $174. On the other hand, Virginia yielded an average of but six hundred and twenty-one pounds to the acre, worth -$44.00, and Kentucky eight hundred and -twenty-one pounds, worth $00.00.; , The last report of the Census bureau isIiowh that the net profit, per acre, ot tobacco culture m iSew Ang land is from $09.90-100 to $222.30-100 In other agricultural and horticultural products statistics: show ia similar' pro portion of profit in New England, as also in stock-raising.- Such, an exhibit of official and reliable facts, rand figures in , favor ofi New Eng land and against the greatly superior re sources and advantages of the South and West in agriculture, may well scause bur plodding and lagging-behind people of x" ii. i: vJ i. n i Irwin lj iiiatvt U nuit hiiu con sider , the cause of this state, of things. It may s be said; that the proximity of -vr i t f . i ' . xev- j&ugiami jariners 10 jounierout large cities, where ready and. remunerative markets abound, without the expense of hea vy freights, is I a natural cause of this striking' 'Snd' almost stakliiiff dis- proiortioii of profits." I?u3 the rapidly .increusing ami generally abtindant means ofj transportation by' water and railroad, at prices decreasing bv com petition, and the potency of t he laws of trade and car riage 'naturally lessens the strength of. such a view. : The true solution !exisfs in the fact, which oilght to arouse and "re form our people, that the jtoor and rocky fields of New England, canopied by bleak and wintry sky, could not hare been made to bloom and blossom as they do; and to "excel ihWeof the .South in " . 7 . " -r-YM " methods and improved- plans. Old things must pass away and newn tilings must take their place. . lie, who is so anti quated as to cling to the idea that wo have reached all that is needed in meth iods,' practices and s results, ' does an ' in- TSE! r.i' ' 'At the Northland East s people work ancDldlendss "Ts ' riSt ' iolerated. '.bnt is treated res-1 vice and di?race,. ;IIcrc; it if nothing f. regarded If.Z thztJ1 Cere is , there ihrjJUnca Hhcii x mv... ' -j missioner of Agriculture at Washington A rranco nas agricuiiuiH. nnn the highest authority we have, gives .for girls. One ot the eh let is near some commanding and remarkable facts Rouen, and has 300 girls from six to and figures along this line. While any- eighteen years of age. The farm is ana irc;iicqf Q.niucn. are rtne4 ma.ses un der the thrqldom of prejudice against in- .rTrfcrcAtest prbfits In the apcuYiurto of' Nc-r n.ilarid oier the t5outh and Trcstillu:ttc3 the trtiili.f.f HiA-hld-v. the ln.nAr This is seen m mtr own otate in the fact Jhaour, best farniersultivatd lands natiiraltj poor," but carrier! up to a high stale of productiveness, lilf nature had not beenb generous to bur farmers they would have adopted New England methods, but our custom of cultivating large farms, in a careless and scattering itwoarl if denendins unon small farnis, tinder the rigid system of the has greatest viem to me sniitiir-;-v y , made farmina- a failure; It, isvtiine, fo pause ana to sxriKeior miiiuvciuruiou reform. If New England farming, car riel on with a constant struggle against nature, accomplishes so much of proht flliifS how much more profitable and" successful should Southern farming be with nature on its. side 1 . - v s. s. s. Rocky Point, N. C, Jany. 1886. i There aref G50 biitter nnd cream factories in IOwitV H , s' A cherry tree, at Chico, CalM is said to have yielded 1,700 pound of fruit. Maine a potato crop last year was worth $8,000,000. The , potato crop of the State is worth six times as much as its apple crop. - Experiments at the Michigan Ag ricultural College have shown that wheat sown later than" September 2(kh, escaped injury from the Hessian over 400 ncres. California is bragging of raising Bartlctt pears which weigh 1 pounds eatdi, at an altitude of 4,500 feet abort' ' the sea IcVeJj but these .monstrous pears liayp fid xiio re flavor than a turnip. ( .,'.' , . A willow farm .in .Macon,; Gu., pro duces about a ton of switches to the acre, commanding, when dried, $200, and as the leaves and bark sell at twenty-live cents a pound baled, the enterprise pays better, than cotton. t The wonderful increase ' of the dairy business ' in Wisconsin 'is shown from the following figures: The value of .the product in 1872 vearlv valuo of the butter and cheese product is novr estimated at 820,000,OQO. During the last year bees in Ohio gathered 1,731,095 pounds of honey, estimated to. be worth $270,975, while the fowls ..produced 32,602,321. dozen of eggs, valued at $4'890,348. The value of the eggs was nearly equal to that of the wool produced in the State. ' A "chicken ranch" has been es tablished on Iiong Island, with a capital of $60,000. Eggs are to be hatched by incubators, and the man agers of the company expect to keep about 100,000. fowls of 'different ages, and to furnish a thousand 44 broilers" a day for the News. York market. - ,In considering the' powei availa ble for industries in steam andyater, we findjihe United States takes prominent .rank; Avith 8,152,000-hoi-so power in &i earn, and 61,150,-000-horse power, in its riveiU Tlie United Jindom has 7,780,000-horsc power in steam, and ..but ,52O;000 hprse po)ver. in its rivers :f .GermaiiV, 4,325,000 steam, and 6,040,000 rivers ; France, ,573,000 steam, and 6,130,- 000 rivem; Russia, 1365,000 steam, and 36,115,000 'rivers Austria. 1.- 280,000 and 5,820,000 Italy' 480,. 000,;; and $m&f)6 Belgium, ' 595, 000 and 370,0.00;. Holland 216,000 steam horse . power, with , 640.000 rivers Hhorso i power. - All Europe represents 20,9 17,000 sieain s horse power, and 75,505,000. river horse powe;fTheiteani poyer above rep. rescnteo!. may ? be 'cohidered; in -"active use, .but in the caRe of the les than onetenth of.: the power lis a. i . a - : i . ... . . turncu xo practical account. -' " ' , ; . -r . . - ' .iii'.'rvr t if- ,Thoro is iprobablv no section of tho country in which nioro progress has r been made in f artnintr than in the South. The old largo planta tions, too, unwieldy: for careful man agement, are being broken up. and instead of ; the one staple, cotton, a diversified agriculture is taking its placei By growing his own pork, corn ahd-othel",,foodpr6duet the farmer 'is" becoming more indepen 'deht oT Yhe , grocery, and his crop i .bririg befbrb it ia ready for. market. Addwi i'thb 6 yzziciy of xnchufi.c turint7 ihdiistvicfo' irrro fcch started. and tut- I'Mve the South V -- 1 tQ.t for' hiti pfodr.c.'t le'r vf;:ich';Win tbe klV 1 lA 1 ii....;. Slop; lop 1 5s i We have recently doubled the capL. ity of our Store Ito0"1.)' miinw JJ," opening into" the adjoining torii' arrangement makes our Store 40jo fH i and witUli Basements ami Warehou gives us every facility for displav'n-r .m.i' j! i n- T - Li 1. nr. n "I I iiananng our.xa.rg ouk:k. v iiiiYh f BEST ARKAi(,(ED- r this seHion. flwl f'aiij T)w wit it- CtotM(M m&' 4ttf(or in ou despatch. . I Our Stock .shaJLbe kfptjup toom- fjj capacity, an i we um iimnunn our n I'" utation for keeping THE MOST ;C0METI lf IN WESTERN; NORT1I CAK0L1X v We. beg to cnll attention to Uie follow- ing leading "Divisions' i Depart iji.nts of our busiirss: vine HARDWARE. Here will be found ejery thing for tho -BUILDER AND MECHANIC, both in Tools and Mierial, and a aih-l ' Assortment foicn:rybo. STOVES. In this DepartmetrWe have mot with creat success. In lcD our sales roach 4 ing in the aggregate NEARLY fit! A ft LOADS. The House'.KeeperlooHlng for a 8?ov.? uncxcolled jn, Bal-Kg qualities, and to ' be "a joy forever,' wilt find hero the thing sought'lbr ad ti LARGER USE j OF STOVES than ny bongo display in j Winston. ' , i Far Tools, In one o two wks we shall offer for iBOTTf rinoKs FIUEJlD 'PLOWS, 125 SINGLeStD DOUBLE STOCK 1 ' 1LOWS ALSO 30,000 BUCK STEEL PLOWS, (our wn shapes.) Of: HANDLED and EYED HOES wo " wi. have from 100 T150 DOZEN, ofxist quality. Also a full linef Spades, Shovels, Forks Mattocks, . ..tithes, Straw. Cutters, , Corn ihellers, Reapers, -M0VERSAND THRESHERS.- Wo have e gaged the eervices of an experienced ' larness Maker, and will manufacture everything in that line. Will carry a 111 stock of Saddles, Wagon and Buggy Iirness, Leather, Trimming, Buckles, Biti'iHames, &c. &c. J lUi. We carrvJewi-s,' White Lead,' Luca' Ml?oady?Mitd Paints, Best Crrado ol : j . ! , ColorLinseed 'Oils &c, &c. Tlila 1tnrttiAf: is iinrlpr the tliafl ai;ementof MK JNO; I. NlSSEK, Wj prices; oil evorj', kiid of JLichineryt 3im Supplied W rougbf Pipe, lienmg, r We hive recenily put up ih Yarnunfi- ton, Die C6udty, a-f0 Horse w 3fa and 35 Horse ngina ana oiu. chiner' makinl one of the largU an" finestJ?laning ind 1 8aw Mill'f thi' 11 m vicinitjT m cflifiety of cui Macninerj .. JiHU r Plana, anfi- QMimates jnven ai y time.. Write,. ct Vbiw$hd ' before oimng .' '"' , . f. "Bslbfrefc..nce bvenV. rogar-' . J , . -.h- ; --rff i! ilT , j-. ' ; - "-f ' ' f.'t-t? .Iff II j :.-,