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Tuesday, March 7, 1905.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
THE MARKETS
RALEIGH COTTON.
I Raleigh, March 4. 1905.
Price today
price this date last year
Receipt to date
Receipts ume period last year.
11872 bales
13,068 bales
CHARLOTTE PRODUCE.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, March
Chickens spring .
I J "
I liens per head ...
J corn
Oats feed..
Oats .....
i mmm
uiaxa --
S Cotton Seed..
L
nj
1 1 4 m itrvfltnl
Hides -ary bh.
Hides green, 25 and up
Kips srreea, IS to 25......
Calf skins, 6 to 12.
Calfskins, tinder 5.....
sheep skins, full wool .
LimO BJS1UB.... .
Goat skuis
4, 190S.
20
20
25
30 83
6870
46 4M
6466
24
IL00
13
11
9
-70
.. 40 & &
70 T.00
S56)
15 25
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
Baltimore, Md., March 4, 1905.
Flour winter patents ....... 5. ko $5.75
Spring patents.-
Wheat
whaat Mnnthern
Corn, Southern white ...
Oats, ro. wmie
Kutter. fancy Imitation ..........
Butter, rancy creamery ..
Butter, store packed.....
Ktres fresh.............
i 'hcpsp fl rm
Sngar, coarse granulated
6.95 (3 6.20
$ 1.00 1.13
... 60 5 4
87
8387
. 29 80
.. 83(3134
20 a 22
24
12 12
RICHMOND TOBACCO.
Richmond, Va., March 4, 1905.
Tne quotations are as follows :
DARK FIRED TOBACCO SIW.
Primings
T.nro
Short to medium leaf...
Long leaf ...
I 1.50 to
8.50 to
6.00 t
10 00 to
f 8.50
6.00
9.00
130
DARK FIRED TOBACCO REORDERED.
Lnea 4.50 to S 5.50
hum nn
Short leaf.
Medium leaf. ......
Itntr leaf.
Wrappers and selections
BRIGHT TOBACCO.
Smokers Common
Medium.....
Fine
Cutter Common
Medium...
l 1 D 6
Fancy ....-..-..
Fll'ers Common..
Medium ..........
Good
If 1 D 6
Wrappers Com mon
Medium
Good
Fancy..
6 00 to
7.00 to
8.00 to
10.00 to
I 7 00 to
9.50 to
12 00 to
11.00 to
12.00 to
16.00 to
20.00 t o
7.00 to
9 00 to
10 50 to
12.00 to
14.00 to
18.00 to
27.00 to
85.00 to
40.00 to
SUN-CURED TOBACCO.
Primings ..f 1.50 to
Lugs, common to good.
Lugs, (rood to prime .....
snort lear..,
Long lef
Wrappers
4.00 to
6.00 to
7.50 to
10.00 to
12.50 to
7.50
8.00
12 00
14.00
V
f 9.00
11.50
1100
13 00
15.00
20 00
22.50
8.00
10 00
11.51
14.00
18.00
25.00
85.00
40.00
4500
t 3.50
6.00
7.00
10.00
12.00
85.00
NORFOLK MARKET.
(Corrected weekly by Triune Fruit and
Produce Company.)
Norfolk, Marbh 4, 1905.)
Fresh country eggs per doz 24 to 25c
Drensed poultry, drawn, per lb. 14 to 16c.
40 to ibe.
$3.25 to 53.50
S3 00 to Si. 20
12.25 to S3.05
75 to S1.2S
n.OO to $1.25
$1.85 to $1.60
6 to 1
Old hens (live) large and fat
a. js. peas, per bag or 2 bu.
Black peas, pr bag of 2 bo..
Appies, per no
Rutabaga turnips, per bag .
Turnips, per bbl
Cabbage per bbl
Dressed hogs, per lb.
Lettuce, oer hamcer
8weet potatoes, per bbL, In de
mand
Spring chickens..
Turkeys (live)
Turkeys (dressed)
lacis, eacn
Guineas, eah
. H 50 to f 1.75
$1.75 to $2.25
Honey, In pound eases, In comb
uams, smitBeld, per lb.
xiams, v., per lb
Hams, N. C, per lb.
ceiery, pr dozen
lettuce, per hamper.
rvam, per ddi
Splnath, per bbl.
Irish potatoes, ner basr
Seed Irish Potatoes for planting,
per bbl s
Oolons. per bushel.
Country Batter, per lb..
20 to
15 to
18 to
25 to
25 to
18 to
18 to
16 to
60 to
1.76 to
75 to
1.25 to
1.20 to
80
17
20
80
27
8o
23
20
- 20
90
2.00
1.60
1.75
1.40
8.00
2.25 to
1.50
12 to 26K
Peanuts Fancy.
TV
Peanuts, strictly prime V-A
Peanuts, machine picked-. 2
Peanuts, bunch S
Spanish peanuts 87
Irish Potatoes, Va. 2d crod $2.25 to $3.00
Onions, per bag (2 bu. to bag) 2.60 to 2.65
Corn, white, per bushel
Cora, mixed, per bushel
Cracked Corn, per bushel
"ay No. 1, Timothy, per ton
lint. XT " .
, i, Aiixa, per ton
Mraw, Rye. per ton
Fran, per ton
Middling, per ton.
J ottn eed Meal, per ton
V.ats. per bushel
Mixed Oats, per bushel
66 to 68
S3 to 66
55 to 57
.$14.00 to $16.00
13.00 to 14.00
9.25 to 12.00
21.00 to 22.00
2 00 to 23.00
29.00
88 to 42
S8 to 88
Thoughts for Fanners.
The Aldrich Plan.
For several years, Mr. Aldrich, of
Barnwell, S. C, has been success
fully raising corn and cotton on the
same land. He plants his whole crop
that way. He lays off rows four feet
wide and plants two in cotton and
two in corn. He makes a great abun
dance of corn, with some to spare,
after feeding horses, cattle, hogs and
fowls liberally. Peas planted be
tween the hills of corn or sown at
laying-by time keep up the land and
make three to six bushels of peas to
the acre. He claims that he makes
as much cotton to the acre as the
average crop of all cotton in his
neighborhood. Two Spartanburg
farmers tried the plan last year and
they are so well pleased that they
will try it again. If the corn is
planted early it will mature before
the cotton has put on a full crop. Tf
he plants the same field the next year
he alternates the rows, planting cot
ton where the corn was.
Teach the Girls to Cook.
A few days aro a club woman was
speaking of a certain family. She
said: "The girls know how to make
dainty little dishes of various sorts,
and then they serve them in a most
attractive way." With the many
breakfast foods and great variety of
cakes, crackers and wafers for sale in
the grocery stores, there is danger of
cooking becoming one of the lost
arts. Old-time Southern house
keepers were noted for the excellent
cooking of substantials and the
dainty cakes, custards, wafers and a
variety of desserts. Now they- send
to. the baker's or grocer's for their
mince pies, plum puddings, cakes and
bread. Let the girls be taught to
cook. It is quite an accomplishment,
and will be helpful in their homes
when they have forgotten to play
the piano, or flinch, or euchre.
Water on the Farm.
Sorr.o of the older readers of The
Progressive Farmer may remember a
time when water for domestic pur
poses had to be brought from the
spring which was generally 200 to 300
yards from the house. Stock had to
be carried to the nearest branch or
creek to be watered. Both people
and stock suffered for water at times.
A well in the yard saves much labor
and insures an abundant supply of
water. If a farmer has several Jbead
of stock to water it will pay him in
one year to dig a well in his horse
lot and get an old-fashioned trough
that will-hold 50 to 75 erallons. That
will save much time, If the farmer
has two or three hundred acres, it
may be inconvenient to carry plow
animals some distance for water dur
ing the long hot days. A well dug
in a convenient place will save much
time and give water to stock when
needed. But better than wells, is a
hydraulic ram, if a farmer .has a
spring or clear branch near his house
with fall enough to use one. The
ram, piping and tank will cost only
two or three bales of cotton, and
water will be furnished to house,
kitchen and horse lot. Any farmer
who runs four or five plows could af
ford that, and after using this water
system awhile, he would never give it
up. The well could be kept in good
order for drinking 'water.
CHAS. PETTY.
Spartanburg Co., S. C.
The Rice Situation in South Carolina.
It seems to be generally accepted
that there will be about 50 per cent
reduction in our rice acreage this
coming year, this state of affairs be
ing brought about by the inability of
the small planters to hold their own
under present conditions. Only large
planters will therefore continue to
plant as formerly.
In a few cases, truck is being plant
ted as an experimental crop on the
rice lands, but only in a small way.
In the Georgetown section, no
substitute for rice can be found, as
the lands are low lying, and subject
to inundations from freshets.
Concerning market coiditions
here, would say that there is n feel
ing of more confidence among the
dealers in' clean rice and more dis
position to buy. Some round lots
have been brought, and better prices
rule, than in December, and the first
part of January. H. G. Seeding, in
Rice Journal.
THOUSANDS HIVE KIDNEY TROUBLE
AND NEVER SUSPECT IT.
Cotton Farmers' Meeting in Lenoir.
To the Farmers and Business Men
of Lenoir County: -
I will be glad if the farmers and
business men of Lenoir County will ,
meet in Kinston Wednesday, March j
15th, at 11 o'clock a. m. I hope if J
there is a township in the countv that
has not yet organized, they will take
steps at once to organize and hand
in their reports to the County Asso
ciation on the 15th. This is very
important, and I hope this will be
promptly attended to. The town
ships should elect a chairman, secre
tarv and treasurer.
The object of this county meeting
is a very important one. We want
to elect officers for the ensuing
year, and we have other matters to
come before the Association, and I
hope we can get the will of the peo
ple in settling these affairs.
The Hon. Jas. A. Brown, of Chad
bourn, and Col. Jno, S. Cuninsrham,
of Person County, the State Presi
dent of the Farmers' and Business
Men's Associaiton, have been invited,
and are expected to be with us for
the nurpose of addressing the people
of the county on the cotton, tobacco
and trucking situation.
I most earnestly urcre that the
farmers and business men all over
the county come out on this occasion
and let's see if we can't get closer to
gether and give one whole day to our
interests. , R. L. BLOW,
Chairman. Farmers' and Business
Men's Association of Lenoir Co.,
Grangers, N". C.
An interesting letter to our read
ers from Mrs. E. Austin of Nw
York City.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 9th, 1902.
A little over a year ago I was taken with
severe pains In my kidneys and bladder.
They continued to give me trouble for over
two months, and I suffered untold misery. I
became weak, emaciated, and very much
run down. I bad great difficulty In retain
ing my urine, and was obliged to pass water
very often night and day.. After I had used a
sample bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
which you so kindly sent me on my request,
I experienced great relief. I Immediately
bought of my druggist two large bottles and
continued taking it regularly. I am pleaesd
to say that Swamp-Root cured me entirely.
I can now stand on my feet all day without
having any bad symptoms whatever. You
are at liberty to use this testimonial letter If
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JfetJ. (.
19 Nassau Street.
The mild and prompt effect of Dr.
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mention this nflnPT.
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Corn
Growers
1st Prize .50
2d M 825
3d $15
4 th
810
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developed and largest ears grown fromthis seed. Eacn
contestant to send us fifty ears by November 15, 1905,
and .the Judges will then decide among which four
growers the $100 will be divided.
The following well-known gentlemen have consented
to act as judges in this contest :
T. B. Parker, Secretary and Business Agent of the
North Carolina Farmers' Alliance, Raleigh.
Col. JuiiiAN S. Carr, owner of Occoneechee Farm,
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DR.C.W. Burkett, Professor of Agriculture at A.
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