VOL. 13, NO. 1.
RALEIGH, X. C, MAY, 1888.
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Contents.
I PAGE
Note and Comment..................
. The G ran ge Lands and Homes ...... 2
' Grange Encampment-Annual en-
campment of the North Carolina State
Grange .. i.. .........3
Editorial Editorial Briefs.. . .. .-. ......
Correspondence-Farmers' Meeting.. 5
Farms and Farmers-Grange Notes
: The Grange and Combination Organizing,
a urange The Social f eature of tne Grange
1 Grange Progress . .' I. . . . . . . . i . . . ............ 6
:j nous anu jb eruiizers now to Analyze
Boils Application 01 ManuredThe ormation
y wvsuo ........... ............ .......... . . . . I
Grasses and Grains--Mangle Wurzle
Beet and Kaffir Corn Green Forage Crops
Growing Kaffir Corn........ ........... 8
Cotton and .ToDacco-r-Cotton Plant
IJ ing Farming in tne South. . ... ............. 9
? Trees and Frnits Notes An Esti
mate of Value Fowls '. in Orchards. The
Orchard and Fruit Garden Fertilizers for
. ajio !.... .... .... .. -v
IAve Stock A New Use for Charcoal-
Sores on Cattle Hardy Breeds for Hogs
cotton seea ana corn jvieai ior norses jour
of Horses and Cattle The Cow Pea for Ensi-
- lage.... .... ............. ....11
I Dairy Notes- Wheat Bran for Milch Cows
vn V a ITT - . -wV . . . -1 4
: v ways 01 aluk wasting uiuer Vreaui..is
v V? onltry- Yard Notes Af New Remedy
i for Lice How to Make an Egg Tester The
T Facts About Gapes I.... ...... . ..' .....irf
Birds and Insects Do Toads do Harm ?
-i Bluebirds. ....... .......... L... ........13
1 Gardeners Department G a r d e n
. 1 1 m 4 t i " TP - Fll . .
i :a annav Tnr ivi hit. rHHS r.H ri v i t lrriHi.nt-
1 ill II 111 III ." 1 nn Ill 1 a V 1 a J. UU IA A XJV
'! of the Tomato Planting Cucumbers JSarJy
Potatoes ... . . ...... i ...14
Family Department The Sculptor
; iJOy My unoi.ee-; moral juii,ure wooa
Character How' to be Happy True Objects
of Matrimony.... . .15
r Family Fan Note s. . . . . J.. . .15
WI'I see 1 1 a n eon s Bric-A-Brac A
Youne Eflrar A Leap Year Rejection Husk
f ing Bees Good' Enough for the rig Untire
ly Unanimous At Great Secrets Out The
1 Facts About the Worm........ ........ ....16
Scraps N otes . . . .
....... .T..16
Household Department House
hold Hints Butter Milk A Lecture on
Coffee Carpets... i .......... '. 17
Cooking; Keceipts Gold Cake Pud
ding Lemon Pudding Broiled 'Potatoes
Pie Without Fruit Cheap Cream Pie... . . . 17
Popular Science -Movement of Waier
; r Benefit of the Moon.; ........ ..13
Hygiene Notes Sleeping Apart Mind
and; Health J ........ . . ..... . . . , . ...18
Diseases ' and Remedies Hear t
Disease Qatmeal D i g e s t i o n- M i 1 k as a
Kennedy and Nourishment...... -.18
State Agriculture Grass and Clover
Fine HogSh-Good Farming. -r -r
TVote'and Comment. f
Mb. Frank P. Baker of Wake Forest writes
thanking us for publishing so good an agricul
tural paper as the N. C. Farmer, He says he
does not 6ee how he could get along without
it and the seed we give as a premium are the
best he has1 ever used. We appreciate the
compliment. ., v
, j The Agricultural Department proposes for
the purpose .of securing full crop reports
from all over the State, to secure a capable
correspondent in every township , in every
county, to whom : blanks will be sent for re
ports 'which will be regularly published in
the Agricultural Bulletin. ' '
Messrs. W. Gibbons & Co., of West Chester,
Pa, advertise Chester White, Berkshire and
Poland-China pigs, also .fine . Setter Dogs,
Scotch7 Collies, Fox Hounds and. Beagles,
Sheep and Poultry and will send circular and
price list upon receipt of stamp. Bead their
advertisement. i
i Wb acknowledge the pleasure of a- call
from Hon. W. B. Williams, Master of the
N. C. State Grange Patrdns of Husbandry,
Falkland, Pitt County, during his attendance
upon tne sessions, ot jine csiate Koara oi.
Agriculture recently held in this city and ot
which he is a most worthy . and efficient
member. ", .1 - i- ; :- !-"
We tender our thanks to J. A. Odell i chair
man committee of Arrangements, Thomas B;
Keogh chairman committee of Invitation and
(p. D. Benbow, secretary, for an invitation to a
celebration in commemoration of the Battle of
Guilford Court House to lake place on the
battle ground May 5th, 1883 the anniversary
of the Guilford Battle Ground Company and
will endeavor to be present. f '
The raising of poultry for market is a
profitable business, but one should have the
best stock to realize the best results". Messrs.
G. L. Hardison & Co., proprietors of the
Neuse Kiver Poultry Yards, Thurman, Craven
county,. N. C., advertise in ini issue urai
class poultry stock and eggs. ' They have a
fine Variety which they offer for sale. Write
o them for terms, &c. " : ; ; a C
Do you want to know how to grow sweet
potatoes? Mr. W. M. Ballard, Soperintendant
oi Martin county" Experimental farm, sends
us his plan for growing sweet potatoes, for
which we thank him, and invite the , attention
of our potato growers to it. Mr. Ballard is an
experienced cultivator, and has been very suc
cessful in his crops, having raised 1100 bush
els on .two acres.
, , So far as we havo Iseen the Press of the
State, as well as the jfarmers, most heartily
endorse Commission ii Eobinson in hU -work
of organizing the farmers into Institute Club,s
and establishing Experimental farms In the
counties. !Bro.Creecy of the Economist,"
Elizabeth City, says the. Countyj Experiment
arms. o f Comm issioner j Bobinson are popular
we trust they will
i it i .
wherever he.has gpnfei and
give a new impetus
Caroiina."i
o agriculture in North
The agricultural rfwess abroad speak in
... T . -
ierms of highest . cjotopliment of our State
Board ofAgriculturejaKd the success of Col
Jno Robinson, jthe i Commissioner, in organiz
ing the farmers Into C!ubs and establishing
Farmers'-Institutes and Experimental farms
in the counties.' Ttej 'Bural Messenger" of
"Virginia, calls ipoit their State Agricultural
Department to . folloy the pushing and pro
gressive example of Nortli Carolina. It does
really seem that under our new Agricultural
Commissioner were are getting ahead.
A brother editor! Ivriting to jas upon the
subject of organizing' the farmers says : "I
am really afraid that
the farmers movement is
gotten up in the interest of .demagogues. iThey
will be organized anpthen manipulated I fear
by petty : foggy . shjfocks and jadventurers.
There is great j- needj to ' have jthe farmers
organized if it jwert jdone by proper sort of
men ' to promote their real interest." To
which we will say thano such fear need be
apprehended . by : their organization into
Institutes and Clubsj fey' Col. Job. Bobioson
the Commissioner of Agriculture who is really
the State's constituted agent for ibis purpose
and at no cost of large'salaries and dues to the
farmers. '"'I': 'f -ii .. . -1 ':
TnK North Carolina Grange Encampment
and Farmers Institujje held lasi August at .
Mount Holly, " Gfastonf county, was admitted
by all, to be a grand success.' It is proposed
to hold anotheriEncaropment this1 year, and
Hon. W, . William Master of the State
Grango has written Capt.; J. T. Patrick
(whose labors last year made it so successful)
to receive proposalsjrotn any town in North .
Carolina that desires the Encampment t o be
held near j them.j Th.re are "maby places' in
our State where it rould be a 'good paying
business to the citizons to' have he Encamp
ment held. Raleigh from Its central location
and accessibility ould be a very desirable point
but it will go wheie the best proposal is made .
All interested, Ehouli address Capt. Jno. T..
Patrick, Com., of I migration,' Raleigh; N. C
See article on Grange Encampment page 5.