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THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY.
Vol. 2.
OUR FARMERS' CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing.
Rural JIall, N. C, )
March 5th, 1887. j
Editor Progressive Farmer :
According to a short notice the
tanners met at Rural Hall this eve
ning tor the purpose of organizing.
The weather being very unfavorable
but few were present. However,
they resolved to organize and thus
set the club on permanent footing.
Temporary meetings have been held
several times previous.
On motion of Mr. II. T. Loggins,
Mr. B. L. Bitting was called to the
chair. He then announced the elec
tion of officers in order. A vote be
inir taken the following officers were
chosen :
B. L. Bitting President.
R. L. Cox Vice-President.
II. T. Loggins Treasurer.
S. S. Fly nt Secretary.
The constitution (except the clause
appertaining to admission of mem
bers) and By-Laws of the Progres
sive Farmer were, on motion, adopt
ed. On motion, it was decided to meet
at Rural Hall, on Saturday the 19th,
at 1 o'clock, p. m. The subject of
Fertilizers is to be discussed at the
next meeting. A large increase in
membership is then expected. All
practical farmers are respectfully
invited to attend. The address of
the club is Rural Hall Club, No. 1,
of Bethania Township.
S. S. Flynt, Sec'y.
MT. TABOR CLUB.
The last meeting held, March the
11th. 1887, was called to order by F.
W. Pfaff, the President, at the usual
hour.
Ve had very interesting discus
sions on the planting and raising
of Irish potatoes.
Mr. Conley said we could raise as
fine potatoes in this country as they
raise in the North. It only required
the same manuring and cultivation.
Other members gave their expe
rience on planting and raising pota
toes, which was interesting and in
structive. Mr. Pfaff, the President, resigned,
and is going to become a resident of
Winston-Salem. Mr. J. T. Ziglar
was elected to fill his place for the re
maining portion of the year.
The members of the club will not
use this year more than one-third of
the commercial fertilizers that they
did last year.
The club adjourned to meet again
the 8th of April, at night.
Tiios. Ring, Sec'y.
HARMON GROVE CLUB.
Our club, Harmon Grove, now
numbers thirty-seven members. The
following are the officers : President,
Wm. T. Warner; vice-President, J.
E. Jarvis; Secretary, D. A. Binkley.
We all get our meat at Lewisville.
I). A. Binkley, Sec'y.
CATAWBA COUNTY FARMERS CLUB
THE ORGANIZATION.
On Saturay, the 26th ult., there
was a convention of the farmers of
Catawba county at Conover. The
weather was unfavorable, but the
attendance was good. Col. II. A.
Forney was made temporary chair
man and J. I). Rowe temporary sec
retary. The chairman explained the
object of the meeting the organiza
tion of a county farmers' club. Nine
subordinate clubs were represented.
The chair appointed a committee
of one from each subordinate club on
constitution and by-laws for the
county club. The following were
the committee: H. A. Forney, Cicero
Cline, J. F. Miller, N. E. Sigmon, S.
E. Killian, T. L. Hunsucker, Peter
Little and Jacob Bowman. The com
mittee and the convention was enter
tained by short addresses from some
of the members.
. Th e committee on constitution and
by-laws reported, and the proposed
constitution was adopted.
Conover was chosen as the place
for the regular meetings. The by
laws were then adopted.
The membership of the clubs rep
resented was as follows: Hickory 35
members, Starrtown 20, Lyles' Creek
'30, Conover 18. Cline's (township)
Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 have respectively
41, 30, 27 and 11 members, Minerva
Club 18. The following officers were
elected: John W. Robinson, Presi
dent; II. A. Forney, 1st vice-President
; N. E. Sigmon, 2nd vice-Presi-dent;
M.J. Rowe, Recording Secre
tary; F. L. Herman, Corresponding
Secretary; J. M. Miller, Treasurer.
On recommendation by their re
spective clubs the following were
appointed members of the Executive
Committee: L. P. Seitz, Hickory;
Cicero Cline, Starrtown ; J. M. Mil
ler, Lyles' Creek ; C. W. Herman,
Conover; W. II. Rockett, Cline's,
No. 1; T. L. Hunsucker, Cline's, No.
2; II. M. Isaac, Cline's, No. 3 Reu
ben Yodcr, Minerva.
By request, Col. II. A. Forney
read an address on the Origin and
History of Agriculture.
The best methods of buying sup
plies and selling produce was then
briefly discussed, but was left as un
finished business for next meeting.
The next regular meeting will be
held at Conover on the fourth Sat
urday of .March, beginning at 10
o'clock A. M.
Minutes of the meeting were re
quested to be published in The Pro
gressive Farmer.
Secretary.
Conover, N. (?., March 7M, 1887.
COUNTY LINE CLUB.
Hickory, N. C, March 11, 1887.
Editor Progressive Farmer:
Our club, the Catawba and Burke
County Line Club, is, in numbers,
growing slowly, but in interest stead
ily and firmly. We are actuated only
by a sense of duty, and realizing that
it takes time to accomplish anything.
Already, by meeting and exchanging
views and experiences, we feel that
we have been greatly benefitted, if
we will put it to practice. We have
the best farmers in our bounds. Our
club numbers 23, and our regular
meeting is Saturday before the 1st
Sabbath of each month, at Amev's
and Brickj'ard Schoolhouse, inter
changeably at 1 P. M. I am Presi
dent, A. J. Cook vice-President, J.
R. Jones, Secretary, and J. S. Sides,
Treasurer. Our Executive Commit
tee is, J. D. Morgan, H. A. Adams
and Robert Sides.
With best wishes, I am, as ever,
yours yc, J. F. Click.
The farmers in the neighborhood
of Catawba, Catawba county, are
taking steps for the organization of
a farmers' club.
THE WORK IN EDGECOMBE.
The adjourned meeting of the
Edgecombe Farmers' Club was held
in the Court House Tuesday, when
several new members joined. The
meeting took practical steps towards
organizing the farmers of.the coun
ty. The township is to be made
the unit of organization, and to form
clubs in the several 'townships the
fo 1 1 o w i ng ge n 1 1 e ni e n we re a p po i n t ed
as a committee :
No. 1. E. I). Foxhall. .
No. 2. J. T. Howard.
No. 3. G. W. Howard.
No. 4. W. J. Lawrance.
No. 5. 1L Leggett.
No. 6 M. J. Battle.
No. 7. G. C. Battle.
No. 8. W. T. Knight.
No. 9. J. A. B. Thorne.
No. 10. Jno. O. Oats.
No. 11. A. B. Nobles.
No. 12. Jesse Brake.
No. 13. J. R. Mercer.
No. 14. W. E. Bradley, assisted by
Z. H. Weaver.
The President and Secretary were
instructed to notify the several
Township Committees that they
would visit their Townships for the ;
purpose of assisting in theiormation
WINSTON, N. C, MARCH
of Township clubs on or before a
certain date and requesting commit
tee to designate time and place.
Secretary Philips tendered his
resignation as Secretary because of
the distance to this place, and Mr.
J. C. Powell was elected in his
stead.
President Can was heartily con
gratulated upon hisappointment and
confirmation as one of the trustees
of the State College of Agricultural
and Mechanic Arts.
Mr. H. L. Leggett wanted every
member to ponder, debate and find
out at next meeting, what the club
in its meetings outside of regular
business can do to maintain' and
increase the interest and attendance
of the members. All promised to
give a solutiou to the problem May
3rd, when the next meeting of the
club is to be held.
In the mean time the Southerner
would candidly say to the farmers,
if they intend to accomplish any
thing they must form their town
ship clubs and attend the meetings.
Tarboro Southerner.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION IN IREDELL
COUNTY.
We condense the following from
the report of the Farmers' meeting
as published in the Statesville Land
mark of 10th inst. :
The farmers of Iredell met, pur
suant to adjournment, at the court
house Monday, March 7th. There
were present about 100 members.
The committee on constitution
and by-laws reported and the con
stitution and by-laws were adopted.
The Association then proceeded
to elect officers for the ensuing
year :
President, Julian Allen.
1st Vice-President, P. B. Kennedy.
2nd 4- " J. W. A. Kerr.
3rd u J. M. Shook.
Secretary, T. M. Mills.
Treasurer, A. D. Kestler.
Executive Committee: E. E.Smith,
chairman; H. C. Davidson, J. C.
Jovner,-J. P. Bradley, W. L. Ray, A.
T. "Smith, P. W. Eagle. John Coble,
J. W. Lowrance and .Dr. Jas. King.
The next meeting will be the first
Monday in May next.
The farmers in the vicinity of
Cherryville have organized a Farm
ers Club. That is well. Would
that all farmers would unite, then
this important industry would ad
vance more rapidly. All other
trades and professions are united
and the farmer should take this
advantage also. Lincoln Press.
Mr. II. N.Clark, of Littleton, Hali
fax county, writes us that a meeting
of the farmers of that vicinity has
been called for the 2Gth inst to or
ganize a farmers' club, and that it is
expected to start with fifty or sixty
members.
A' Farmers' Club has been formed
on Zach's fork and will meet at
Clarke's schopl house, next Saturday
night, for final Organization. Lenoir
Tojric.
OREGON'S WILD HOGS.
The well-known domesticated ani
mal of the genus sus, of gluttonous
and filthy habits, kept for the flesh
and fat, and which is commonly
known as the hog, is' not indigenous
to Oregon, but is frequently found
here in a wild state in outlying dis
tricts. Hogs which have strayed
off into the woods have increased
and multiplied, and, owing to the
mildness of our climate and abund
ance of food to be found, they live
long and prosper. One old patriarch
of a fellow was lately killed in the
vicinity of Yaquina City bearing a
pair of tusks which measured over
nine inches from tip to tip. Port
land Oregonian.
Farming operations have been
delayed somewhat by the continued
wet weather, but the farmers 'have
got their Spring work pretty well
advanced. Rockingham. Rocket.
16, 1887.,
The prospects for a fine wheat
crop are encouraging. High Point
Enterprise.
The farmers don't sem to be as
much interested in plant beds this
year as heretofore. Person County
Courier.
The amount of home-made man
ures used by the farmers this year
will be double that of any previous
year. This is a ,step in the right
direction. Murfreesboro Index.
Over 450 children attend the
various Sunday schools in town.
Over 225 commercial drummers stop
ped at the Exchange Hotel during
the month past. Reidsville Times.
Wheat is beginning to present
a much better appearance than it
did ; that which was drilled being
much in advance of that sown broad
cast. Da vidson Dispatch.
It appears that another railroad
will soon run in two or three miles
from this place. It will cross Roanoive
River between Norfleet's Ferry and
Palmyra, and go on South. Scotland
Neck Democrat.
There is a colored man working
on the High Point section who was
married to his wife not fifteen years
ago, and since lhat time she has pre
sented him with 13 children. High
Point Enterprise.
- Tobacco plants are reported as
coming up finely. From all the
information at hand the wheat crop
in this section is beginning to put
on a promising appearance. Mont
gomery Vidette.
Wheat in this section is looking
tolerably vveii. Our farmers hnve
seen the great error in the one-crop
system, and are starting oui on the
nrht road to success. Person Coun
ty ty Courier.
On account of the low prices of
tobacco, many farmers are discour
aged, and will raise more bread stutf
tins year than heretofore. Let
eveiy farmer make his meat and
bread first, and then give his atten
tion to cotton and tobacco. Lexing
ton Dispatch.
A large lot of fine beef Devon
cattle passed through the streets on
Tuesday destined lor the Ashevilie
market. They were from Lowndes'
farm in Transylvania. What one
can do, many may do; yet this farm
is one in a nundred. Ashevilie Citi
zen. The prospect is encouraging for
a large attendance at the Farmer's
Institute. Mr. Zebedee Hinshaw,
near Central Falls, has a 7 year old
son who has had three limbs broken.
One of his legs and both arms have
been broken and still the little fel
low lives and enjoys life. Asheboro
Courier.
Mr. Julius Poovey, who lives
about a mile beyond the Hickory
toll bridge, showed us, last Saturday,
a white rat, rather a rare animal in
these parts. He says that he has
seen as many as half a dozen at
once in his barn picking up corn
from the horse troughs. They are
game fellows and whip off the gray
rats. Lenoir Tropic.
We understand that a disease
has made its appearance in the east
ern portion of Burke and within a
few miles of Hickory, which resem
bles small pox. Several have died
of it, and old army men who have
seen small pox, can see but little
difference in the appearance of
patients having, either disease.
Piedmont Press.
We are pleased to hear good
reports from the wheat crop of the
surrounding country. Of course it
is too early to make certain cacula
tions, but the prospect so far is
encouraging. On Saturday even
ing fourteen of the county convicts
at stockade, while engaged in sing
ing and praying, succeeded in break
No. 5.
ing their shackles and escaped.
When we look out from our office
window and see so many wagon
loads of bacon, corn, flour, hay, bran,
&c, being hauled from the Railroad
Depots to our mercantile establish
ments, we cannot help but think
something is wrong in the manage
ment of farm affairs in this section.
Charlotte Home-Democrat.
Mr. Chas. B. McMillan's three
year old child, an intelligent, bright
looking boy, can tell you without
hesitation the name of any State in
the Union, and can also point on
the map any place you may ask for.
He does it so easily that you would
think he could read, but he does not
know a letter in the alphabet. It is
truly wonderful. Fayetteville Obser
ver. The engineers will complete the
survey of the Lynchburg and Dur
ham "road in a few days, and steps
looking to the early construction of
this road will be speedily taken.
For the week ending March 5th. the
combined sales of leaf tobacco at the
several warehouses amounted to
324,281 pounds a decrease of 243,
810 pounds compared with the pre
vious week. Durham Plant.
On our trip to Currituck court
we saw that the farmers had planted
an unusually large crop of peas this
spring. They are well up and look
ing fine. Sir. B. B. Berry, of this
c mnty is 72 years of age and has
been married four times. His last
wife is about 58 years old and not
long since presented her husband
with a fine pair of twins. Elizabeth
City Falcon.
We hear from citizens on Town
Fork that the farmers in that section
will have to buy corn to keep up
their stock till harvest.; We un
derstand the track on the C. F. & Y.
V. Railroad is now laid within three
miles of Walnut Cove, and that the
cars will soon run to Ilairston's mill,
where a turn-table will be built.
That point is less than a mile of
Walnut Cove. Danbury Reporter.
A number of men from Ohio
contemplate locating in North Caro
lina will probably settle in or near
Newton, as they have an eye on this
place and surrounding country.
From the amount of fresh land being
prepared for cultivation, it seems
that the farmers are going to work
with a greater determination than
ever to try to regain what they lost
last year. Newton Enterprise.
Mr. T. M. Stikeleather, of Turn
ersburg township, killed two wild
turkeys on the 3d. They had their
necks together and he brought them
both down at one shot. Mr. Stike
leather is one farmer, by the way,
who does not complain of hard times.
He has not yet begun using his last
year's corn and expects to have an
abundance on hand when this year's
crop is cribbed. Statesville Land
mark. The farmers are very backward.
It will soon be corn-planting
time. Some years ago, many farm
ers planted corn in March. Now-a-days
there is very little corn planted
before the first of April. (lover
is beginning to show and the farmer
who has a good clover field smiles
when he thinks how soon he will
have something green for his stock,
and will not have to go to his corn
crib every time to feed. Roanoke
News.
-Wheat is looking very fine.
There were 243 instruments admit
ted to probate in this county during
the month, of Februaiy. A gen
tleman in the lower end of the
county informed us a few days ago
that he planted last year 5 acres in
peanuts and on the same farm thir
teen acres in cotton, and made more
money on the peanuts than on the
cotton. He sold his peas for 73 cts
a bushel. They are now worth $00.
He also told us that the farmers of
that section would diversify their
crops this year more than cver
before. Roanoke News. V