THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, MARCH 23, 1887.
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LL. POLK, - - - EDITOR.
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TION. The following resolution was
passed by the Farmers' Mass Con
vention in llaleigh, January 26th,
1887:
Resolved, That "The Progressive
Farmer," published by L. L. Polk, Win
ston. N. C, be declared the Official Or
gai of the North Carolina Farmers' As
so ;iation and that its Editor, L. L. Polk,
be admitted to the privileges of the floor
as an honorary member of this Conven
tion. jWe ask every Grange anda
Farmer's Club in the State to send
us at once, the number of members
in the organization together with
the name and Postoffice address of
each officer.
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v The coopers' union, of New York,
has formally withdrawn from the Knights
s of Labor. .. v
The State of Maine has abolished
r eip'.tal punishment, and now imprisons
: m irderers for life.
Thirteen hundred and ninety-fly
patents have been eranted in this coan-
try to women inventors.
: The prisoners in the Asheville Juil
overpowered the jailor last Fridajfhight
I and four of them escaped.
"i Thirty ladies received diplomas from
the Woman's Medical College of Penn
sylvania last week.
; The citizens of Concord are agitating
i the subject of a building and loan associa
tion for that town.
i The next United Senate will, stand
. 37 Democrats, 38 Republicans and one
Independent.
Lawton Brothers, of New York,
large dealers in phosphates, failed last
' week with liabilities amounting to $700,
000. : The . mortgage flourishes in the
West also. It is said that Indiana is
mortgaged up-to$17an acre, and Kan
sas $16 an acre.
Four thousand men are kept busy
;in Austria manufacturing rifles for the
army. This looks as if Austria were pre
paring for contingencies.
h Stonewall Jackson's war horse, "Old
Sorrel," which died a year or so ago, bus
been stuffed and will be presented to the
Soldiers Home, in Richmond.
I Six hundred men are employed in
,the Cranberry (Mitchel county) iron
Inline., of this State. This is one of the
finest iron deposits in the world.
' Mr. C. C. Taylor, traveling agent of
the Netc Heme Journal, reports that on a
recent trip to Trenton, going up Trent
i-oadand returning by Polloksville, he
saw more compost heaps 1 than he ever
saw before on that route. This is a good
Mr. Hunter, of Warren county, be
lieves in diversified farming. Besides
sowing 130 bushels of oats he has put
thirty acres in clover, this spring.
Rumors of an intended assassination
of the Czar of Russia were rife last week
in St. Petersburg. Many suspected per
sons were arrested.
The Richmond Hotel,' in Buffalo,
N. Y., was burned last Friday night. 'It
was filled with guests, and the fire swept
so rapidly that about thirty of them lost
their lives.
A meeting of the business men of
Louisburg, Franklin county, was held
last Monday night to take steps for the
establishment of a cotton factory, and a
tobacco warehouse, in that town.
Oxford, Lumberton . and Wilson
suffered heavily from fire within the past
week. The greater part of the business
portion of Oxford and Lumberton was
burned down. Oxford's loss is reported
at $100,000, Lumberton's at $75,000, and
Wilson's at $8,000.
Messrs. Louis Bagger & Co., Solicit
ors of Patents, Washington, D. C, write
us that for the week ending March 15th,
twen'ty-five patents were granted to citi
zens of Southern States, among them
one to T. E. Anderson, of Weldon, on
seal-lock, and one to R. E. King, of
Warrenton, on fruit jar.
Mr. R. A. Binkley calls our atten
tion to the fact that the members 01
Harmon Grove Club get their mail, not
their "meat," (as the types mades us" say
last week), at Lewisville. As good mem
bers of a farmers' club, we hope they
don't get meat anywhere, but raise it at
home.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue answers an inquiry from the Com
missioner of Agriculture, stating that
there was manufactured in this country
in the month of November, 4,742.569
pounds of artificial butter; in December,
2,786,278 pounds ; in January, 2,501,114,
a total of 10,029,961 pounds. .
The Chicago New informs us that
.Miss Birdie Brown, who made her debut
into fashionable circles last week, is the
daughter of AVatkins H. Brown, Esq.,
who, though a citizen of Chicago for
nearly twenty years, was not recognized
by the elite of that city till he made a
successful "pork deal" last November, so
that Miss Birdie is really indebted to
the hog for her admission into Chicago V
fashionable society.
Mr. J. T. Eaton, Deputy of the State
Grange, is making gratifying progres
in reviving and organizing granges in
this State. He reports through the New
Berne Journal of last Saturday the organi
zation of three new crajMwnTTrHven
county. lie proposefTk) give thisv week
to organjklgn 'Carteret county Xand
men win caenvwnere in tne estate wnvro
may want him to orjra
ispogtomee aaaress. is wuuwood, IN
HE GREAT GROUND SWELL.
Never in the history of our Stale
and country, has there been such
strong conviction and earnest unan
imity among the farmers on any
one subject, as prevail, to-day m
regard to the absolute necessity for
co-operation and organization. All
over our State theyare moving.
We hear constantly of the formation
of new clubs in all sections and of
the organization of Granges. Last
week an enthusiastic meeting of the
Horticultural Society of Guilford
was held in Greensboro, and the
first Farmers Institute ever held in
the State was successfully establish
ed at Asheboro. The State Agricul
tural Society, and the authorities
of the different Fairs throughout
the State are making extensive
arrangements for their annual exhi
bitions. There is earnest, zealous
activity and life along the lines.
The Farmers' Alliance and the
Agricultural Wheel and variou
forms of farmers organizations are
moving forward all over the South.
The Granges throughout the North
and North West are stronger and
more powerful to-day than ever
before. They have purged the order
and are more healthful and vigorous
and progressive and aggressive than
they have ever been. They number
1,300,000 men who follow the plow.
The day is not distant when the
farmers of this great country, of
whatever name, if true to their inter
est, will stand . together in one
mighty army to advance the com
mon objects and- purposos of all
these various organizations. ' Let
the farmers of North Carolina be
thoroughly prepared .for tbat day
by being thoroughly organized.' . . ,
RANDOLPH COUNTY FARMERS'
INSTITUTE.
In all the essentials ,-whicb go to
make up a xirst-class farmers' club,
Trinity stances among the very fore
most in the wholepouth. Its mem
bers are intelligehCand persevering,
and they "never weary of well do
ing." Its President, Dr. D. Reid
Parker, has all the qualities of a
leader. To him, perhaps, more than
any other man, are the farmers of
Randolph, and of the whole State,
indebted for the first farmers' insti
tute ever held in the State.
The Institute met in the Court
House at Asheboro on the morning
of the Kith and organized by elect
ing Dr. I). Reid Parker, President;
Mr. Tyson Trogden, vice-President;
t). M. Payne and M. Bradshaw, Sec
retaries. The meeting was led in prayer by
Rev. F. II. Wood. The President
made just such a happy and appro
priate speech as his enthusiastic na
ture and the inspiring surroundings
prompted. The hall was hand
somely decorated,' and the walls
were adorned with " numerous- pic
ture., of rural and farm scenery
animals, poultry, implements and
machines, cereals and flowers. A
well trained choir of fifteen persons
enlivened the occasion with excel
lent music.
AVe are able at present to give
only a brief of the exercises. We
learn that an official report of the
proceedings will be ready at an early
lay, and we promise our readers
ome interesting and profitable read
ing. The President at once brought the
body to work, as mapped out on the
programme.
Root Culture Was discussed by
Prof. Joseph Moore, of New Garden.
Wheat Raising By Mr. John
Dorsett.
Clover and Grass Essay by. Dr.
J. Byrd, and discussed by AA . G. Bar-
bee, J. J. White and others.
Ensilage Kssay by Wakefijffd.
Sdos Essay by I). W. C. Benbow.
; Sheep Husbandry- Essay by W.
G. Bar bee.
The Orchard Essay by J. Van
Lindley.
Clean Seeding Essay by D. M.
Payne.
Hogs and Our Meat Supply J. D.
Fuller.
Stock Raising D. Reid Parker.
Gardening W. P. Wood.
Our Homes Essay by Prof. W. T.
Gannaway.
Agricultural Machinery J. S. Par
ker. Agricultural Chemistry Prof. W.
H. Pegram.
Farm Management Prof. Joseph
Moore.
Agricultural Literature L. L. Polk.
ine essays ana aaaresses were
listened to with deep interest, many
ofthem being well digested by study,
andjwero able and highly creditable.
The '-five-minute-after-talks" Were
instructive and profitable. The dis
rn i i i .
cussions were free and easy, and all
resent were thoroughly absorbed
in uie proceeaings irom oeginmng
to end. We hope at an early day to
begin to spread before our readers
he "feast .of fat things" that will
never bo forgotten by those who en
oyed them.
The body held four sessions, and
adjourned on the i7th, after passing
resolutions of thanks to the chair
and to the good citizens of Asheboro,
who had kindly taken "bodily pos
session" of the Institute and fed 'and
feasted and entertained it as the
people of that large-hearted and hos
pitable old borough know so well
how to do.
We trust that Randolph may be
followed by at least fifty counties in
our State during the present year."
COMMENDABLE ACTION.
The Edgecombe farmers are in
earnest. They have acted wisely.
In anticipation of a State Convention,
they fiivt organized a county club,
to secure proper representation in
that body. Now they have set to
work in an earnest and practical
way to organize the whole county
by townships. At the last meeting
of the county club, the proceedings
of which we published last week,
one member from each of the four
teen townships, was appointed to
form clubs in their respective town
ships. "The President and Secretary
were instructed to notify the several
Township Committees, that they
would visit their Townships for the
purpose of assisting in the formation
of. Township Clubs, on or before a
certain date and: requesting . the
time and
place."
We heartily commend this action
to the officers of clubs throughout
the State. The sentiment of the
farmers all over the State is ripe
for organization. They are ready
and anxious to act. It is only ne
cessary for some enterprising public
spirit farmers to take the lead and
the complete and thorough organi
zation of the whole State will be
easily consummated before the end
of the year. The President of the
Edgecombe club, Mr. Elias Carr,
who is the worthy President of the
North Carolina Farmers' Associa
tioiv and who is also one of the
Trustees of our Agricultural College,
has thus fGt an example to the farm
ers of the State and has given renew
ed assurance of his eminent fitness
for these responsible positions. Let
the" fanners of the State join him
heartily and earnestly in the good
work. Every township in North
Carolina should be properly repre
sented in the next meeting of our
Association and it can be done, if
the friends of progress will but fol
low the example of Edgecombe.
HOW IT HELPS.
Y
A prominent citizen of Alamance
county said to us : "I can go among
the farmers of my county and in
twelve hours borrow $50,000 at six
per cent. "How do you account for
this financial strength," we inquired.
"It is largely owing," said he "to
the fact that we have several large
cotton factories, giving employment
to thousands who must be fed and
furnish markets for everything al
most that our farmers have to sell.
You would be surprised to visit any
one of these factories and see the
great variety of things brought
there by the farmers to sell. They
sell everything, and hence they pro-
duyCo cvervthintr and. fret the cash
r it."
Hero is a lesson for the poor, for
the farmer, forMhe manufacturer,
for the capitalist, for the merchant
for the political economist and the
statesman.. Diversified industries is
he true and subghintihl basis of health
ful and permanent prosperity. Wbn
will our people, our politicians, our
capitalists and legislators realize
this all important truth?
THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA.
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The Washington (N. C.) Gazette,
in commenting upon the action 01
the late Legislature, has this to say
about the act establishing an agri
cultural and mechanical college:
"The establishment of an agricul
tural and mechanical college is the
beginning of an era of industrial ed
ucation in the State. We now be
gin -tp breathe the atmosphere which
has given tone and character to the
great institutions of Kentucky and
many of the Western States. Ken
tucky is the banner State, for a
higher, better and more thorough
system of industrial schools. The
dark cloud of ignorance, supersti
tion and vice which has hung over
the Old North State for these many
years will now be lifted if the man
agers of the agricultural and me
chanical college at Raleigh exercise
wisdom, good sound judgement and
a thorough ly progressive spirit. If
those in authority are superannuated
old fossils and live in the past and
fail to seize the opportunity and give
life and energy, to the new depart
ure in education, that attention and
paTient effort which has been the
secret of all similar institutions, then
this work of the Legislature is a
failure. But if the Legislature has
acted with the same practical'. busi
ness ideas it did when the bill passed,
then the efforts of the General As
sembly will be crowned with the
greatest success."
s ine lar liiver Talker has this to
'The land scrip fund has been
transferred to the Industrial School,
as soon as it will need-it, together
with half the foWef revenue of the
A g r i c u 1 1 1 1 r a JJe1)a f l m e n t . , a m o u n t i n z
IO $zu,uu
This will establish an institution
that we doubt not, will prove of far
reaching importance to the State.
We will no longer have to import
skilled artisans from a distance or
send the young men of the State to
technical schools in Northern States,
or at least they will not be under the
necessity of patronizing foreign in
stitutions exclusively. It will prob
ably be some time before the insti
tution is thoroughly equipped, but
it will soon afford instruction that
will be adequate, when supplemented
by a short course at, the, more fin-
committee to designate
FORSYTH COUNTY FARMER
tLUU,
This body will meet in Winston
i the 26 inst., (next Saturday
on
Let
vary club in the count v V!
well represented. Important mat
ters win oe consiucreu and
meeting is desired.
a fu.l
GOOD
SENSE FROM
MAN.
A GRASS
Charlotte, N. C, March 17, 1887. j
Editor Progressive Farmer: !
Your paper comes to me once a week
I think you have tobacco on the 1
brain. Why don't you advise the !
farmers more than you do to raise
grasses, corn, wheat, oats and meat
and not run crazy on tobacco ami
cotton? If they don't stop it they
will all be in the poor house. It' you
will come to see me in Juno 1 will
show you two hundred acres in
grasses and corn.
Tell the farmers to quit so much
cotton and tobacco, and keep their
smoke houses and corn cribs at home
and not in town.
Yours truly,
J. W. Wadsworth.
Wo fear our esteemed friend han
not read our articles on tobacco care
fully. No two crops have been men
tioned more frequently in these col
umns than tobacco and cotton, but
it has been for the purpose of warn
ing our farmers against the policy
of depending on these crops to sun-
Lport them. We thank 31 r. AY ads-
worth for his timely and sensible
letter. He knows the value of the
grasses, and no man in all the South
is more competent to speak on the
subject. Ho is high authority on this
subject, and we want to hear from
him again. AArc want him to tell our
readers the best grasses and the
combination to use on the average
red clay soils of our State. AYTe would
be glad to learn the average yield
er acre ot his farm. Two weeks
go wo had the pleasure of riding
ver this model grass farm. I wo
undrcd acres, covering hillside and
slop.1! and valley, as smoothly and
un roken as a green carpet no un-
:ghtly gullies, no galled spots, no
ejected ditches, but all in the
ighest state of culture, with well
kept orchards, neat and commodious
barns and farmhouses it is really a
'A picture of charming beauty. The
iux ill nun uuuut uuu nine iiuin
ity of Charlotte, and we would urge
very farmer who can possibly do
to go and inspect tne rami ana
lbarn the true secret of successful
irming.
Mr. AVadsworth
is
a busv
man.
le has large interests which demand
us individual" attention, but he is
a
never too busy to tell you man
things about irrass and clover which
all ought to know. But he has little
a a a m i
lime to wrue. xnis nonce 01 uw
farm may induce some of our friend
ito write to him. Do not write to
im, but make your inquiries through
ur paper, to save him time anu
trouble. AVith one article he can
anWer a dozen different inquiries.
improve your farm you must
hare manure, to have manure you
mnst have stock, to have stock you
must have the grasses.
ADVANCE IN COTTON.
otton took a jump one day last
weak and went up to nine anu a nan
cenis, a raise of about one cent a
1 m i .
pound on previous prices, lnis i
for those who have cotton to
sell, but unfortunately most of the
planters have already marketed their
cropjand did it at a price that left
then very little, if anything, for
their labor. These upward spurt in
priesare not unusual at this season,
abut planting time, and the proba
bilities are that it is done with a
view of encouraging planters to keep
sup, if not to increase, the acreage,
With the hope of better and paying
prices for the next crop. But .plant
erAshould not be influenced by these
capricious movements of the cotton
market, which is controlled, to a great
exteW, by a mere handful of men
whofix the prices in the cotton ex
changes months ahead, which pricey
the planter is compelled to take it
he defends' solely upon cotton, and
cspeci iillylf he is unfortunate enough
to be n debt and has bills to meet
for fe tilizers, provisions, &c.
Leo the cotton planter act pru
dentl( and whether he plant much
or little cotton, let him be sure to
raisrf enough of bread and meat for
home use and feed for his stock, keep
ouof debt, and then he can stand
e rackefc whether - cotton be up or
own. , . '
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