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the pb00res mm . X I FARMER North' Carolina State Board of Agri : culture. . Gov. A: M. Scales (ex-ojicio) chairman." W. R Williams,:' of Pitt, Master State Grange; f - . ' - Col. R. W. Wharton, 1st Congressional District, - . . Dr. A. G. Brooks, 2d Congressional Dis trict. H. L. Grant, 3rd Congressional District. Col. W. F.. Green, 4th Congressional District. - J. H. Murrow, 5th Congressional Dis trict, r . - - S. B. Alexander, Gth Congressional Dis trict (elect). " - ' A. Leazerr' 7tli Congressional District.' BunvelLBlanton, 8th Congressional Dis trict. . - . ' Dr. C D.. Smith, 9th Congressional Dis trict. OFFICERS. John Robinson, Commissioner. T. K. Bruner,' Acting Secretary. C. W. "Dabney, Jr., 'Chemist and Direc tor of : Experiment Station. John T. Patrick, General Agent Immi gration. -: t:- i i TRUSTEES OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND ME . CHANICAL COLLEGE, i' The members of the Board of Agricul ture, to whom are added: W. S. Primrose, Wake. Gr. Z. French, Pender. H. E. Fries, Forsyth. Gen. R. Barringer, Mecklenburg. Elias Carr, Edgecombe. STATE GRANGE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. W. R. Williams, Falkland, Pitt county, Master. Dr. J. W Sessoms, Bethel, Lecturer. W. H. Powell, Battleboro, Treasurer. H. T. J. Ludwig, Mt. Pleasant, Secre tary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Rev. Wm. Grant, Jackson, N. C. Capt. W. Ti. Powell, Battleboro, " N. T. Ridley, -Boykins, Va. TIIE XORTn CAROLINA FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. President Elias Carr, Old Sparta, Edgecombe' county. Vice Presidents W. R. Williams, 1st Congressional District; W. A. Darden, 2d Congressional District; G. Z. French, 3d Congressional District; W. F. Green, 4th Congressional District; H. E. Fries, 5th Congressional District ; J. S. Reid, Gth Congressional District; W. H. Hobson, 7th Congressional District; BurwellBlan ton, 8th Congressional District; W. II. McLure, 9th Congressional District. B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and W. E. Ben bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. D. Reid Parker, Trinity College, A. Mclver, Oaks, D. McN. McKay, Averas boro; L. L. Polk, Raleigh, and C. Mc Donald, Concord. N. C. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. W. G. TJpchurch,' Raleigh, President John Nichols, Raleigh, Secretary. NORTH CAROLINA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. President J. Van Lindley, Pomona. Secretary S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard. Treasurer -J. A. Lineback, Salem. Plant turnips. The rains did good service. - Fifteen miles of the Roanoke and Tar River Railroad have been laid. Quite a large delegation from thi county will go to the encampment at Mount Holly. , - .- The farmers of Montgomery county will meet at Troy on the 6th of August for the purpose of organizing. -A large' crowd from this city attended the Methodist District Conference which met at Franklinton last week. - At a meeting of the directors of the X. C. R. R. last -week, Col. T. M. Holt was re-elected ' President and P. B. Ruffin Secretary.- 1 -- On the 8th ihst. a very destructive Wind and hail storm passed oyer, a portion of Granville county, doing great- damage to crops, . buildings,- &c. . , ; r - . , , We are pained to announce that the estimable and universally beloved wife of Attorney-General Davidson died at her father's "home, - at Alexanders on the 24th' inst.- K ; ' ' Back-country legal- lore " You say Judge Merrimon says that native .wines and beer ain't ' spirituous.' Well, just let him put a quart of it under his vest and he'll see." - ;: ?: I.: ; . ... .-. . - Grapes are beginning to move. " We learn that our growers' are "now shipping to Northern markets. Mr.' ' B. P. Wil liamson shipped this week" five thousand pounds to' New. York. t Charity 'and', Children is the title of a neat little paper published by Mr. J. H. Mills," Superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage at Thomasville, in-the interest of orphans and charity work - High Ioint" is a "cheap and healthful and delightful' place' ; toT live.; It has " a numberfoiie school, under charge of! Rev. S. H. Thompson.. It will pay ypu to read his advertisement in this issue if. you are j at all interested in educational progress in our State. . , And how,a huge syndfeate is being organized to control all the whiskey of this country west of the" Ohio river. They want' to get up "corners" in its sale. We have known it to corner many a man who fooled with it. Capt. W. R. P. Bell has made arrange ments to remove the Kings Mountain Military Institute to the progressive town of Shelby, and we predict that it will prove a wise step. We hope the useful ness of this excellent school will be en- ' hanced thereby. . . . , In a few days Mr. M. N. Amis," of the Raleigh bar, will have before the public his literary production entitled the "City of Raleigh." This is Mr. Amis' third production. We have seen a pros pectus of the book, and like his other works, it is a,success. . We see that Gov. Gordon will ask the legislature of Georgia to abolish the leasing of convicts. We hope our next legislature will be composed of men who will at least see to it that our convict labor is not given away. The tax payers want that labor on our public roads. We see that the large milk contract ors around Boston have formed a com bination with $700,000 capital to crush out small competitors and so it goes. The tendency of this insatiable greed on the part of capital is to make the rich;richer and the poor poorer: Monopoly is the slogan of the hour. We are giad to see that Mr. E. B. Warren, of Texas, Secretary of the Farm ers' National Alliance, will be in the Con vention at Atlanta. Wq are anxious for our North Carolina farmers .to become better acquainted with this order, for it is making wonderful strides in Texas and wherever it is introduced. We have received the first number of Tlie Dispatch, published at Franklinton, N. C, Rev. Baylus Cade, Editor. " Tell both sides and take the consequences," is its motto, and no one who knows its talented editor will doubt that the paper will stand by it. Price $1.00 per year. We gladly welcome it to our table. The farmers of Orange county will hold a mass-meeting in Hillsboro on the 30th inst. for the purpose of organizing a Farmers' County Club and a Farmers' In stitute. Several good speakers are ex pected; among them. Dr. K. P, Battle and Dr. C. W Dabne A large crowd is expected. Let every farmer go who can. We are gratified to see that a com pany will organize with a capital stock of $300,000, to work the Brown Stone quarries near Wadesboro. At the Cen tennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, this stone was pronounced as fine as any in the United States. It will find a large sale for building purposes inaJl the great cities of country. It dresses a$d polishes beautifully. . . .1 " .... ... n .. . : . Our wide-awake neighbor, the Tg- bacco Plant, is after the farmers of Dur ham in regard to a mass-meeting proposed by Mr. B. Cameron some weeks since. That's right, Bro. Burkhead, keep it be fore them. But just after the adjourn ment of the Atlanta Convention you will see a genuine rally of the farmers in your progressive town.- They have not forgotten it, but are 'only waiting for the best time. EXACTLY RIGHT AND PROPER. .Resolved, That all J farmers and others of , the "county be invited to attend the An nual Dinner of the. Farmers' Club of Haj ,nett, and that theybe requested to con tribute and participate in the festivities of the occasion that they may feel equally interested with the club in the character and progress of our people; : ; - We clip the above, from a poster which Has been extensively circulated throughout the county of Harnett by the managers of the Annual Dinner, and we give it a place in our columns to show our' farmer readers how it is that the farmers of' Harnett, their, wives, sons and daughters take such a deep ; interest in this . annual ieast of good things. They believe that bard-" working fanners : and I their f families' are entitled to one , holiday a day set' I ' '. ' -Pv T-vrf-v- r&4 V - X apart v expressly , iux ; tueix , ycucu u pleasure and they, make it : so by hai; ;monious . co-operation. ;' Those ' good people live like" . brethren: ' The : farm- ers of vpcpxmtyr shbuldJiae ai . The "Wilmington ..Star ;tells of the invention by,a Wilmington : boy of. a rice .miH 1 which will prove of great ; benefit and. , convenience1 . to . many farmers : , ., 4. - . "The invention is a. simple and cheap machine, the, cost of , which will be within the means of any well-to-do ; farmer. ;The 'machine1 is already pat ented, and the last issue of the Scien tific American .gives a cut of it and an ; illustration of its working. From this ; we see thai the mill is designed to re ceive the rice, as it comes from the threshing machine." The central operat ing shaft is hollow, and as 'the rice is fed down the hopper, it is carried along the inside of this shaft by a spirally flanged conveyer and delivered in the centre of the casing at the op posite end of the , shaft ; the shaft carrying at this end a disc with roughened surface. Just in front of this disc and helfl at its edges by the flanges of the two sections, of the casing, is a flexible diaphragm, at the rear thereof and opening centrally into the chamber in which it is situated, is a tube r connected .with an. air pump operated by an eccentric on the main shaft so that as the latter revbives and feeds the rice from the hopper delivering it between the roughened disc and the diaphragm, heie will be an air pressure at the back. The diaphragm is constructed to be suffi ciently yielding to prevent the rice from being broken ; and to prevent too high an air pressure in the cham ber a safety valve is provided at the top, regulated by the tension of a spring. There is -also moulded upon the shaft a pulley which drives a fan which separates the rice and chaff as it falls from an opening near the bot tom of the casing. If this invention is all that it is claimed to be (arid there seems very little doubt that it is) it will work a great revolution in rice milling, and make each farmer his own miller, cheapen the article and bring both lowland and upland - rice into general cultivation."- - For The Pkogeessivk Farmer. Mt. Verxox Springs, N. C, Score another club on the list. The farmers in this part of old Chatham have become aroused, and yesterday formed a club at Ht. Vernon Springs. The club will be; known as the Mt. Vernon Springs ?? 'Farmers' Club. Twenty-eight names were enrolled, with the prospect of many more at an early day. . Rev. O. T. Edwards was elected President ; J. A. Caviness, Vice-President ; D. Y. "White, Secre-. tary, and James Gilbert Treasurer. Subject for discussion at the next meeting, "The Grasses." Respectfully, - D. Y. White, Sec'y. For Th Progressive Farmer. Rocky Mount, Nash Co., N. C, ' July 20, 1887. I would respectfully submit a few lines. I heartily coincide with " Siler." For my life I cannot see how we can let the mortgage and lien go, as long as the homestead stands. - There is hot" one cent of credit for . the man who owns one cent less than $1,500. Every man in the State of North Carolina that is worth $1,500 and under, cannot stand the bond of One township constable, or keep his neigh bor out of jail for a little fighting scrape. Now it does look: like all that much property ought to be represented, and the poor man is 'not a free man until it can be represented.- Now let us modify, and the lower we can get, the better. for us: ;1 k; . to jni i:. Respectfully,'' ' - v ' '. James J: ' Coley. . Your correspondent is glad to be able to report that , the prospect for a good crop was, never more flattering in this community, ' i Farmers, every where-"report good prospects, and one familiar with that class ;in i this country need have no better evidence of the truth of what they say that the smile .which ... they wear on all occasions. It is a noted characteristic of that sturdy, class that they show their joys -and i their.- griefs by the smiles, of vsatisf action or . the frown of disappointment.; which they wear more than any other profession extant. ; ; "Well, it's nature and we can't help it..' ;, n--: ' :.''v:.!'i"i - The farmers in this :county (as well as in adjoining ones) have organized themselves into what is;known as "The Farmers' Alliance," which move orig inated in the State of "Texas. We are glad, to see the good work.progressing so rapidly; as .was shown ; y ? the num ber of -delegates that attended the meeting of ;the County Allianco ; held at that - place -last-: Saturday. The farmers are at last aroused to the ne cessity of bettering their condition, by a united effort to promote the interest of each 'other morally, socially and financially. 'And we stake our reputa tion as a prophet in the assertion, that as soon as they become - united as one man so soon, will there dawn a new era in the prosperity and history, of the farming class of America. And this new era will not be confined to the farming class alone, but will be a invader of the homes, of. every class and profession from, the Atlantic; to the Pacific ocean. Laiirinbury Cor. Wilmington Star. " " ' POTATOES. It is stated that four million dollars worth of potatoes are annually' shipped into the United States. One way to cut down this large item of expense is for the Southern farmer: to raise a second crop of potatoes to mature in October. By this means ..fully one half this large amount of" shortage could be grown at the South: Then if the "Western potato grower could get as cheap rates for his crop as our potato growers get for theirs to New York, the balance of the $4,000,000 worth would be ...made up, and that leak could be stopped at once. It is not good business, management for the United States 'to go abroad to buy either potatoes or eggs. The Southern potato grower puts his crop into mar ket in May and early June. , If he would then put in another crop he could not only grow and save his own seed for the next year, but have enough for his own use to eat and some to sell in the market. A number of our wide-awake . potato growers have their eyes opened. For several yea'rs they have raised their own seed with some to selh We want to see this branch of the business developed. "We must seJl all we can, and buy as little as we can then the balance sheet comes out right. This is political economy. This is a subject for thoughtfulness. Our potato growers have long enough been content to send potatoes North in June at prices rang ing from $1.50 to $4 per barrel, and then buy back in the fall and winter at prices ranging from $1.75 to $2.50 per barrel. Stop that ! Halt ! Right about, face ! Stop a part at least of that $4,000,000 leak. It can be done. It is practicable, feasible, sensible. Cornucopia. THE SOUTH. The New England States hold the purse-strings of the Republic. The secret of their success has been utiliza tion of splendid water power for manu facturing purposes People engaged in manufacturing have been educated to the highest point in their callings, and the section now stands the richest in,the sisterhood of States. The Middle States have progressed and progressed rapidly -because of vast- mineral regions, the wealth of which is Extracted and manufactured "on : the ground." .This section is growing an , wealth daily and keeping pace with the. w.orld of prosperity. The Western' States, which section has sprung into prominence in less than half a century and commanded an important position among the rich and go-ahead States of the Union, depend almost entirely, on the adapta bility of the soil to agriculture- the growing of grain and grasses. ' Each of the sections are ahead of the Southern --States,- though it. is pointed .1 out : witlj 1 pleasure . that our section is now fairly in the race, and 'Jbids fair to distance competitors and rank first m the ' States united as re gards wealth and: future possibilities. There is no reason k why ' the South should hot lead, k Here we have water power, by virtue of which JSew Eng land is wealthy ; here todare mineral deposits as rich ' andLas 3 inexhaustible as those of the Middle: States here i wer have as fine soil adapted tb agriculture al pursuits I as any; section in ; the uni verse.' The South is blessed indeed. We are blessed .with the things on the earth and: within r the earth that have ministered to the wealth and import ance of our more progressive associates in the union of i States, and if we possess the water advantages of the New 'England,- the mineral resources of , the f Middle and the : agricultural facilities of the "Western States, there is no reason why we should not only' overtake those sections, but the argu ment: stands that, we should ' surpass ' and: outstrip them.4:; f i !T :r : And; it fwill be so that is-if we make it ; so. If - the farmer i will stop buying;meat and hay. and corn, .which he can so readily 'produce on his owp lands, then ' we will 4 manufacture r in the S6uth the produce which we now ship to our New England friends ; if we will equip and operate small and diversified manufacturing enterprises ; if we will keep. , our money at home, patronize home institutions and be more dependent on ourselves, then we will have been inaugurated that era. in the history of the South which will bring our section to the van. "We are just emerging from the reverses which our section received by reason of the civil war, it is true, but there is no longer occasion for inactivity -no reason, now why the South should not improve her opportunities and assert herself. Augusta Chronicle. The Chronicle might have gone further and stated that which is a fact, viz : That Eastern manufacturing skill and brain-power developed by many years of experience is being rapidly engrafted upon the sturdy promising tree of the booming South. The iron, and steel, and coal men of Pennsylvania, rich both in experience and money, are coming South to de velop our mining interests ; while the sturdy,- sun-burned, frost-nipped farm ers, dissatisfied with the unfriendly climate of Michigan, Wisconsin, Min nesota, New York and Pennsylvania, or disgusted with the blizzard and cyclones, high freight and higher taxes of the great West, or disgruntled with the other extreme of perpetual sum mer, are fast finding their way that point is midway between the two ex tremes of heat and cold. That point that has natural advantages of soil, climate, cheap transportation, low taxes, fine roads and many other things of importance that secures the perma nent growth and prosperity of a sec tion of country. Virginia lies mid way between a too torrid Florida and a too frigid Maine. Virginia has water power and forests almost unlimited, minerals practically inexhaustible. She has soils of every grade, adapted to almost every product found in the United States. Virginia has by all odds the finest seaport in the South. She is destined to be the cotton port ; the truck port and the lumber port of the South. She wll divide with Penn-' sylvania the coal and iron trade. She -will divide with New York the West ern trade, and . on many other, points she will not be found lagging.' What is now needed is men equal to the emergency. Virginia has 2,000 miles of salt water frontage, the shores of her rivers, her bays and hundreds. , of inlets. These waters are filled with -fish and oysters, and practically cov ered with sail and steam vessels. A million dollars is not an over estimate , for the value of the crop annually taken from these waters tributary to. Norfolk, while $50,000,000 worth of products are annually handled in this port. The showing for Virginia is fine indeed. The outlook for the en tire South is most encouraging. Cornucopia. A long-handled brush, long enough to reach the ceilings, is as important to a good housekeeper as a good broom ; if the f wall and ceiling; ar& lightly brushed before the room is. swept the paper will . keep clean and fresh much longer, . :; RATES FOR DELEGATES TO THE ATLANTA CONVENTION. The Southern Passenger Association . has adopted a rate of one fare for the round trip for delegates attending the-. Farmers' Convention at Atlanta. In structions will be issued in ample time. I . ' Sol Haas, NOTICE TO DELEGATES TO AT LANTA.: Having5 been selected by Gov. Scales: to represent North Carolina on the. Com- mittee on Report and Programme, I respectfully ask, on behalf of-thatj com mittee,, that each delegate ; receiving this paper and who ic ill attend the convention will notify me at once. :This information is important. Address, , v ':.V.' ' ' L. L. Polk, Raleigh, N. C. . APPOINTMENTS. ' Arrangements have been made for the undersigned to address the farmers at the' following times and places: ; ; Cana, - Davie . - - - - Co., July 20 Clinard's Store, Forsyth " - 30 Taylor's, Wilson - - - " : Aug. A At Public Dinner given by Pike- V - ville Farmers' Club, near Fre- ; mont, N. C, .- . - ' - . - 3 Harnett Countv Annual Dinner " 5 Liberty, Randolph ' - 'y0 I propose to discuss questions in wliicli every farmer and every good citizen in: the State is -vitally interested. . . . I would be glad to meet the young snd old. Come; out and bring your families and baskets and devote one day to your interests: . ; i Respectfully, ' ' , f f-:. ? L. LPolkJ1
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