JfcoGtESSO
Rimer,
Vol. 2.
OUR FARMERS' CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is
Progressing.
Linwood, N. C, Sept. 19, '87.
A number of farmers met at Wood
lawn, Davidson county, N. C, and
organized a club by electing G. W.
Palmer, President ; Capt. G. F. Smith,
Vice-President ; P. E. Zink, Secretary
and Treasurer. Exective Committee:
G. H. Kinley,W. R. Michael and John
H. Swicegood, Esq. Postoffice ad
dress of each officer is Linwood, David
son county, N. C.
Yours truly,
P. E. Zink, Sec'y.
THE ALLIANCE IN CUMBERLAND.
Mr. J. B. Barry has been very active
the past week in forming Alliances
throughout this county. He is meet
ing with great success; Farmers see
that there is a necessity for unity of
action, that their condition be raav bet
tered; and we believe if the best farm
ers will take hold and give their ad
vice and experience that many that
now labor to no profit will find the
Union a beneficial one. Fayetteville
Observer.
FARMERS CLUB OF SMITHFIELD TOWN
SHIP. A Farmers' Club was organized in
Smithfield township on the 17th day
of September with sixteen members.
The following are the officers of the
Club:
President John Smith.
Vice-President W. R. Creech.
Secretary Willie A. Smith.
Treasurer T. B. Creech.
We will let you hear from us at our
next meeting. T think the farmers
mean business in this section.
Willie A. Smith, Sec'y.
Postoffice, Smithfield, Johnston Co.,
N. C.
We are glad to see our farmers
moving in the direction of organiza
tion. All other classes and profes
sions have their organizations ; then
why should not the farmers ? The
reason there has not been more of this
in the past is because their hearts
have not been in their work. Now
this movement demonstrates that
there is an awakening in this regard,
a growing love, we may say, for their
chosen life work. And we are glad
to see it. A man must love his work
to make a success of it, let it be what
it may. There is no calling or pro
fession which should call out this feel
ing more fully than that of the farmer.
When properly followed it is the most
independent of all callings there isless
drudgery and menialty about it than
any other. Monroe Enquirer-Express.
the orange couty farmers' club.
The Orange County Farmers' Club
was organized at Hillsboro Sept. 1 7 th.
The Club adopted the Constitution and
By-Laws printed in The Progressive
Farmer, changed so as to adapt it to a
county instead of a township club.
There were only about thirty farmers
present, but they showed much interest
in the movement.
Judge Ruffin was present and spoke
very favorably and encouragingly of
the farmers' movement. He is a good
farmer and has the confidence of all
the farmers of Orange county, and
would certainly have been elected
President of the Club, but he declined
because he had never learned to run a
straight furrow. He will, however, ever
he a valuable member. The following
were elected permanent officers of the
Club, to wit:
President Alex. Mclver.
Vice-President W. D. Latta.
Secretary N. D. Bain.
Treasurer Thos. H. Hughes.
A committee was appointed to in
quire into the advisability of holding
a Farmers' Institute in November
next, and report at the next meeting.
A resolution was adopted asking all
the townships to send full delegations
and inviting all farmers to be present
at the next meeting.
The Club adjourned to meet at the
THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
court house in Hillsboro on the 2 2d
day of October next. Orange.
Goose Creek Farmers' Club met at
Piney Grove school house September
5th, 1887. J. M. Braswell, Presi
dent, in the chair.
The roll was called and minutes of
preceding meeting read and approved.
On motion, W. J. Tomberlin was
received as a member of the club.
On motion, the ladies were respect
fully invited to attend the meetings of
the club.
On motion, we appointed five dele
gates to attend the county meeting,
which will be held at High Hill church
on the 5th of October.
On motion, a eommittee composed
of the following named gentlemen
were appointed to draft some resolu
tions to be presented to the county
meeting : J. M. Braswell, Chairman ;
J. W. Presley, H. J. Tomberlin, J. F.
E. Braswell, G. W. Mullis and W. E.
Presley.
The committee submitted the follow
ing report, which was adopted :
Resolved 1, That we unite as the
farmers of said county in an organiza
tion. 2. That we adopt such measures as
will enable us to make sale of all of
our cotton that is free from claims.
3. That we solicit the co-operation
of each farmers' club in the county to
aid us in the enterprise.
4. That in connection with the
above propositions, we arrange through
some agency for our general supplies.
On motion, the Secretary was
ordered to send a brief copy of this
meeting to The Progressive Farmer
for publication.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
to meet at Piney Grove school house
Saturday before the second Sunday m
October.
J. M. Braswell, Pres't.
C. J. Price, Sec'y.
For The Progressive Farmer.
CATAWBA ITEMS.
I have been thinking about writing
you something from our old county
for sometime, rather in a compli
mentary way. When I saw you at
the Hickory Fair last fall, I told you
that I thought you were going to run
Tns Progressive Farmer in the in
terest of tobacco culture. Since that
time I have been watching you closely,
and find that your course in regard to
the agricultural interests of the whole
country in general has been such as
to gain the admiration and respect of
the farmers as a class all over our
State, and we ought to feel proud of
such an exponent for our cause, and
may the day soon come when you
shall have that 4,000 subscribers and
every farmer in the land shall be a
reader of The Progressive Farmer.
I can say with the old school commit
teeman, " these are my sentiments." A
paper fearless, bold, and for principle
instead of policy, on all matters of in
terest to the laboring, toiling masses,
is the paper for the people, and such is
TnE Progressive Farmer.
I have been very much interested
in those articles on the "Homestead,"
and propose to write some during this
fall and winter. I concur in all that
has been written except the one by
"Orange." Evidently he has not
posted himself as to how our State
Constitution was adopted.
And now 1 must give you some
thing of the outlook in our county :
In the year 1886 our county took a
vote on the question of Prohibition or
License, and the farmers reasoned
thus : If we vote for prohibition, what
will we do with all our corn that we
raise on these fine bottoms? There
will be no sale for our corn if we stop
the distillers." And therefore they
come up on the day of election in their
might and power and voted prohibition
down, down so low that we have
scarcely heard the subject mentioned
since. And almost coequal with the
result, God, in his Providence, com
menced sending rain, rain after rain,
flood, flood after flood, until the corn
in these fine bottoms was literally
drowned and scalded out, and many j
OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO
RALEIGH, N. C, SEPTEMBER
of them were as barren of corn as the
plain of Sodom and Gomorrah was,
after its destruction, and men who
never thought of buying corn before
had it to do, and such a scramble' for
life, and to survive, has neverbeen
known in this county.
Our people went to -work this year
with a determination to do their part,
many of them were in debt before, and
then having to buy every thing, al
most, to live on to raise another crop,
has made this the hardest year for the
farmer in our history.
The drought of the year 1845
effected the upland farmer and mate
rially changed our mode of raising
corn from upland to bottam ; the rains
and floods of 1886 have somewhat re
versed the order again, for our people
see that it will not do to depend too
much on these fine bottoms for bread
alone. As I remarked, our people
went to work and have been blessed
with good seasons, worked their crops
better used economy in buying, and
have set a resolution to live more
within their means, avoid going in
debt, and make one grand effort to
place the bottom rail on top, as was in
tended from the foundation of our call
ing, and now we are in the midst of
bountiful harvest. God has blessed
us with the good things of this world,
so that no one need complain, if we
but do our dutv.
"Old CATAWBA."
GREEN MANURING.
Number 5
A sufficient amount of the proper
kind of food is of prime necessity for
mankind, for animals, and for the
land.
Animals that ar.e not regularly fed
with suitable . food in proper quantity
cannot be relied ufon to stand severe
strains. A diet of fried pork and
bread may sustain life, but such food
alone will not maintain the highest
mental and physical vigor of a man
and his family.
If the land is not properly fed with
suitable food, the farmer cannot ob
tain from it the largest results.
Man cannot thrive on meat alone.
The horse cannot live on corn, but
must have a variety of food, to insure
health and vigor. The land must also
be fed with a variety of vegetable
food, and in large quantities in order
to obtain the best returns for the labor
bestowed upon it, and for the concen
trated fertilizers used.
It is fully as important that the
land shall have vegetable matter to
feed upon, in order to produce re
munerative crops, as for man to have
vegetables or fruits for his daily food.
If the land is well supplied with
vegetable matter, it can appreciate
and use with profit a reasonable amount
of commercial fertilizer under almost
any kind of crop. If the land is not
supplied with vegetable matter, and is
in a poor and run down condition the
concentrated fertilizer will hot give
certain or profitable results.
Many farmers use from twTo hun
dred to six hundred pounds commer
cial fertilizers per acre with profit, and
the largest profit comes from the land
that is best supplied with vegetable
matter.
Some portion of the crop from
every acre under cultivation should
be returned to the land each year.
How can this be accomplished wTith
the least expense, is a question that
each farmer must determine for him
self. Is it better to feed the crops to ani
mals on the farm, and use barn yard
manure to enrich the fields, or is it
easier to plant peas, millet, rye and
other crops to be ploughed under for
fertilizing the land, or cannot both
methods be emploved by every
farmer?
Our long seasons enables the man
aging farmer to obtain a market
or food crop, and also a manuring
crop from the greater part of his
land every year. Rye can be sowed
at any season , millet and peas can be
planted from April to July, and they
all are good crops for manuring.
A. -
ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF
29, 1887.
NEW STATE ALLIANCES.
Proclamations have been issued
signed by President C.Wl Macune and
Secretary E. B. W&rren, of the Na
tional Farmers' AlliaVce, for organiz
ing three new StateAlliances on the
4th day of October. NThe Missouri
State Alliance will be organized at
Poplar Bluff by J. W. Defpain, that!
of North Carolina at Rockingham by
N. H. C. Elliot, and the State of Flor
ida by Oswald Wilson. When these
organizations are effected there will be
eight State Alliances in the South. It
will be only a short time until every
State is organized and under the na
tional jurisdiction.
" -Ifevery boy in the country wjiofias
his way tomake would sitjdown with
the fact, long enoTigrrt'master it, that
nothing but hard, honest work will
bring anything worth having in this
world, there would be fewrer young
men looking for some kind of work
where they could keep their hands
clean, and in doing which they could
lie in bed till eight o'clock in the
morning. There would be fewer
looking for such jobs, and more who
were anxious to work at trades, where
the prospects of amounting to some
thing is much greater. American Ma
chinist. Elbaville, N. C, Aug. 30, '87.
Herewith I hand you the formula
for making compost for wheat :
800 pounds Dissolved bone.
80 " Ammonia.
200 Potash.
100 Salt.
Rich earth enough to make out a
ton.
The earth should be passed through
a course seive to take out stones and
anything else that would not go
through a drill. This compost does
not need to lie in bulk, but can be
used the same day it is made, though
it does not hurt if made several weeks
before needed, provided it is kept
under shelter. Dirt from under old
houses, and especially old tobacco
barns where sheep have been using,
is first rate. Ashes are also good.
Apply from 200 to 600 pounds per
acre with a drill. This is what is
known as the " Furman " formula.
W. J. Ellis, in Times.
President Chamberlain, of the Iowa
Agricultural College, pays this high
tribute to the business of farming :
" Farming confers health, home com
forts, and the privilege of attending
to the training of children, instead of
leaving home early in the morning and
returning late at night. It also confers
freeiom from want. Few farmers
ever go to the poor house or ask
charity. While 90 per cent, of busi
ness men fail, only 10 per cent, of
farmers fail. Farming also give's in
dividuality and independence of mind.
The man is not confined to one narrow
line of work, which eventually dwarfs
the intellect and makes him more of
a machine than the machine he tends.
There is independence from want and
dictation of employers. It is the kind
of life which fosters intelligence and
manliness in the boys and womanli
ness in the girls."
"THE
WORLD OWES ME A
LIVING."
Why does it? What have you
done for the world to entitle you to
merit a living from it ? These ques
tions often arise in our mind when we
hear a great lubberly fellow, with
both hands plunged into his pants'
pockets, roll a huge quid of tobacco
from one cheek to the other, and with
an oath exclaim: "The world owes
me a living and I'm bound to have it !"
No, no, we" beg leave to differ with
you, for the world owes you nothing
unless you earn it. Nearly all are en
dowed with physical or mental qual
ities which enable them to be of some
use in the world, and unless we make
suitable use of those gifts we cannot
conscientiously claim, our living as a
matter of right Fx.-
STATE POLICY.
No. 32.
WHO ARE THE SUCCESSFUL
FARMERS?
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Did yoi ever stop to study the mat
ter, and ascertain who were the most
successful farmers in your neighbor
hood ? If you did not, it will pay
you well to devote a little time to this
subject. One thing you will be sure
to observe is that those who do the
greatest amount of work are often not
the ones; who make the most out of
farming Labor is necessary in carry
ing on jt arm operations, and no one
who professes to be a farmer should
for aminute feel himself above taking
a hand at anything that is found to be
done ; but the man who assumes the
'position of a slave by putting in from
fifteen to twenty hours out of every
twenty -four, at the hardest kind of
labor, generally works more like one
of his horses than like an intelligent
man that he is. Labor is most effec
tive when directed by intelligence and
thought, and a combination of muscle
and brains will do more,- and accomp
lish more, than anything else. The
National Stockman and Farmer.
HABITUAL FAULT-FINDING.
Fault finders in the home are like
frost on the spring violets: to wither
and blight everything with which they
come in contact. No trait of charac
ter is to be more avoided than is that of
the habitnal fault-finder; and in no
place does its poisonous fangs sink
deeper than in the mother's heart. The
mother in the home has petty annoy
ances, privations and duties whose
name is legion. She cannot be a me
chanic in so many kinds of work. Her
willing hands and loving heart do ever
their best. Mark in her patient face
the lines of care. See in her smoothly
combed hair the silver of age. Note
in her faltering footsteps the decline
of life. By and by you will come
back to the old homestead and this an
gel of the house will be gone. She
cannot return to you. The hearth
stone will be cold. Your heart will be
oh, so sad ! They wTill come thronging
back upon your memory like two
edged swords every hasty, thoughtless,
reckless word. It will be too late for
reparation. Don't fret and find fault
with your mother, for search the world
over you will never find a truer friend.
Columbia.
HOW WANNAMAKER GOT RICH.
John Wannamaker, the great mer
chant prince of Philadelphia, has am
assed an immense fortune and he tells
how he did it. We commend his sen
sible views to others :
" I never in my life used such a
thing as a poster, or dodger, or hand
bill. My plan for fifteen years has
been to buy so much space in a news
paper and fill it up with what I wanted.
I would not give an advertisement in
a newspaper of four hundred circula
tion for five thousand dodgers or pos
ters. If I wanted to sell cheap jew
elry or run a lottery scheme I might
use posters, but I wouldn't insult a de
cent reading public with hand bills,
The class of people who read such
things are a poor class to look to for
support in merchantile affairs. How
do 1 reach newspapers? I do it in
this manner: I never deal with ad
vertising agents. They always get the
profit the advertiser should have. I
deal directly with the publisher. I say
to him ' How much will you let me run
a column of matter through your paper
for $100 or $500 as the case may be.
I let him do the figuring, and if I
think he is not trying to gouge more
than his share, I give him the copy. I
lay aside the profits on a particular
line of goods for advertising purposes.
The first year I laid aside $3,000; last
year I laid aside ancl spent $40,000.
I have done better this year and shall
increose that sum as the profits war
rant it. I owe my success to the
newspapers, and to them I shall freely
give a certain profit of my yearly
business-;1'
The Central Farmers' Club, of Davie
county, will meet on the first Saturday
in October. ?