THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, NOVEMBER 3, 1887.
,L. L. POLK. - ' - ' Editor.
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THE BOYCOT MATTER AGAIN.
jli win ue -Lemeiuututju. mau xmh:
Progressive Farmer in its issue of
Oct. 13th entered astrong protest
against " one man power." The ar
ticle was based on an editorial of the
News and Observer, in which a review
of the boycot of the R & Gr. Road by
the Raleigh business men was given,
after an interview of a reporter of that
paper with Maj. Winder. We clearly
inferred from that article that in this
fight Mr. Sol Haas was against the
Raleigh, merchants, and that Maj.
Winder was clearly on their side, but
was powerless to render them any aid
in the matter. The Observer said of
"Mr. Haas: " He plainly intimates that
no concession whatever wiU be made."
It said of Maj. Windy 1 From con
versations by a reporter with Mm
(Maj. Winder) it is plain that he is in
favor of giving car-load . rates to the
business men, and if it were optional
with him, he would do so at once."
We have seen a communication
from the General Management of the
Sea Board Air-Line . and Piedmont
Air-Line in regard to ijxis trouble in
which the questions involved are dis
cussed at length, ari4. in. .which it is
declared that Mrv -Sol Haas 11 acted
tinder instructions " and that rites are
based on the basis agreed upon by the
General Management of these lines.
.., This communication exonerates Mr.
Haas from all responsibility or blame
in the matter and claims that the rates
established f of, the incoming and out
going business! of v Raleigh' are in ac
cordance with the - law against dis
criminations in freig.,; ,
..: We refer to.: the, matter again
simply to make obd 'dtir : 'fixed "pur -pose,
that this paper , sljiaU.be . fair andi
1 just to all men. Thk-: ; Progressive
Farmer will hot carry mud with
which to build up big . men out of
mere pigmies, nor will1 it cringingly
cower at the 'foot of. Arrogant power,
neither will it engage in the equally
small business of detracting from men
or measures because of popular outcry
against them. " Equal rights to all ;
special favors to nbnei";is"the rule by
which it seeks to.be guidecLin deaimg
with public men and measures.
THE SHEET-ANCHOR OF OUR
HOPE.
Grass, Clover and Stock.
The Progressive Farmer hails with
delight tile inauguration of any enter
prise for improving and advancing
the interests of our agricultural com
munity. Diversified husbandry,,
judiciously .adjusted to our capabili
ties, is the great want of the South,
and especially of our State. , The
ripest thinkers and the most success
ful of our farmers, all feel this. Capt.
B. P.. Williamson, of this city, is one
of our prominent pioneers in this new
departure. He has good cotton lands,
but his splendid orchards, vines, fine
herd of Jerseys, and magnificent grass
and clover fields, and his superb horses
show that he is no blind worshipper
of cotton. He has long believed that
here around Raleigh, grass and stock
could be made to pay. He went to
work earnestly and intelligently and
satisfied himself and proved to all
doubters that grass and clover can be
grown as successfully here as any
where. This done, he now takes the
next most rational step to utilize it in
the most profitable way by raising
fine cattle and horses. He believes
that fine trotters, fine saddle and fine
harness horses should be raised by
our people. He is so thoroughly con
vinced that it can be done that he has
added to his stable, at considerable
expense, five elegant animals from
Kentucky. His pmxe is to have a
model stock farm from which may be
supplied that class of stock which is
best suited to the tastes and necessities
of our people, and to enlarge and de
velop the capacity of the farm as
necessity or demand may require. We
wish him all manner of success in his
laudable undertaking, and would
commend his example to others who
are vainly striving to make money on
cotton. Grass, clover and stock must
be the agricultural salvation of our
State. The interest in breeding and
training horses for speed in Kentucky
began in 1843 and it has developed
until -y it ranks among the fore
mos industries of that prosper-ou&n-v3,
and has placed Kentucky at
the head of the list of all the Ameri
can States in the production of the
trotter. Why may not Raleigh be
come to North Carolina what Lexing
ton is to Kentucky in this great and
profitable industry ?
THE DEMANDS OF THE FARM-
Xv CO
We publish this week the demands
set forth by the Farmers' National
Alliance at Shrevport. This body
was composed of representative men
from ten States. Wesk our readers
to examine them carefully. They
embody questions whichXwill come
prominently before the American
people for their consideration and de
cision. They are not presented by
politicians; or office holders or office
seekers, but they come from the great
body of voters of this country. They
are presented for the calm and patri
otic consideration of the wealth -producing
classes of the country, without
regard, ,to name or party. It is possible,
that self-constituted bosses will affect
to scorn these questions, as emanating
from a source unworthy-their atten
tion. They 'may' possibly raise the
howl , that . "farmers are going into
politics and thus attempt to intimi
date us, but the day has passed when
the sturdy yeomanry and faithful tax
payers of the. country are to be thus
driven from their high duty. .... . ;': ;
. These are great questions of a politico-economic
character, which- over
shadow "all questions of mere partisan
policy, and Wjhich the farmers of this
land intend shall be recognized. , The
Alliance, the Grange nor the Farmers7
Clubs, recognizes no member by his
party name, nor in any manner ; inter
feres, witn his party affiliations or party
fealty,, but there are certain great
principles which they regard as abso
lutely essential to the perpetuity of
our free institutions and to the' well
being and pfepjrity f i the whole
country, and which are of common in
terest to every bod citizen of) what
ever name or party, and which they
will stand, fjy loyally and to the end.
We believe that all these demands
point to legislative reform, either by
the legislatures of the States, or by
the National Congress. Read them
carefully and discuss them freely. We
would be .glad to haye. our .readers
give us their views briefly and point
edly on any one or more of them.
WHITHER ARE WE DRIFTING?
The Richmond Wliig says:
"The Western Union has broken
down and bought up every opposition
line that has been, started, and the
fact has become, eyident that no pri
vate corporationNjan compete with it."
The whole tejgraph system of this
mighty country in tke hands of Jay
Gould ! Wtat a dangerous power !
The Western Union monopoly has
worked steaclily to accomplish it. It
virtually defies all competition, for no
corporation will venture to enter the
field against a man who is backed by
a hundred millions of dollars. The
telegraph service is as essential almost
to the commercial world as the mail
service, and yet we find it in the hands
of one man. The people comprehend
the danger, for the Knights of Labor
in their recent convention at Minne
apolis, and the National Farmers' Alli
ance in convention at Shreveport, rep
resenting together not less than two
and one-half millions of the laboring
men of the country, demanded that
the government should operate the
telegraph and telephone systems of
the country as adjuncts to the U. S.
Mail Service. The business men and
the press all over the land will say
amen ! Will we be told that this is
tending to centralization in our gov
ernment ? Be it so. We infinitely
prefer a peojWs monopoly to the mon
opoly of one man. They can at least
have an indirect control in its guidance
through their suffrages. Jay Gould
today holds in his hand a power which
is fearfully dangerous. It is a power
which we would not entrust to a
George Washington, nor to any man
who ever lived, and the people all over
the country should call upon the pres
ent Congress at its coming session, to
take immediate steps for placing the
country beyond the danger with
which it is threatened. The grasping
and insatiable greed of monopoly
must be checked and it can and will
only be done by the people. Let
them speak.
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
No greater v responsibility rests on
any of the officers of the Alliance than
on the Secretaries of Subordinate and
County Alliances. They are expected
and required to have a complete rec
ord of all the workings of their re
spective bodies. These records should
be accurate and should be uniform.
It is all important that at .the end of
each quarter, each County Secretary
should be able to make: a complete
and perfect report and to make it
promptly. To do this he must haVe
such reports from the Sub-secretaries.
Comprehending these important truths
vre were glad to see a meeting of the
Sub-secretaries held in this city last
Saturday at the instance of the faith
ful and , efficient Secretary "pi our
County Alliance; r ; tFhey . organized an
Association of the Secretaries of the
various Alliances of the county, - and
it will meet regularly one week before
the regular quarterly meeting of the
County Alliance to perfect their quari
terly reports and to consider such
other matters as may promote and
facilitate . their duties. It is a wise
step and we earnestly commend it to
the secretaries of other counties.
Every county should have such an
organization of tits secretaries. It
would be of great advantage , to the
order as well as to the county -and
State officers: J ' '' ' ' ' ;
THE CATAWBA FAIR.
This was literally an agricultural
Fair. J The stock and agricultural
products were simply magnificent and
demonstrated not only the capabilities
of the climate and soils of that section
of 'our State, but still better, thespirit
of progress which has fastened itself
upon those good people. The Catawba
Fair is now a fixed institution and we
confidently predict that within the
next five years it will be one of the
most attractive and successful fairs in
the South. The management is to be
congratulated on the success attained
under the pressure of such fearful
weather. Rain, continuous rain and
mud and slush did not deter the man
agers nor the people. They had their
promised speech from Gov; Vance on
Thursday, and . one from the writer
and from Senator Ransom on Friday,
and even the promised marriage of a
happy couple on the grand stand.
The display of cattle, horses and all
kinds of field-crops, was superb. With
such men as President Reinhardt,
Messrs. Hall, Robinson, Rowe, Wil
fong and others to guide it, and with
the support of the substantial and
thrifty Catawba people, the Catawba
Fair must and will be a great success.
BE PATIENT, BRETHREN.
Owing to the removal of our Na
tional headquarters to Dallas, Texas,
there has necessarily been some delay
in sending out supplies to the various
States. We have ordered outfits for
organizers and for Subordinate and
County Alliances, and we are informed
that they will be forthcoming just as
soon as they come from the press.
We hope to be able at an early day to
supply all who have applied or who
may apply. Be patient, brethren. We
are doing all in our power to expedite
the work.
For The Progressive Farmer.
A BIRTH-DAY SURPRISE.
So JTTH Fork Township,
Forsyth Co., N. C.
On Tuesday, the 11th of October, at
12 m., a large party of her friends per
petrated a most pleasant and enjoyable
surprise on our much beloved old
friend, Mrs. Sarah Fetner. At the
hour named, wagons and buggies be
gan to roll up loaded with neighbors,
baskets, &c. until the premises were
litarally captured and overrun by as
happy a party as ever gathered in this
section.
She was 77 years old that day, and
the party was made up of. exactly that
number of her many friends.
An elegant dinner, a joyous happy
evening, and with many heartfelt
wishes for the health and happiness of
our esteemed friend, we bade her
good bye. She is one of our old land
marks. She has 10 children, 78 grand
children and 80 great grandchildren.
May this pleasant little episode be a
sweet remembrance to her as she goes
down the steep of life.
- r S. A: Nifong.
For The Progressive Farmer.
CLOVER AND WHAT IT WILL DO
Airlie Farm, N. C, Oct. , '87.
While in Raleigh, I called around
one night at the Capitol to see what
the Farmers' Instititute was doing. I
heard an address read on grasses and
several very interesting talks about
clover ; and as I did hot give ih my
experience there, I don't know as it
would be out of place to let you have
a bit of it now, r I am an advocate Of
clover have not been able to discover
any crop that :7can begin to compare
with.it as a land renovator. I hav6
feen cultivating the crop for several
years, and always find "that my land
improves. 1 My father kept part of his
land in clover all the time, and I have
often heard him say " that whenever
he got his land rich, enough to secure
a stand of clover, that it was safe,"
meaning that he could then make: it
as rich as he wanted it by planting
clover.
I find that March is the best time
for seeding clover, either with spring
oats or by running a harrow over
wheat fields. I always get a good
stand and have often mowed two tons
of hay from clover sown in March the
same year, and never fail to ' get two
crops the following year. I have seen
my father seed land to clovfer that did
not produce' but four barrels of corn
per acre before sowing, and let it stand
in corn, and the yield has been as
much as 10 barrels per acre afterwards
without any other manuring. I have
no seed to sell, but I hope every
farmer in North Carolina will sow
snmfi fVlnvpr panh vpat ar.A -T,: i
jxju.o. wivw iuiiw w 2LMI1 nnr k
j j VA tueir land.
will get rich.
, Below, I hand you a statement of
some crops that I raised on one acre
xauu. a uubxi. o time, i oumav
publish if you choose.
YIELD OF ONE ACRE.
I made on one acre, in 12 months
11 bushels rye, 3,000 pounds clover
hay and 250 bushels turnips.
On' November l'5th, 1885, I meas
ured olf one acre of land and set out
an apple orchard at the same time
the land was seeded down in rye
which was well manured with barn
yard compost. In March, 1886, Iran
over the rye with smoothing harrow
which looked like it ought to injure
the crop; at the same time I sowed one
gallon red clover seed. I soon had a
splendid stand of clover and the rye
began to grow very rapidly. I cut
the rye and fed my two horses for one
month on green rye. Then the rye
went to seed and was cut, and yielded
1 1 bushels seed. The clover sprang
up and grew so rapid that I thought
it might injure my young trees; so as
the blooms began to turn it was
mowed. I hauled four two-horse
wagon loads of nice hay to my barn
after which there was a six-inch stub
ble left to follow, which was fallowed
soon and the land well pulverized and
planted in turnips, which was culti
vated well and housed on the 13th of
November, 1886 yield 250 bushels.
Is this a fair part for one acre ?
Hoping to have an Alliance in old
Halifax soon, with best wishes to The
Progressive Farmer.
Yours, truly,
H. C.
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FARMS AND THE FARMERS.
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Of all the classes of men that go to
make up a Staite or an Empire the
farmers are thXmost important, and
their education should by all means be
equal to that oif the professional. It
has long beenthe practice of farmers
to select their most promising sons'and
educate them for the professions, and
the slowest and the dullest at home for
the drudgery of the farm, and this is
one of the great reasons why so many
farmers are overloaded- with debt and
in too many cases burdened and ham
pered with mortgages, for mortgages
are the heaviest burdens that have to
be carried. We think the .farming
interests of this country demand that
the education of the boys intended for
farmers should not be neglected nor
should the dullest boys be kept bacK
for farmers. .
-The tiresent intensive and,aggressivc
system of farming demands ; a gree
of intelligence equal to tnai
most advanced professions, and ne
whose education is neglected must w
left far behind in the agricultural rae.
Enterprise isoneof the fruits of educa
tion, nd when we find the latter we
may look for the former. The most
enterprising farmers within our Jcno
edge are educated and they make larnv
ing a pleasure instead , of a tasK,
this is one of the secrets of success in
any business. He whose busing1
pleasure is sure to succeed wmi
whose business is a great task, is ai w j
confused, and is almost sure to iau
ihe'end.-Laurinburg Express.
There are 870 subordinate A&c
tural Wheels in Tennessee ; oi i
713 were organized the pasi
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