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Vol. 11.
No. 21
1
ran national farmers' alli
ance AND INDUSTRIAL
UNIJN.
President Mann Page, Brandon,
Va
Vice-President II. C. Suavely, Leb.
anon, Pa.
oezetry -Treasurer It. A. South
worth, Denver, Col.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
e. L. Loucks, Huron S. D ; WP
Briv e Cog'u Station, I'a v 11-
letts, iansas; W. L Peeke, Ga.
JUDICIARY.
n A. Southworth, Denver, Cclo.
fl W. Beck, Alabama,
k. D. Davie, Kentucky.
SOTU OASOLIKA FAB2ISC3' 8TATI ALLI
ANCE. President Dr. Cyrus Thompson,
Richianda, C.
Vice-President Jno.Graham,Kidgo
way, N. C.
Goeretary-Treasurer W. S. Barnes,
Hillsboro, N. C.
Lecturer J. T. B. Hoover, Sim City,
N C
Steward Dr. V. N. Seawell, Villa
now, N. C.
Chaplain-Rev. P. II. Massey, Dur
bam, N. C.
Door-keeper Geo. T. Lane, ureens
boro, N. C.
Assistant Door keeper J as. L. L.yon,
Durham, N. C. ,, .
Serjeant-at-Arms A. D. K. W ahuct.,
KutherforitoQ, N. C.
State Business gentr-T. Ivey, Hi Is
boro, N. C. , vr
Traetoe Business Agency i'-iiu v, .
A.Graham, Machpelah, N. C.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TUX NOBTli
CAROLINA FARMERS STAT2 ALLIANCE.
A. F. Hileman, Concord. N. C. ; N.
C. English, Trinity, N. C. ; James M.
SJewbcrne, Kms on, N. C.
STATS ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMXITTZS.
John Bady, Gatesville, N. C. ; Dr.
J.F. Harrell, Whitoville, N. C; T. J.
Candler. Acton. N. C.
crth Carolina Reform Pres Association.
Officers J. L. Ramsey, President;
iic.rion Butler, Victi-FTetident ; V. S.
Dairies, Secretary,
PAPERS.
Fwrrwsslve Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh,
Caucasian. a1.'
Kercary Hickory,
Our Home. BTeveJ Dm"
The Populist, Lumberton,
The People's Paper, Charlotte,
The Vestibule, C uncord.
The Plow-Boy. W ades-boro,
rm.' -l'.-LSL. 'Vatchman, ba Isnury,
N. C.
N. U.
N. C.
N.C.
N. C.
N. O.
N.C.
N.C.
N. C.
N. C.
Each of tlie above-named papers are
zqueztedto keep tlie list standing on
;-v5 first page and add others, provided
ihcy are duly elected. Any paper fail
ing to advocate the Ocala platform xvill
id dropped from the list pronipily. Our
f&aple can now see what papers are
ctibiiihed in their interest.
GrRICTJLTTjrRE.
Th2 coat of producing a ton of hay is
reckoned by correspondents of thp
Maine Board of xgriculturo t-t 16 37
when hay is grown in relation with
other crop?. When grown as an er:
cluive crop the estimate is $3 16.
Same farmers should hang up tbe
following motto in their dining rcorn
and live accordingly: "More fresh
vegetables and less salt meat."
Have a place for each to"1, but don't
have too many places, A minute spent
in putting the hammer ia iis place may
save hunting for it an hour vvhenjou
are in a hurry.
Vary few farmers, eas s a writer,
nowadays raise the fiue cri ps of pump
kins that find a place so naiuriilly in
the fields of corn. All that is needed
to be done is to plant them; they will
do the reat.
Fine, fat hogs are selling at 3 cents
per pound in Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha and other Western markets.
Gue&s some of those fool goldbug farm
ers enjoy it, however, bo we will not
make any comments.
Tne Post, of Houston, Texas, says
that the sale of oleomargerine in that
city is hardly one fifth what it was one
year ago. The paper attributes this
decline, in the main, to the hostile
legislation which has been had in bo
many Siatea.
From the fourth week on the young
pigs need care on their own account,
as they want other food than that from
their dam?, end, as this is the most
important and profitable period of
their lives, the attention given shouM
not be hindered nor slackened ; and yet
the temptation is to bestow the more
care to the older hegs.
We have good reaeon to believe that
melon, berry, grape growers and truck
ers generally, are being fleeced by
Northern commission merchant a They
frequently make outrageous returns.
It is easy to claim that tbe markets
are glutted, or that the articles shipped
were damaged- We have no feasible
remedy to offer, but think truck grow
ers should begin to take steps to pro
tect themselves.
TO PREVENT THE DEPREDA
TIONS OF CROWS.
Jorreepondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Drive up any convenient number of
stakes about 6 fe et high on opposite sides
of the pate1. Then make strings
by placing two or three white cotton
threads together. Then pass the strings
from the variou3 gtakes and fasten
them to the stakes. The strings when
placed should be over the vines. The
strings need not cress a patch of ordi
nary s'z ) more than three or four times.
Simple as this plan is, the crows will
immediately after cease to vi?it the
patcb, even whero they have been dep
redating. It is a great temptation to cut eom
grass to feed either green or partly
dried to the horses that have to work
hard every day cn the farm. It should
bo resisted, fe-r grass will surely induco
derangement in the digestive organs,
which will make the horses too weak
to do effective wcrk. After the plow
ing is finished many farmers think the
hardest work is ever, but a horeo cul
tivaiirg all day will need good dry hay
and grain no less than when plowing.
Tne step is quicker in cultivating than
in plowing, and requires quite as much
muscular exertion to keep at it all day.
POTATO
OPS INDICATING THE
CROP.
It is not a d fliult matter for anyone
skilled in potato growing to guess the
outcome of the crop at a very early
stage of growth by the appearance of
the tops. If they are not more than
three or four in number, and of vigor
ous growth at the start, the crop, bar
ring disease, will be a large ono. If
there is a great mass of thin, weak
sprouts, there will be a good many
small potatoes, but few of marketable
size, because each set of roots will have
its tubers, and there is net room for all
to attain normal growth, says the
American Cultivator.
There are more failures of crop from
planting whole potatoes if the latter
are in good condition than from any
other one cause. It generally happens,
however, that those who plant whole
potatoes have item in warm cellars,
where the first white sprouts have so
sapped the vitality of potatoes that
when planted only two or three of the
eyes will grow. We venture the asser
tion that with potatoes kept in pits
during the winter, or in any other way
where the eyes will not be pushed into
grjwth prematurely, no crop of large
max'ketable potatoes can be grown
from whole seed. This issho-n in tbs
uniform failure of potatoes self planted,
or left in the ground through tho win
ter to produce a paying cop. They
are the earliest potatoes to start into
growth, and though every effjrt is
u-ually made to cultivate them thor
ougbly, we never knew a case where
thee delf planted potatoes amounted
to anything. There were always too
many stalks, and by tho time the tubers
were formed the plants crowded each
other so that a crop of marketable po
tutces was not poesib'e.
It is not too late after potatoes come
up to go through the rows and thin out
the weakest shoots in hiUs that contain
more than two or three. It requires
some skill to do this, first stepping on
the hill and pressing tho potato set
firmly in its place, while the etalk is
eciz.d and with a quick jark pulled
from it. This requires some work, but
it is better than'letting too many stalks
grow up to crowd each other. If more
thin one stalk is to bo pulkd the pull
ing should be done separately, else the
entire hiil miy be uprooted.
Whatever injures healthy leaf growth
lessens tho potato crop, and if after the
tubers are formed the leaf is injured,
the qaality of the potato is affected.
Where the foliage is eaten by potato
larva, the potato will be watery and
immature. When blight strikes the
leaves, the quality of potatoes is effected
in the same way. Fortunately poison
ing for the potato larva and spraying
with Bordeaux mixture to prevent
blight have lessened these dangers,
and made it possible to eecure potatoes
of good quality without regard to the
season. There is, we think, an im
provement in quality of potatoes with
in a few years, as the market is main
ly supplied by those who have had ex
perience and know how to produce the
best. It was once supposed that only
the small yielders among potatoes were
beet for the table. The large, coarse
varieties were reckoned, as indeed they
were, coarse and unpalatable, fit only
for stock feeding. But seme of the
new large potatoes, especially the seed
lings of the Rose, are not only enor
mous yielders, but as white and mealy
?n cooked as v the old-fashioned
1 cer or the newer Snow fl ike. It is
a O't that most of the very great yield
ers have proportionately large tops,
and to the maintenance of due propor
tion between the top and the root this
good quality of the tubers is mainly
due.
NATURAL HUMIDITY OF COTTON
SPINNING REGIONS.
A 4 Report on tho Relative Humidity
'f Southern New England and Other
Localities," Bulletin Nj. 19, of the
Weather Bireau, has just been issued,
wh.ca is a discu.sion of the subject
with special reference to its e ff jctupon
cotton spinning Tao suV j 'ct is treaU d
under the following headi: Tae source a,
evaporation and condensation, and dis
tritii-ionof rqueous vapor; observing
station?; accuracy of observations;
definition of atjd general remarks on
relative humidity ; rtb&tive hum id ivy
of Naw England group, of New Eng
land compared to Mobile, of New Eng
land, and Mobile compared with Pied
mont Plateau, of northern central New
York, extreme monthly, diurnal, and
occidental variations of humidity ; in
fluence on winds on humidity ; individ
ual case3 of.lov relative humidity;
comparison of same inside and outside
of building; climatic ir llaences tffoct
ing manufacture of cotton ; climate of
of Lanchire and India.
The bulletin is illustrated by 9 tables
and 3 graphical plates.
Tho Weather Bareau, recognizing
that ono of the conditions essential to
the greatest degree of success in the
spinning and weaving of cotton fabrics
is a humid state of the atmosphere, and
the more constant the degree of humid
ity the greater tho measure of profit
able spinning," instituted a comparison
of tho "Natural humidity rf certain
portions of the United States, particu
larly the South, where the extension
of the art is most pronounced, with
that of the southern shore of New Eng
land. "
These investigations show that inside
humidity varied greatly from the out
side readings, except when the tem
peratures were nearly the same. Ia
March when the average inside and
outside te mperatures were respectively
72 degrees and 32 degrees, the relative
humidity was 32 per cent, and 61 per
cent., respectively; while when mid
summer weather prevailed, and the in
side temperature wa3 83 4 degrees and
the outside 81 G degrees, the relative
humidities were 10 and 11 per cent
"It is apparent that the relative hu
midity of the atmosphere depends not
only on tho absolute quantity of v-.ipor
present in the air, but also on the tem
perature which determines the point
of saturation."
"The control cf bjth temperature
and humidity by artificial means srems
to be the final solution of the problem
in all cases where the establishment of
mills in a relatively dry section i-s con
templated." YEARBOOK OF THE DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOR 1895
The Yearbook for 1S95 ia now ready
for distribution. Of the large editior.
of 500,000 copies, 110,000 copies are al
loted to the Senators and 360,000 to the
members of the House of R presenta
tives or over 1,000 copies for each
member of the two Houses of Congress,
the comparatively small remainder be
ing turned over to the Department of
Agriculture for iis exchanges and cor
respondents. The 656 pages cf the Yearbook con
tain (1) a general report of the ep?ra
tions of the Department; (2) a series of
papers prepared in the different bu
reaus and divisions of the Department
or by experts specially engaged, and
designed to present in popular form
results of investigations in agricultural
science cr new development s in farm
practice. These are illustrated by ten
full page plates and 131 text figures:
(3) an appendix of 101 pages containing
miscellaneous information and agricul
tural statistics compiled down tothe lat
est available date, relative to the pro
duction, values, per capita conbump
tion, exportation and importation of
farm products : (4) an index of 30 pages.
For the information of horticulturists,
dairymen, and farmers generally, the
following table of contents is quoted :
Report of the Secretary: Soil Fer
ments Important in Agricul ture, Origin,
Value, and Reclamation of AlkaliLands ;
Reasons for Cultivating the Soil; Hu
mus in its Relation to Soil Fertility;
Forests and Freezes as Affecting Culti
vated Piantp: The Two Freezas of
1891-95 in Florida and what they
Teach ; Testing Set da at Home; OA Pro
ducing Seeds; S.me Additions toe
Vegetable Dietary; Hemp Cu);ure-.
Canadian Field Peas ; Irrigation f r-ft&'
Garden and Greenhouee; Tae talth
of Plants in Greenhoupes; Princip es of
Pruning and Care of Wounds in Woody
Plants; The Pineapple Industry in the
United States; Small Fruit Culture for
Market ; The Cause and Prevention of
Pear Blight; GraG3 Gardens; Forage
Conditions of tho Prairie Region;
Grasses of Salt Marshes; The Relation
o! Forests to Farms; Tree Planting in
the Western Plains; The Shade-Tree
Insect Problem in the E istern United
Stite; Tho Principal Insect Enemies
of the Grape; Four Common Birds of
tho Farm and Garden; Tho Meadow
Lark and Baltimore Oriole ; Int ffieiency
of Milk S'parators in Removing Bac
teriu ; Butter Substitutes-; The Manu
f-Acture :ml Consumption of Cheo.e;
Climate, S ii Charae eristics, and Irri
gition Methods of California; Co opera
tive Road Construction ; A Pioneer in
Agricultural Science; Work of the Do
p irtment of Agriculture as Illustrated
at the Atlan te Exposition.
Bosidr s "Organiziticn of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the appendix con
tains tabular and statistical matter on
tho following subjects:
Siatis.ies of the principal crop?; Ex
perts of tho products of domestic agri
culture for the years ended June 30,
1S31, to 189o; S irveycrs1 measure; Im
ports of agricultural products for the
years erjdad June 3o, 1S31, to 1895; To
tal values of exports of domestic mer
chandiao since 1S90; Exports of raw
cotton from the Uaited States since
1890; Production of ceztain fruits end
nuts, mostly semi tropical, in the
United States in 1SS9, and the quan
tities and values imported from 1890 to
1895, inclusive; Statistics of fruit and
r." canning in the United States;
ATiiV3cr price and consumption of
sugar; Tea, c. ff-e, wiuen, etc ; Freight
rates in ffdet January 1, 1892, to 1896
in cents per 100 pounds; Freight rates
on wheat from New York to Liverpool;
Freight rates (all rail) on live stock and
dressed meata frcm Chicago to New
York; The weather in 1895; The
Weather Bureau and its voluntary ob
servers; Texture of some typical soils;
Educational institutions in tho United
States having courses in agriculture;
Agricultural experiment stations in the
United States, their location, directors,
and principal lines of work ; Feeding
stuffs (for aninil); Fertilizing con
stituents of feedin. stuff and farm
products; Fertilizing constituents con
tained in a crop of cotton yielding 300
pounds of lint per acre; Analyses of
ferti! zrs; Barnyard manure; Cuts of
meat; Human foods; Methods of con
trolling ir j iricus inseite ; Preparation
and use of insecticides; Treatment of
fungous diseases of plants; Formulas
for fungicides; Erroneous ideas con
cernicg hawks and ovl-; Timber
lumber wood; Two hundred weeds;
how to know them and how to kill
them ; Distance table for tree planting ;
Irrigation; Number, weight, cost of
seeds, and amount to sow per acre ;
The metric system ; Notes regarding
Department pu&lications.
A me j irity of cur farmers work too
mu; h ia proportion to the amount of
thinking they do. Head work is half
of the battle of life.
WEEKLY WEATHER CROP BUL
LETIN For the Week Ending Saturday, June 20,
1896.
Central Office, Raleigh, N. C.
The reports of correspondents of the
Weekly Crop Bulletin, issued by the
North Carolina Station, for the week
ending Saturday, June 20th, 1896, in
diate again generally favorable con
ditions except over limited areas in the
northern portion of the Eastern district
and a few central counties, where crop s
are suffering from too much rain. The
temperature was below the normal the
first three days of the week, and
reached normal or slightly above the
latter part. Rirjs were frequent and
beneficial where not excessive. Much
damage occurred by hail in four coun
ties. The amount of sunshine was de
ficient. A few days of dry and warm
weather are now needed, in order to
enable farmers to cultivate crops,
which are becoming very grassy in
many localities.
Eastern District. Too much rain
occurred agin this week in the north
ern counties from Halifax east to Cur
rituck, where crops have been damaged,
are deep in grass, and farmers have
little chance to cultivate them. Thie
ia the only section where the condition
of crops ia not generally favorable
Rain is somewhat needed in portions of
Pender, Craven and Columbus counties
Some local damage by hail storms oc
curred on the night of the 13 h in Nash
and Wilson, and on the 18 :h in Pitt
county. Except the first three days,
which were too cool, the weather was
favorable, with showers here and there
on almost every day of the week. Corn
is growing wel! ; much ha3 been laid
by ; chinch bug3 doing but little dam
age in this section. Cotton has im
proved, except in the north, and i?
blooming in many places; there is
much complaint of lica. Tobacco is
being topped and some farmers expect
to begin curing in two weeks. S.veet
potatoes doing well; Irish potatoes
nearly all shipped; watermelons grow
growing nicely.
Central District -Showery weather
interfered considerably this week with
cultivation of crops, harvesting and
cutting hay, and in consequence over
considerable portions cf the district
farm work is behind and crops in grase,
while in many other ccuuties where
the rain fall was less crops are clean
and well worked. On the whole the
weather was favorable, except some
heavy washing rains and damage over
limit d areas by hail on the night of
the 13 :h in Wake (near Wake Forest)
and in Rmdolph (near Soapstone
Mourn). Cotton is all right, except ia
few places on light lands, where it is
red and poor ; much complaint of lice ;
cotton is blooming in south. Corn gen
erally very fine, but considerable dam
age by chinch bugs. Housing wheat
and some thrashing going on. Ots
being cut and peas planted on stubble
land. Large crop of sweet potatoes,
and looking very fine. Sorghum good ;
vegetables plentiful ; blackberries ripe ;
watermelons will soon be ripe ; other
fjuit poor.
Western Distbict Generally cool
and cloudy weather, with frequent
rains, prevailed this week ; the rain fall
was excessive in only one or two coun
ties (Buncombe and McDov7eb), where
lands were washed and grass and
weeds are growing rapidly ; but in
spite of these drawbacks crp 3 made
rapid growth during the week, and the
general outlook continues good. Win
ter oats cut, and though short, are not
altogether a failure, as many report
them good now. Wheat nearly housed,
except in north and west, here cut
ting is going on ; thrashing is progress
ing slowly. Corn made a fine growth,
and is being laid by ; corn p'.anted in
March now in silk and tassel ; chinch
bugs doing some damage. Nights have
been still too cool for cotton, and lice
are checking growth, but crop fine,
nevertheless. Many cabbage plants
were transplanted in the west this
week. Meadows are now fine.
It used to ba the rule to keep horses
from drinking at noon or night after
they had been working through the
forenoon or afternoon, until they had
eaten their feed and had cooled down.
Tnis was considered necessary in order
to prevent injury from taking cold
water while the system is heated. But
this is cruel to the horses, as they can
not eat what they should if they are
parched with thirst. Tae better way
ia to give each horse in the middle of
the forenoon a pail of water into which
a small quantity of oatmeal has been
stirred. This will refresh and invigo
rate the horse without doing any in
jury, and will prevent him from being
injured by drinking freely at noontime.
Tae drink being n urishing, rallies the
strength and enables the animal to do
a greater amount of work without
failure.
CANT READ KIM OUT.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
It seems to me that a number of our
Popu'ist friends are trying to read G
Ed. Kestler out of the People's party.
This is all wrong, Mr. Kestler has a
right to his opinions and to express
them through the columns of the press
if he wants to. He uies language that
some of us cannot commend, but we
must remember that none of us are as
careful in our expressions as we should
be. If we cannot endorse his ideas or
his argument let U9 refute them or
answer them with arguments and not
resort to ridicule. Mr. Kestler will
vote the Populist ticket fueion or no
fusion, and no amount of ridicule will
drive him from ua.
Very respectfully,
R E. Tissal.
Wake Forest, N. C.
We hardly think there is any effort
or desire to read Bro. Kestler out of
his party, but he my read himself out,
if he isn't careful Ed
HORTICULTURE
CONPAKATiVE TEST OF OVER
ONE HUNDRED VARIETIES
OF STRAWBERRIES.
Correspondence of the Protrrestive Farmer.
I give below as clearly and candidly
as I know how not only the result of
this year's test, but of many years' ex
perience as a strawberry specialist.
EXTREMELY EAPLY VARIETIES
Meeks Eirly, Vrry firm, perfect
color, good r'z profitable on rich soil.
Improved Westbrock. Its produc
tiveness, firmnew, perfect color and
good s'z? make it a highly profitable
market berry. But eoil must be rich.
Murray. A better market berry
than Westbrcok under avcrege culture.
Several ds3 s later.
H ffoaan. Not productive enough
this far north to pay.
Eleanor. Very premising, but fully
tested here.
EARLY VARIETIES.
S melt z3r. Similar to Michel, but
larger and more productive. Pays
well here.
Michel. Profitable as this is in the
West and Southwest, it dees not pay
here.
Arkansas Traveler. An exceedingly
heavy bearer of large berries.
Clyde. Productive of largo berries,
which excell in firmneis.
Rio, Dayton, Van Demon.- Fine ber
ries, all of them, but not productive
enough to p. y.
Newman. This standard Southern
berry does not pay this far north.
Beder Wood. Moderately prolific,
but rather soft.
MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES.
Bubach. Its huge 'zi and unfailing
productiveness make it cur great mar
ket berry.
Greenville. S'milar to Bubach.
Bismarck. Promises to be an excel
lent pollenfzer for Bubach, as it re
sembles it closely in plant and berry.
Crawford, Beecher, Mary, Enor
mous, Marshall. These varieties are
good onJy on very rich soil.
Gandy Belle, Tennessee Prolific,
Woolverton. These varieties are of
the very highest, value as pollecfzrs
for Bubach, Greenville and other large
pistillates.
Wm. Belt. A superb grower, not
fully tested as to fruit.
Brandy wine In fUvor, color, size
productiveness and shipping qualities
about perfect.
Belle. Rusts somp, but bears good
crop of huge, flit, misshapen berries.
Barton. Crescent, Haverland, Great
Prolific, Phillips, Love Princess, Saun
ders, Bis8ell. Sp!endid, Muskingum,
Haverland, Edgar Queen. These all
bear good crops and are safe average
market varieties.!'
Cumberland, Parker Earle. These
varieties have a fatal weakness. They
are too soft to carry to market.
Columbian, Cloud. These varieties
do not pay tbia far north.
Cyclone. Prolific cf firm berries,
but not large enough.
Lanah. This variety, which has
created a great stir Soutb, will not pay
hero.
Enhance. A powerful 'polleni z r.
Berries large but rough,
Wai field. That great "standard of
the West and Northwest ranks far bo
low Crescent here. fc r:
Ivenhoe. A firm, large, well colored,
productive market berry.
Brunette. Banquet. Claimed to be
of perfect flavor, out I have never been
able to fiad enough fruit to get the
taste well in my mouth.
West Lawn. This ranks with my
largest and most valuable market ber
ries. Smith's Seedling. A good average
berry, but not at all extraordinary.
Shucklesa Too soft to ship.
Shustera Gem. Excetdingly prolific
of berriesof the Crescent type. I know
no heavier bearer.
Louise. A good, productive, aver
age sizd stammate.
Lady Thompson. Ripens among tho
first medium early varieties. Bears
here a heavy crop of large, well col
ored berries.
LATE VARIETIES.
Gandy. A superb berry, but not
prolific except under very high culture.
Aroma. Equal to Gandy in 8;z9 and
far more productive under average
conditions.
Equine x. The latest of all. Prolific,
of fair size, but of poor flavor.
Timbrell. A well flavored table
berry, but fails to color well.
The following varieties I have dis
carded; some of them as worthless;
some of them as inferior to varieties of
similar charactf r:
Acme, May King, Ontario, Pearl,
Regina. Stevens, Accomac, Bee be, Bel
mont, Bombs, Cept. Jack, Dew, Gilles
pie, Hartfield, Beverly, Lid a, Manches
ter, Monmouth. Oregon EverbeariDg,
Cameronian, Pineapple, Southard,
Sterling, Alabama, Bessie, Clark's
Early, or Early Idaho, California. Crys
tal City, or Hyslop, Jess Jersey Queen,
Mammoth, Old Ironclad, Price, Felton,
Pansy. 8tayman, Yale, Gypsy, Levia
than, Kentucky.
O. W. Blackball.
Kittrell, N. C.