THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
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esday, September 1, 1903.
work of reorganizing an Alliance in
his neighborhood.
The expense of reorganizing is lit
tle and the plan simple, which is
subjoined. Let the people in each
neighborhood take steps to reorgan
ize at once without waiting for some
other section to take the initiatory
step.
Fraternally,
T. 13. PARKER, Sec,
Raleigh, N. C.
HOW TO ORGANIZE OR REORGANIZE A
SUB ALLIANCE.
Call a meeting of your people.
Select a temporary chairman and sec
retary. After stating the objects of
the meeting, select one or more to
wait on the audience and solicit
names for membership. Old members
may be reinstated by the payment of
one-quarter back-dues, twenty-five
cents. Kew members by payment of
fifty cents initiation fee. Organize
under the old charter, using old name
and number, thus saving charter fee.
Elect onicers, make immediate re
port, with the amount collected, to
your county secretary, if your county
is organized. If not organized, send
report direct to the State Secretary.
Notify the State Secretary of the
organization, giving him the name
and number of the Alliance, togeth
er with the name and postoffice of
the secretary. On application, the
State Secretary will send blanks and
give any other information he can.
When to Plow Under Weeds.
Editor of The regressive Farmer:
Dear Sir: Please answer through
your paper the following questions:
When is the best time to turn un
der heavy coat of weeds on land that
has rested this year?
Does it injure heavy timbered old
fielJ land to burn off the boughs, and
thereby kill undergrowth?
Yours truly,
A FARMER.
Gorman, X. C, August 15, 1903.
(Answer by Dr. C. W. Burkett, of
the Agricultural & Mechanical Col
lege, llalcigh, X. C.)
I think by all means the best time
to turn under the weeds is at once
before they fully mature and re-seed
the land. At this season of the year
the weeds can be plowed under by
using a heavy chain attached 'to the
furrow handle and the furrow horse,
leaving the chain draging in the fur
row, thus pulling the weeds under
and tin in, uglily covering them by
the furrow -lido.
If this land is to be followed by
c"tn or cotton, or sojne other spring
cr"l', 1 would suggest the seeding of
the lands as soon as plowed to crim
son cl.,ver, using about ten or twelve
Pounds p, r acre xhe crimson clover
can either be cut for hay or it can
be plowed under in a green state,
t' adding a great deal of vegetable
iwitur to the soil.
'-'i I do not believe it advisable to
,J,,ni "tf the boughs of the trees. Our
crr. --p.-iiident is sure to injure some
f tht trees, and I believe more harm
ay U (lone than good.
A Dangerous Tobacco Disease.
Editor of The Progressive Farmer :
A very destructive tobacco disease
has recently broken out with extreme
violence in certain portions of the
State. It is the desire of the Station
to accumulate all information con
cerning the disease which may lead
to a checking of its ravages. The
point now most to be desired is to
find out how widely the disease is
distributed over the State. To that
end we request that all people "in
terested in tobacco growing, who are
troubled with any disease of their to
bacco plants will send specimens con
sisting of the lower part of the stem
and the roots to the Station. We
particularly desire these specimens if
the disease consists of the wilting of
the leaves, accompanied by a brown
color in that portion of the stem just
inside of the bark. We urge upon all
tobacco growers the importance of
notifying the Station immediately
after this disease appears in the
neighborhood, so that we may advise
as to the means of preventing its
spread. Two diseased stalks in the
field this year may mean the loss of
the entire crop the next year you
put tobacco on the field.
F. L. STEVENS,
Biologist.
Notice to Franklin' County Alliancerrren.
To the Onicers and Members of
Franklin County Farmers' Al
liance :
You are hereby called to meet in
the court house in Louisburg on Sep
tember 12 th, at 10 o'clock. Business
of importance to be attended to, and
a full attendance is requested.
E. M. GUPTON,
Aug. 24, 1903. President.
Farmers, Attention I
The American and Imperial To
bacco Companies have instructed
their buyers to refuse all tobacco not
properly graded.' This order is ef
fective everywhere and will be obeyed
to the -letter.
The grading by the farmers will
insure them better prices and will
make the handling at the local mar
ket and by the manufacturer much
easier.
Tobacco growers should heed this
suggestion and act accordingly.
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