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Saturday, October 2, 19151 aer .-ithcr. party, in either state or On Some people counsel pa n , ' In the case of rural credits Illation, they ; are. wrong It is a against the strongest, of he s ronholds of special privilege, the money trust. If the people would lie L-n and do nothing would be a veneration hence before justice . voiUtUeaonet.ne.pcoPicI. 'c.,niat nrivilege has- sucked the mtblic teats so long; that it becomes di"nant and resents any .attempts t0 separate it from the fountain head. And it has enough hired and subsidiz ed heelers in both' parties to hold on until the whole people rise. up in riohtcous wrath and indignation'.' H. Q. ALEXANDER. WIDE-AWAKE SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS MAKE A PILGRIMAGE i Some of the Good Things. They Saw. and Some of the Lesson They Car ried Home With Them IX IS gratifying to see that we 'are beginning to have' agricultural pil grimages in these latter days. Over in the Orient Mohammedans and Buddhists make long pilgrimages to the places where their religious, lead ers lived and worked, and in. our own country men makepilgrimages to see famous places like Gettysburg and Mount Vernon, and also, to visit great industrial cities. Now. the agricultur al pilgrimage is coming into- favor. Two or three weeks ago we called at tention to the big excursion of Meck lenburg County farmers who left their homes under the direction of' Demon stration Agent Graeber and went to Catawba County, N.- C. .to'-see' with their own eyes just what these Ca tawba farmers have done in dairying and in cooperative marketing of all kinds butter, eggs, poultry, potatoes, etc., besides their rural building and loan association, mutual fire insur ance, clubs of Uiiited Farm Women, etc.. etc. 1 The same plan has now been adopt ed 'with good results by a group of Clinton. S. C, farmers. Forty of them who wished to find out more abpiit the famous alfalfa, farms around. Rock Hill, S. C, made a trip to Rock Hill recently. The Editor of the Rock Hill Record sends us an interesting ac count of their trip as follows: "First of all, an automobile tour was jnade of the most progressive farms m the section. These included Win throp College farm, T. L. Johnston's cattle farm, Jno. T. Roddey's cattle and alfalfa farm, and ; others The most pleasing and educational obser vations were made at the beautiful alfalfa fields of Mr. Cherry, the creamery at Winthrop Farm, which nas been manufacturing the Gutter trom cream collected from the new cream route the Chamber of Com merce started some months ago, and tne various types of beef and dairy cattle which were studied by all. At one o'clock the crowds of visi ts and hoie people retired to the -Brk, wllcre the Chamber of Com merce served a barbecue and bruns . ,'ck s,tclv dinner, an address, of wel come being, made by President Rod C i? rother address was made by . k. W eeks, Professor of Agricul t"re,"Mhe College, on alfalfa. Prof. As!'-1 at the head of the Alfalfa Relation., which has over 200 mem-, m the two Carolinas, and which tLTion has saved - many inX 1 S ?f d0llars its members sav lrrchase of lime and 'seed; to .t-y nothing .0f the advice furnished Mr V i p,ant the wonderful crop. spo'U P' cashier of a local bank, has a L !? i 6 llberal policy his banK inoncvTiln;thematter of lendin with vb-i tarmers without security ho?s nnH ,t0 3eSin raising pure-bred HCOnsidered t a g00d $1,500 wni rhaVC the bank buV bulls an,? . Pure"bred Hereford fent nL1 the farrs in dif HiH Peontl'i the country free. Rock the Li !e learned a great deal from 8- too, as, Mr. Hams, a famous, potato - raiser - from" Clint oT gave his experiences in detail. The conference was entirely informal and all indulged in free and full discussion of the different matters brought up. At 3:30 p. m. a tour of inspection was made of Winthrop College grounds and buildings. It was quite a treat for these men to see the larg est girl's .school-in-the-Southand'Dr7 Johnson, the President, spared noth ing to make their inspection pleasant and profitable. He stated that 600 girls of ihet 1,500 applying had to be turned away: for lack of dormitory room. "The balance of the afternoon after 4:30 was spent on the streets and in the club rooms of the city, the visitors getting acquainted with a large num ber of citizens who were always on hand to show them around and ex tend the "Good Town's" welcome. At 5:45 the visitors left for Clinton, many of them claiming that the day had been enjoyed as much as any day of their lives." (17) 909 i THE RIGHT SORT OF COUNTY UNION MEETING Practical Subjects Discussed, Good Music and Bountiful Dinners Pro vided, and Neighborliness and Co operation Encouraged ''THE Farmers'. Union in Buncombe A is up and busy and one good way to keep it going we find, is to hold our county meetings out in the rural communities, instead of in toWn. There was such a meeting held on the 11th inst., at Hemphill, a good community in this county, which was a success in every particular. The people turned out by wagon, carriage and buggy load; and still others by horseback, muleback and footback; so when the time for open ing came the hill was covered with men, women, girls, boys and babies all in their best "bib and tucker" and full of the picnic spirit. The subject selected for discussion was, "winter cover crops as a means of soil building"; which was opened for round table discussion and quite a number of farmers spoke giving their ideas of the best cover crops and their importance as soil conser vators, etc. All these short talks were interspersed with popular music by the local string band, which added greatly to the pleasure of the occa sion. Then came dinner, and "such a dinner! The ladies surely did prove themselves past masters in the culin ary arts. , Everything good to eat that a man could think of, and then all else a woman could think of be sides, was spread-before us. After this the Union went into executive ses sion in the hall over the Union store which is doing a very satisfactory business at this place. , Then followed the inevitable base ball game which closed the events of the day. We think such meetings well worth the while. Being open to all we have a great many attending who are not members of the Union and have a chance to get closer to them and thus build sentiment among young and old in favor of farmers' organizations, promote fellowship and a better co operative spirit and at the same'time serves as a means of bringing coun try folks, together in social inter course a thing all too uncommon in the past. " These monthly- meetings rotate from one section to another during the summer and fall months, at each of which some timely subject relat ing to good farming is selected be foretime for discussion, hence are educational as well as social ancTen tertaining. E. D. WEAVER. Buncombe County, N C. e meeting . Dr. Poe makes out a strong case and we hope no reader of The jRobesoniaj t will over look reading his article. TV hen you get through reading his article 71" with him that "twelve-cent prices are Jus tifled by the world's demands by the crop outlook by the financial condition of the Country, and by the opportunities now af forded by the Federal Reserve system. -Lumberton Robesonian. Your OpDortunitv in Olflnhnmn laiustasblgrasyou care EriS and berrlea ar prolific and every kind yields largely. Tho rainfall la .abundant, winters aro abort.. W. offer actual aettlen good averag-a farmland, at tna .$816 $12 An Acre Six Years to Pay .Land that will mnVa An vr.,t,i ' ma t - i , A w w ma acre or Detter an witnm X to 10 miles or llvo rall- aS?Jv,, r 0ttOwn; Berthananyfreelandproposition. Write us for full particular, ana our. bix year payment plan. Our new Bookiafc "vnr nnnnr,inifV i - rues v. wvuivj iu vAiouvMiwi 0uv auM SOUTHERN LAND & TO WNSITE COMPANY. Homer Molynenx, Agent, 106 Main Street, Broken Bow. Oklahoma, J More than 100,000 Southern housewives say it is the best range ever built. Made of copper bearing iron, asbestos lined, hidden pipe triple wall. Keeps heat Inside, maintains even temperature, nanay warming closets, not water and other apparatus. Ashless oven and other patented features. Write today for our free Illustrated catalog and see for yourself what it will mean to have one of our A m IS ALLEN RANGES COPPER 1 ii h U K 1 X. In your kitchen a rancre von dont have tn watch- Dakes oulckiy and uniformly--thoi'out?hIy deoend- able.. It does not fill the kltchan with stif Una. haaL T)! 1 M U L II .-111 L. if Dmiig uiauo vi- uuyyei -uuu.1 ixik uxui, iv win uui iuKb nor Duru UUU- like the cheao mail croods and other makes but will (five von a llfotlma of service and satisfaction. Mrs. Sidney Clarke, Jr.v of Shawnee, Okla., says: "It has no eaual." So does everyone else.. Write for catalog today, giving name of your favorite stove dealer. ALLEN: MANUFACTURING CO., 306 Tenth Street, Nashville, Tenner LEE COUNTY ARKANSAS No Section affords more attractive inducements and larger returns to the farmer, laborer or any industrious person, than does Lee County, the "Opportunity County" of Arkansas. Climate ideal; health almost perfect; fertile soil; good water. Our cleared land is productive in abundance of Wheat, Corn, Oats, Alfalfa, Clover, Cotton, all Grains and Grasses.- Fruit growing equal to any section., Exceptional inducements and ' opportunities offered the small farmer, Good roads lead to markets that pay the highest prices for the farmer's prod ucts. For any information wanted, address G, S. BRICKEY, Secy., Marianna Commercial Club, Marianna, Ark. "SEE LEE COU NT "V FIRST." FRED REPPERT Livestock Auctioneer Decatur, bid. Have a wiie acquaintance among breeders in every State in the Union. Write early for dates, as I sell nearly every day in the sale season., Lee County to Hold Cotton and Cot ton Seed LEE County Union has made ar rangements with the banks of the county, to secure money on cotton, and hold for Ul2 cents and to try as far as possible to sell in larger lots. Also to hold -seed and not sell for less than 40 cents, but we do not advise selling, at all, thinking it best to ex change' for meal, thereby keeping 'what little potash, we have for 'an other crop. , ; ; Through the untiring efforts of the county demonstration agent quite a number of farmers are putting in bur clover this fall, and The Progressive Farmer is doing its part in giving in structions for sowing. I. L. SHAW, Secretary. Lee County, N. C. The three counties between the Roanoke and Chowan Northampton, Bertie and Hert fordhave set' a splendid example of coop eration to the rest of the state. For nearly 20 years these three counties have cooper ated in the matter of fire insurance, and as a result nearly all farm property is insured, whereas before the organization of this mu tual association it was a rare thing for a farmer to insure his property. And the knutual associations in the state have caused the old Hne insurance companies to lower their rates. Roanoke-Chowan Times. 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C (See other Livestock ads on pages 11 and 21 When writing to advertisers, say: "I ara writing you as an advertiser in The Progret slve Farmer, which guarantees the reliability of all advertising It carries."
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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