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Thursday, May 9, 1912.] THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER Page Seven directory of officers. National Officers Farmers’ Union. President—Chas. S. Barrett, Union City, Georgia. Vice-President—W. R. Calllcotte, Denver. Colorado. Secretary-Tt-easurer—Alex Davis, Rogers, Arkansas. A. Morris, Chairman Bxecutlve Com- ^iHtee, Sulllgent, Alabama. State Officers Farmers’ Union. President—H. Q. Alexander, Route 17, Matthews. Vice-President—J. M. Templeton, Cary. Secretary-Treasurer—E. C. Falres, Aber- Jeen. State Business Agent—J. R. Rives, San ford. State Organizer—J. Z. Green, Marshvllle. Executive Committee—W. B. Gibson. J^halrman, Statesville; I. P. Coggins, Bear ^reek; C. C. Wright, Hunting Creek; W. H. loore, Falkland; W. G. Crowder, Cary. Newspaper Committee—C. C. Wright ^halrman; W. S. Pharr, I. P. Coggins, W. H "loore, J. R. Rives. County Union Meetings. County Union Meetings will be held at time s and places mentioned below: Anson County, at Wadesboro, last Monday each month. Union County, at Monroe, first Monday In ®ach month. In Eavle County, at Mocksvllle, first Saturday each month. Scotland County, at Laurlnburg first Mon- In each month. Caldwell County Union meets on first Sat- ,|^£e,y In each month, alternately with the QifTerent locals. Powan County, at the court-house at '^llsbury, last Saturday In each month, 1 “clock p. m. Warren County, second Thursday In each ‘’’onth. Wilkes County, at Wllkesboro, first Mon- C-y In each month, 2 o’clock p. m. Pitt County, second Saturday In each **tonth. Wayne County, at Goldsboro, on Satur- ^y before second Sunday In each month. Person County, first Monday In each '^onth. Person County, first Monday In each cnth In court-house at Roxboro. I Alleghany County meets In court-house , Sparata first Monday In February, May, t>8ust, and November. ^Hocklngham, at the court-house In Went- ®rth, on the last Saturday In January, ®M1, July, and October. Iredell County, first Saturdays In January. *’•■11. July, and October, at Statesville. . Halifax County, second Saturday In each ^'onth. f '^ance County Union meets Saturday be- second Sunday In each month. Sat Huliford County Union meets on the first ^rday In every month. ®th arnett County, second Tuesday In every ®r month—always at Lllllngton. ,jg^°lumbus County, at Chadbourn, Thurs- ^ before fifth Sunday In each month. (,Qp*'®'Ven County Farmers’ Union meets at ».“I"I'house In New Bern second Saturday In month. 4^^®-®Well County second Saturday In May, ®^st, and November. County—every second Saturday, ^®ld* *•" Ir* court-house at Smlth- Dart Q j J 6(1 tQ gjyg each class in the Col- cj ® a plot of ground and see which could make the greatest amount 6a ^ definite amount of land, b M class having the same condi- ® PS far as possible. Each class ® Siven three-tenths of an acre of RESULTS FROM TRUCK EX PERIMENTS AT A. & M. ^Pst spring the Agricultural De ment of the A. & M. College de- md Hu ’ with the same amount of ma- and fertilizer. These classes oj from their plots $175.24 worth The largest amount was ti-Q^ from the Junior Class $61.23 Of fhree-tenths of an acre of land, ^^4.10 per acre. The next high- tjj^^Piount was sold from the Senior acf^^'fenths $57.54, or $191.80 per ■I'j 'fhe Freshman Class sold $39- •Sq their three-tenths, or $132 ^6r acre. The lowest amount was the Preparatory students. liOf for the three-tenths, or $16.00 Thr*- students grew every kind of ^loh could be grown in this sec- ^ih Of the State. The greatest of money from a single crop '^0 by the Junior Class $24- one-twentieth of an acre of $484 per acre; the next Was from squash, then fol- SMITH-LEVER FARM DE3ION- STRATION MEASURE. After an extended hearing and ma ture deliberation the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Repre sentatives has reported unanimously in favor of the agricultural extension bill introduced in the House by Con gressman Lever and in the Senate by Senator Hoke Smith, and known gen erally as the Smith-Lever agricultural extension bill. Some of the most able and qualified authorities in the coun try had appeared before the House and Senate Committees in advocacy of the measure, which provides for the extension of the work of the State Agricultural College direct to the in dividual farmer. The measure has been prepared by the President of the National Soil Fertility League, in conjunction with the Executive Com mittee of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experi ment Stations and Congressman Le ver. In his report of the committees en dorsement and recommendation for passage of the bill, Mr. Lever reviews the measure at length. He describes the object of the bill as bringing the facts and scientific truths direct to the farmer on his own farm and ex pressed the committee’s belief that the bill is the “next logical step to give this country the most compre hensive system of governmental aid to agriculture in the world.’’ Under the provisions, a competent and skill ed farm demonstrator, selected by and within the jurisdiction at all times of the State Agricultural Col lege, is to be maintained in every agricultural community of the land. He is a public servant, co-operating with the individual farmer in solving the problems of the soil, reducing the cost of production, establishing a higher standard of farm efficiency and placing’ farming where it belongs, among the most dignified and attrac tive avocations. Each State is to receive the sum of $10,000, which remains a perma nent annual item, regardless of the attitude of the individual States. Then the latter shall receive from the Government an equal amount as ap propriated by such State for this work. With the general adoption of the plan, every agricultural county in the country will, in a few years, have its farm demonstrator. This plan it is believed will double the net income of the farmer, by increasing the yield and decreasing the cost of production. It will build up a perma nent agriculture and maintain the fertility of the soil. The committee submits a table showing the total population of the United States by. States and the total rural population by States, and the amount of these additional sums to which each State_will be entitled un der the basis of allotment as provid ed in the bill when the act shall ma ture at the end of ten years, to which must be added for each State the sum of $10,000 unconditionally appropri ated. The table is as follows: Total Per total Am’t appro- Total rural rural pop- priation al- popii- popu- ulatifu in U. lotted each lation. lation. S. by States. State. United States States . . . . . . . 91,972,266 49,348,883 57.7 $3,000,000 Alabama . ... 2,138093 1,767,662 3.58 107,400 Arizona 204,354 141,094 .29 8,700 Arkansas ... 1,574,449 1,371,768 2.78 83,400 California ... 2,377,549 907,810 1.84 55,200 Colorado 799,024 394,184 .80 24,000 Connecticutt ... 1,114,756 114,917 .23 6,900 Delaware 202,322 105,237 .21 6,300 Florida 752,619 533,539 1.08 32,400 Georgia ... 2,609,121 2,070,471 4.19 125,700 Idaho 325,594 255,696 .52 15,600 Illinois ... 5,638,591 2,161,662 4.38 131,400 Indiana . . . 2,700,876 1,557,041 3.16 94,800 Iowa ... 2,224,771 1,544,717 3.13 93,900 Kansas . . . 1,690,949 1,107,159 2.43 72,900 Ken tuck V . . . 2,289,905 1,734,463 3.51 105,300 T ovisiana . . . 1,656,388 1,159,872 2.35 70,500 Maine 742,371 360,928 .73 21,900 Marvland . . . 1,295,346 637,154 1.29 38,700 Massachusetts ... 3.366,416 241,049 .49 14,700 Michigan ... 2,810,173 1,483,129 3.01 90,300 Minnesota . . . 2,075,708 1,225,414 2.48 74,400 Mississippi ... 1,797,114 1,589,803 3.22 96,600 Missouri . . . 3,293,335 1,894,518 3.84 115,200 Montana 376,053 242,633 .49 14,700 Nebraska ... 1,192,214 881,362 1.79 53,700 Nevada 81,875 68,508 .14 4,200 New Hampshire 430,572 175,473 .35 10,500 New .Jersey . . . 2,537,167 629,957 1.28 38,400 New York ... 9,113,614 1,928,120 3.91 117,300 New Mexico . . . . 327,301 280,730 .57 17,100 North Carolina . . . 2.206,287 1,887,813 3.83 114,900 North Dakota 577,056 513,820 1.04 31,200 Ohio ... 4,767,121 2,101,978 4.26 127,800 Oklahoma . . . 1,657,155 1,337,000 2.71 81,300 Oregon 672,765 365,705 .74 22,200 Pennsylvania ... 7,665,111 3,034,422 6.15 184,500 Rhode Island 542,610 17,956 .04 1,200 South Carolina . . . 1,515,400 1,290,568 2.62 78,600 South Dakota 583,888 507,215 1.03 30,900 Tennessee ... 2,184,789 1,743,744 3.53 105,900 Texas . . . 3,896,542 2,958,438 5.99 179,700 Utah 373,351 200,417 .41 12,300 Vermont 355,956 187,013 .38 11,400 Virginia ... 2,061,612 1,585,083 3.21 96,300 Washington ... 1,141,990 536,460 1.08 32,400 West Virginia ... 1,121,119 992,877 2.01 60,300 Wisconsin ... 2,333.860 1,329,540 2.69 80,700 Wyoming 145,965 102,744 .21 6,300 lowed cabbage. It is interesting to note that the highest yields were got ten by the higher classes. A. B. Kim ball, of this city, gave a prize of $25 to the class that had the best plot. It was awarded by a committee from the Board of Trustees to the Junior Class before anything had been sold. The classes are enthusiastic over their venture of last spring students and they are now preparing to beat their records of last year and are FARMERS’ UNION BUYERS’ COLUMN. Under this head we will print the names and business of dealers and manufacturers who are authorized to furnish supplies and implements to members of the Farmers’ Union at wholesale prizes according; to con tract, and any Farmers’ Union Local can save money by buying direct from these people. KITSELMAN BROS., Muncie, Ind. wire Fencing. UNION ‘COTTON BAGGING CO., Norfolk, Va. Bagging, Ties, Bag Cloth, Etc. THE FEDERAL CHEMICAL CO., Columbia, Tenn. Finely Ground Tennessee Phosphate Rock. ADAMS GRAIN & PROVISION CO., Charlotte, Richmond, and Fayetteville. Grain, Provisions, Flour, Hay-Feeds, Field Seed.s. Meats, Lard, Groceries, etc. PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS’ ALLIANCE. 231-241' S. Market Street, Chicago, Ill. MADE-TO-ORDER CLOTHING. UNION COTTON BAGGING COR PORATION. Bagging, Ties, Bag Cloth. Norfolk, Va. Spartanburg, S. C. THE SPOTLESS COMPANY, Richmond, Va. “The South’s Mall Order House.’’ Sewing Machines, Washing Machines, Bi cycles, Furniture, Wire Fencing, Barb Wire, Roofing, Paints, Stoves, Pumps, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Cooking Utensils, Watch es, Cultivators, Harrows, Mowers, Rakes, Plows, and all home and farm supplies. Farmers’ Union Badges, Watch Fobs, Minute Books, Receipts Books for Dues and Fees, Initiation Trees, Ballot Boxes, Gav els, etc. Write for price list. UNION SUPPLY COMPANY, Marshvllle, N. C. THE WAKEFIELD FAR>lS, Charlotte, N. C., Cannot accept any more orders for Sweet Potato Plants until about May 25th. They have Earliana, June Pink, Matchless, Stone, Beauty, and Ponderosa Tomato plants at $2.50 per 1,000, by express; 50 cents per 100 by mall. eagerly awaiting the coming of plant ing weather. The classes grew two crops on each plot.—Greensboro Daily News. HUMOROUS. Only One Friend. Whiner—I have only one friend on earth—my dog. Joker—Why don’t you get another dog? * * * A New Version. Speaking about chickens and spring gardening and the earnest wish that it might be made a hanging crime to allow chickens to be such scratching nuisances, Johnny came into the of fice this morning looking excessively mad and mean and perpetrated the following, a la: “They gotta quit kickin’ my dwag around’.’’ “Every time I plant a seed The chickens start diggin’ it up for feed: Makes no diff’rence if it is seed. They gotta’ quit diggin’ it up for feed.’’ —Lumberton Robesonian, * * * Got a Free Show. It was during a street fair in a Georgia town. The star attraction was a horse with five legs. It cost a dime to see him. A man with fifteen children stop ped outside. The barker urged him to buy a ticket. “I can’t afford it. I’ve got fifteen children.’’ “What’s that?’’ gasped the aston ished show-man. “Are all these chil dren yours?” “Yes, sir; every one.” “Wait a minute,” yelled the barker to the father of fifteen. “You stand right here—I want to bring the horse out to see you.” ' ’
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