21 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1896
Page
1
A scanned roster lists officers and members of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and affiliated state alliances. Names include presidents treasurers and secretaries from North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Alabama with regional committees and affiliated press association editors.
A town newspaper urges farmers to reduce cotton and tobacco and instead plant corn potatoes and other crops. It warns against plutocracy and stresses citizen duties including reading about current questions and voting. Advice covers soil improvement, fertilizing, grazing, and careful tree planting from nurseries.
The article discusses silage as a summer feeding option and advocates early spring planting of Southern white ensilage corn for better maturation. It notes rye plowing after corn harvest, intensive farming, and contrasts with general farming practices while urging soil richness and careful field preparation. It also covers road funding in New Jersey and a weekly weather crop bulletin for April 11 1896 describing dry, cool conditions and planting progress across districts.
The text outlines hop farming costs for five acres including soil setup with 750 hills per acre, 1500 hops poles, and gear such as boxes, a hop press, a hop kiln, sacking and baling. It notes potential yields of about 2000 pounds per acre and operating costs around 8 to 10 cents per pound with an average market price of 25 cents per pound over six years.
The passage argues farmers are underrepresented in Congress where agriculture, the biggest commerce, is ignored by lawmakers from the plow. It urges farmers to seize political power, noting government credit relies on farming and warning that farmers surrender both politics and government.
A wet soil holds more water and becomes visibly darker as it saturates. Observers note increasing darkness from dry to saturated states, with a dry soil appearing lighter and moisture content rising as saturation occurs.
Early season guidance on brooding chicks, stressing free range in warm weather and protected coops in cold. Advices include dry sheds, hay under coops, wire mesh openings, ample greens and sand, grit first, sods, and moderate feeding six to eight times daily. Milk, millets, corn and oats mixed with buttermilk suggested. avoid overfeeding and give room as they age.
Estimates place at least 10 100 wild hogs in the Colorado River valley. A failed colonial attempt left hogs to breed in the wild. Coyotes are their main threat, with hogs thriving on pasture water and gardens. Feeding should be controlled, corn avoided, oats and peas ground with water to mimic milk. Breeding sows need milk when possible.
A frightened customer confronts a salesman over claims about a machine, insisting deception occurred. After witnesses and a circular, she admits being misled and apologizes. The piece also notes pasture value versus cultivation, with remarks on the People's party shifting public sentiment and farmers’ outlook.
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