Agriculture and industry shift with new methods and crops
The piece urges stricter farming standards, smarter premium incentives, and rejecting impractical curiosities. It notes cedar oil production from tree branches as a growing, profitable practice and praises modern machinery. It highlights agriculture as a demanding field needing deep study, with summer sumac leaf collection for dyeing and tanning, and imports of nearly 200 tons from southern Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Virginia
Carolinas
Europe
How to Give Medicine to a Cow and Build a Compost Pen
Prof McIntosh explains a simple cow medicine method with a two person approach using nostril insertion and careful dosage. The article then extols benefits of vegetable matter in soil and manure composting, detailing a 12 by 16 foot pen to store and rot barnyard waste for a two horse farm, with cost savings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. McIntosh
How to Save Home Made Manure in a Farm Pen
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer from Raleigh North Carolina describes an economical, do it yourself manure pen to save barnyard waste and household waste. It outlines a simple log pen roofed with split boards and a drainage trench to store stable manure litter night soil ashes and other organics. The article includes planting guidance for broom corn seed with recommended row and hill spacing and notes on cultivation practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuos
Raleigh, N. C
The Cause of Potato Scab and Its Remedy
Scientists attribute potato scab mainly to the bacteroid fungus found by Thaxter. Soaking seed tubers in corrosive sublimate solution reduces infection, but soil type and manure influence scab. Rhode Island trials show lime, ashes, and manures can raise scab, while gypsum and certain salts lower it. A rotation avoiding beets and cabbages may help. Additionally, the Boston Herald links free silver factions to Republican defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaxter
Rhode Island
Wheeler and
Tucker
National Farmers Alliance and State Alliances Directory
List of leaders and officers for the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the North and South Carolina State Alliances. Names include Willetts Snavely Dunstan Loucks Dean Demming and many others. notes on executive committees judiciary and state agents with papers to uphold the Ocala platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee F. Willetts
Topeka
H. C. Snavely
Lebanon
Col. D. P. Dunsan
Columbia
8. C
H. L. Loucks
Huron
Mann Page
Brandon
Virginia
I. E. Dean
Honeoye Falls
New York
H. O. Demming
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Marion Butler
Raleigh
N. C
R. A
CERTS
Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
Cyrus Thompson
Richlands
D. C
Jno
Greensporo
N.C
Jas. E. Lyon
Durham
A. D. K. Wallace
Rutherforton
T. Ivey
Hilsboro
Trustee Businessey Fund
W. A. Graham
Machpelah
North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
A. F. Hileman
N. Gi
C. Englich
Trinity, N
James M. Mewborne
Kinson
State Alliance Judiciary Committee
John Brady
Gatesville
Dr. J
Harrell
Whiteville
T. J. Candler
Acton
Strawberries For Fruiting From Clean, Rich Soil
O W Blacknash of Kittrell NC outlines spring steps to boost strawberry yields. Subdue weeds with shallow cultivation, carefully hoe between plants, apply about 500 pounds per acre of potash rich fertilizer, and mulch with pine needles or chopped straw. Use well-rotted manure and ashes if available, spreading before growth begins or just before rain if delayed. Keep fields clean and well manured for best rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Blacknash
Kittrell
N.C
Poultry Yard Poultry Raising in the South and How to Make It Pay
An extended Progressive Farmer piece argues the South can dominate U S poultry and egg supply with a cooperative system. It urges incubators over hens, rail access for cheap rates, and regional firms to hatch, contract, and standardize high quality stock for top markets like Chicago. The plan emphasizes fattening, hygiene, year round egg and duckling sales, and avoiding competition in favor of cooperation to lift prices. The author predicts a hundredfold growth to a thousand million dollars and invites farmers to join experimental farms and co operative leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
United States
Biddy
Express
Southern Poultry Company
Chicago
Reddera
Tuk
James Murdo
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Progressive Farmer
Boston Herald
Herald
Brockton Diamond
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Orth Carolina Reform Press Association
J. L._ Ramsey
W. S
Arazs
State Organ
Mercers
Hickory
Battier
Whitakers
Our Home
Beaver Dam
Lumberton
Fassi
Charlotte
Concord
Wade
Bryson City
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