North Carolina and National Farmers' Alliances and Reform Notes
The Progressive Farmer reports leaders and committees for the National Farmers' Alliance, and details farm fertility strategies. It cites North Carolina officials, articles by Cow PERS, and agricultural guidance on cow peas and clover to restore depleted land with potash and phosphates, plus drill-planting methods and crop rotations. The aim is soil rehabilitation and increased yields, urging adoption across states.
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Bryan Tyson
Book farming and the role of agricultural journals
The article argues against prejudice toward reading agricultural papers and promotes journals as a study tool. It compares books to a refractor behind a lamp, extending understanding beyond oral hints and encouraging farmers to learn principles and apply them across varying conditions.
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Agricultual
Agricultural Journal
Practical farm tips from a bygone era on crops and dairy
Agricultural notes urge planting Irish potatoes promptly to secure market lead, advise avoiding handling dairy products with hands, and promote using crude petroleum for wagon iron. It cites Kansas wheat rotation yields, dairy and feed practices, and whey values, framing farm improvement as key to enduring prosperity.
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Kansas
Pennsylvania
Poultry Yard February Preparations For Breeding And Housing
February marks breeding stock selection nest box overhaul and hatch planning. Use brooders for large hatch counts and separate breeding hens from the main flock. Purify poultry houses to control lice and mites, whitewash walls, and ensure proper egg handling for early hatchings. March stays wet so keep yards dry and fowls comfortable.
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Pruning Guide for Fruit Orchards and Berry Bushes
Practical winter pruning guidance from Joseph Meehan and Massachusetts Plowman. Emphasizes keeping trees well formed, removing excess branches, and pruning timing for apples pears plums cherries peaches grapes currants and gooseberries to improve future yields and tree health.
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Joseph Meehan
Germantown
Butter Prices and Dairy Outlook in 1896 and 1897
A Clinton Iowa dairy note surveys butter prices through 1896, noting a May drop and low year end, with eggs and dairy products as remaining profitable. It urges culling poor cows, feeding better, and boosting per cow production to ride price cycles, hoping 1897 improves as grain prices stay low and cheese markets strengthen.
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National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Mann Page
Brandon
Va. Aon
GC. Snavely
Leba. i
R. A. Southart
Denver
Col
R. A. Southworth
Colo
North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
Cyrus Thompson
Richlands
N. C
Jno
Jas. E. Lyon
Durham
A. D. K. Wallace
Rutherfordton
T. Ivey
Hilsboro
Business Fund
W.eee Gudecan
North Carolina Farmers’ State
A. F. Hileman
Concord
N. English
Trinity
James M. Mewborne
Kinson
State Alliance Judiciary Committee
John Brady
Gatesville
J.P. Harrell
Whiteville
TJ. Candler
Acton
North Carolina Reform Press Association
Lee L. Ramsey
Iveraony
Yarion Butler
Barnes
Veemreemive Farmer
Rat Mercury
Sattler
Yar
Vestiba
Carolina Watchman
Ocala
Flst
Raieisa
Hickory
Whitakers
Beaver Dam
Lumberton
Charlotte
Wayne
Burgees, Miss
Raleigh, N.C
Agriculture
Ensilige
Wisconsin Experiment Station
T. B. Terry
Ozark
Missouri
Greenfield
Massachusetts
Lthh Dairy
Clinton
Iowa
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