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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1894
Page
7
A Raleigh letter recounts updated egg and poultry shipping plans after faults in handling. It details inspecting crates, discarding dirty or small eggs, and moving to a guaranteed shipment system via Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston brokers to maintain high prices.
State agency lists offerings for undertakers including linings hardware caskets cloth covered and metallic raised top and plain, burial robes for all ages. Also directs egg shipments to Boston via Richmond and Danville Road and Norfolk routes, warns against express due to high rates. January 6 1894.
An important notice appeals to Alliance members with unpaid fertilizer notes from the Durham Fertilizer Company. It praises the company for leniency during a downturn and urges immediate payment to honor debts and support the Alliance and the supplier.
A business notice urges the recipient to send any due sums at once to the fertilizer company. It emphasizes benefits for spring shipments and credit for the debtor, stating fertilizers are ready for spring trade and promising continued accommodation. Signed by W. H. Wouth and S. A.
Executive Committee mandates that all orders bear the Alliance seal. Brethren should carry stamped sheets when the Business Agent is unavailable. Rulings must be obeyed. First price current issued by late January for the brotherhood and sent to Secretaries and then to Business Agents.
Brethren are urged to obtain specific market directions before shipping poultry and to hold stock until late January or early February when markets are best. Eggs should be packed in Raleigh crates and sent via Norfolk to Boston. after January 1, 1894 orders must bear the Alliance seal and be filled only for Alliancemen.
Fraternal officers outline orders for shipping eggs in designated boxes by Order members only. Details cover crate numbers and shipment dates, use of stencil, and avoidance of Alliance imagery. Shipping routes advised via Richmond & Danville R R and M. and M. Steamboat Line with cautions on express rates.
Guidance on killing and dressing poultry to avoid discoloration and spoilage. Warns against scalding and wet picking, describes post kill handling, drawing of the skin, removing neck bone, and keeping gizzard and heart. Recommends cold packing, no straw, paper lining, and 100 to 200 pound boxes with tight, orderly packing.
State Alliance Business Agency with Bro S Otho Wilson outlines buying guano selling products and packing eggs. Meetings in Warrenton Henderson Oxford Roxboro Hillsboro Graham Reidsville Lexington Statesville Newton Lenoir Morgan Marion Marshall Asheville with instructions on egg packing shipping and crate assembly. Participants urged to attend and prepare crates and boxes for eggs.
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