21 Feb 1893
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1893
Page
1
A detailed roster lists officers and executive members of the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance and related bodies, naming presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, and committee chairs across multiple counties. It also discusses dairy reform through the Jersey cow, its impact on milk quality, year round production, and the broader economic implications for farmers and households.
A letter from Heap of Porno, N C, discusses public concern over the banking bill in the legislature. The writer, while no expert, argues prosperity rests on proper money distribution, critiques financial obscurity, and cites reading reform papers for enlightenment while outlining beliefs about notes and security behind currency.
J H Hale, a leading peach grower in New England, answers questions after a Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture address. He advises chemical fertilizers, heavy annual application of bone meal and muriate of potash, prefers sulphate of potash for color, shortens new wood in spring, and notes 90 percent buds die in winter yet profitable thinning yields high value fruit.
A dated treatise argues that wealth producers live hand to mouth, selling crops before harvest to meet mortgage interest and taxes. It warns of drought’s human cost, condemns Wall Street finance, and demands lowering interest rates to save farmers and national prosperity.
A Topeka banker warns Governor Lewelling and blocks new administration financing, signaling plutocratic meddling. The Kansas Commoner links banker arrogance to capitalists and real estate sharks, urging reform against autocratic capital. Other items note costs of congressional funerals and eulogies, estimating waste at around 100,000 dollars per death across a session.
The article notes irrigation boosts yields in Douglass county Col 43 000 fruit trees watered by a single company. It mentions a mythical sorrowful tree in India and South America with night blooming flowers. It also claims Spaniards plant peaches roadside by foot digging holes to bury seeds, enriching roadside fruit growth.
The executive committee of the North Carolina Farmers' Alliance answers J S Bell's article on the Business Agency Fund. Graham, trustee, defends the fund as properly managed, notes bond security, quarterly and annual reports, and stresses no misuse or political loans. He urges newspapers to publish the denial to counter insinuations. Machpelah, N C February 13 1893.
Stock gossip surveys disease in England and rising funds for Columbian livestock. It notes Dexter and Kerry cattle groups in England, Indiana’s Gov Mathews as Berkshire breeder, Spain bullfights with 1600 bulls slain, and 1892 Britain beef imports. It covers World’s Fair sheep classes, Dutch Belted Cattle meeting in Boston, Atlantic port cattle exports, and Jersey cows prepping for dairy contests. It reports cattle wintering well in Texas and deer acclimating to Pennsylvania and New York farms amid deep snows.
Alamance County Alamance Alliance held a county meeting with nearly every Sub-Alliance represented. Speakers urged upholding Alliance principles and resisting monopoly, stating the oppressed toilers deserve support and the fight is not over. Fraternally yours, Jeremiah W. Hort.
New York Experiment Station reports on preserving eggs using salt, bran, and wiping with antiseptics. Eggs packed in salt after wiping vaseline with salicylic acid kept four to five months with better quality than limed or bran packed eggs. Fertile eggs showed little difference in storage and origin.
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