North Carolina Farmers’ Alliances and Reform Papers List
A list of leaders and officers in the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance. Includes presidents, secretaries, judiciary members, and committees, with names and cities. Also names state alliance journals and reform paper affiliations and distribution notes.
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National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Carolina Reform Press Association
J. L. Eeeets Gores Butler
Ww. S
Paletech
Beaver Dam
Lumberton
Qoope
Charlotte
Improve farm management and tobacco handling for profits
Advice urges strict farm accounting from January 1 and per-animal cost tracking. Emphasizes accurate records to identify leaks and set profitable sale prices. Notes Short Horn breeders creating a separate dairy class to boost dairy quality while maintaining beef traits.
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England
South America
Australia
India
Russia
Egypt
Europe
Remedy for Wild Onions by Rotational Cropping and Smother Crops
ANC practical method to eliminate wild onions involves a short rotation and smother crops. Plow before topset formation, sow field peas two bushels per acre, cut for hay, harrow, and plant August crimson clover with winter oats. After haying, plant corn then winter oats and red clover. by oat harvest the onions are largely gone.
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Lewiston
N. C
W. F. Massey
North Carolina Experiment Station
Southern lands offer greater annual revenue at lower cost
The Southern States Magazine argues that no acre in the South yields less annually than top Northern lands yet costs far less. With millions of acres available, land in states like Iowa Ohio and New York fetches 30 to 100 dollars an acre while Southern land can be had for 2 to 10 dollars. As population grows via immigration, prices will rise and Northern farmers should consider relocating to the South for higher income and greater comfort.
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Idaho
California
Iowa
Ohio
New York
Southern States Magazine
MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR THE COMING FARM YEAR
January offers a quiet time to review last year and plan the next. Failures and successes deserve equal weight, with lessons from failures often more memorable and pocketbook sensitive. Climate governs farming, so general rules yield to principles guiding moisture conservation in dry years and against excess rain in wet years, per Southern planter.
Bees in Winter Protection Advice for Honeybees
A Farm and Fireside correspondent warns bees are not like polar bears and need protection to survive winter. Provide dry insulation in hollow hive chambers and surround hives with corn fodder while ensuring bees can exit on warm days.
Beekeeping Tip Encourages Winter Shelter for Bees
A practical note advises placing a larger box with dry material around the hive to create an exit and cover it rainproof. It suggests that winter protection will comfort the bees during storms and may spark family interest in beekeeping, potentially leading to future income.
Pollinizers for Large Berry Horticulture Varieties
O. W. Blacknall notes progress in producing productive staminate pollinizers for pistillate strawberry varieties. After years of testing, Woolverton Tennessee Prolific Gandy Belle and Lady Thompson best match pistillates like Greenville, offering rich pollen, effective pollination, and large berries without diluting market value. These four varieties are profitable when pistillates are not planted.
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Wilson
Greenville & Co
Woolverton
Tennessee
Gandy Belle
Lady Thompson
O. W. Blacknall
A NEW CABBAGE PEST REPORTED IN KITTRELL
Kittrell North Carolina reports the cabbage maggot, anthomyia brassica, a destructive pest of cabbage and other cruciferous crops. The worm damages roots and stems causing yellowing and stunting, with the fly breeding through summer and overwintering as pupae in field stumps. Remedies include deep plowing, lime or potash dressings, and kerosene emulsion injections near base of affected plants.
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Europe
United States
Kerosene emulsion for crop pests described by expert
Gerald McCarthy of the North Carolina Experiment Station outlines a kerosene emulsion recipe to protect crops from onion maggots and burrowing insects. The method requires hard soap water and kerosene mixed into a thick cream, diluted before use, with care to avoid leaf contact.
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Gerald McCarthy
N. C. Experiment Station
Poultry Department Established at North Carolina Station
The Experiment Station of North Carolina creates a poultry department, under an expert poultryman, to investigate and report on North Carolina's potential as a poultry region and breed adaptability for the Northern market, with commendations for the move and a note on bright prospects for North Carolina and Virginia farmers.
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Experiment Station
North Carolina
Virginia
Waste Not Meat for Poultry in Country Flocks
A historic note urges using all meat for poultry feed every year noting wasted meat from horses and other sources. It advocates processing bones and meat, including rendering horses into ground meat, to boost eggs and nutrition. It cites Texas rabbits as plentiful and highlights fresh meat benefits for winter storage and laying.
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Texas
Feed for Poultry During the Winter
A Southern Planter article argues hens need a mixed diet for year round egg production. It recommends meat scraps and green bones fed at least twice weekly, notes meat is cheaper per egg produced than grain, and praises the green bone cutter to reduce costs.
Air churns condemned by Dr Hoskins guide
A reprint of Dr T H Hoskins remarks from Dairying Fallacies condemns air churns as a false theory. The piece cites his Rural New Yorker critique of 1878 and warns readers to eschew agents selling air churns, noting the public recall of the fad.
Natural color of butter a mystery
Prof. Van Slyke of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station says the composition of natural butter coloring remains unknown. He notes all milk and butter compounds are colorless, and color may arise from fat globule size and light, not fat color. Dr. Stevens warns milk can be contaminated during rounds and by foul emanations, stressing vigilance for dairy cleanliness and public health.
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van Slyke
New York Agricultural Experiment Station
G. W. Stevens
Liverpool
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. F. Willetts
Topeka
H. C. Snavely
Leb
Col. D. P. Dunjvan
Columbia
8. C
A. i L. Loucks
Huron
Mann Brandon
E. Dean
E Falls
Newark
H. ©. Cemtary
Harrisburg
Pennsy
Marion Butler
Raleigh
R. A. Southworth
Denver
Colo
R. W. Beck
Alabama
M. D. Davie
Kentucky
Porth Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
Cyrus Thompson
Richlands
D. C
Jno
Jas. E. Lyon
Urban
N.C
A. D. K. Wallace
Therfornton
N. OC
T. Ivey
Hile N.C
W. Graham
Machoo
Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
A. F. Hileman
Concord
N. English
Trinity
Wadesboro
Rainbe Ae
NO .C
Southern Farm Lands
Kittrell, N.C
T. H. Hoskins
Dr. Hoskins
Garreta
Chicago
New Yorker
F. W. Mossiry
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