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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1895

Page

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National Farmers Alliance and State Alliances Listed

The document lists officers and executive board members of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, plus North and South Carolina Farmers State Alliances. It names presidents, vice presidents, treasurers, secretaries, and judiciary members along with affiliated presses and reform papers.

THE National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union T. T. Speight Lewis C. N Saegeee Hee T. Lane Greens Coro Neal Doorkeeper Jas. E. Lyon Durham N.C J. R. Hancock Greensboro N. C T. Ivey Rales N. Pagne Sxacheine CO North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance Marion Butler Goldsboro J. J. Long Eoka A. F. Hileman Concord ATE Alliance Judiciary Committee Ino. Brady Gatesville J. F. Harrell Whiteville M. C John Graham Ridgeway

Southern farmers aim to grow hay and forage locally

Agricultural guidance urges water for plant nourishment and warns hay will be light due to lack of rain. Advice covers pasture management, fencing wells, packing fruit, and weed control with emphasis on soil moisture and proper pruning.

New England

Yankee ingenuity uses corn pith cellulose for cofferdams

The Navy tests show corn pith cellulose outperforms cocoa cellulose as cofferdam packing. A home grown, lighter material with high water resistance may replace imported cellulose, aiding American farmers and manufacturing. Further tests awaited on durability and vermin resistance.

Wassington D. C Navy Department Indian Head Proving Grounds Philadelphia California Sam Marsden Indian Head Herbert Associated Trade and Industrial Press Taylor Drigg

Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin June 29 1895 Week Report

The North Carolina Weather Service notes a generally favorable week with temperatures 1 2 degrees above normal and ample sunshine. Scattered showers occurred though rain is needed in parts, heavy rains with hail on the 26th 27th caused no serious damage. Cotton blooms appear in the south, corn is maturing, threshing wheat begins, fruit is abundant, eastern district reports favorable conditions with some heavy showers and uneven distribution.

Cumberland Chatham Anson Forsyth Caldwell Central Office Raleigh N. C North Carolina State Weather Service Coumbus Elm City Laurel Hill Central District

Sowing Practical Advice For Hay Harvest And Tomato Care

The article advises dairy farmers to harvest hay early for best milk and butter production, using a mix of grasses, proper tools, and staged curing. It stresses separating quality hay, managing clover and timothy, and drying to preserve digestible leaves. It also covers tomato cultivation with staking, pruning, feeding, watering, and mulching for robust yields.

Franklin Co

Horticulture Tips for Apple Trees and Fungi Growth

The article notes fungi lack roots stems leaves or seeds and feed through pores. It discusses planting corn between apple trees sparingly and removing it early. Yearling or five year old apples grow similarly in six to seven years, with younger trees often rooting more firmly. It also observes horticulturists enjoy better food and use heavy manure, 490 to 500 loads annually, on naturally rich soil.

Training Tomatoes for Staked Supports

Farm News outlines several good plans for tomato training. One method uses four stakes set about two feet apart with cross ties to form a square framework, guiding vines to grow up and droop outward, effective when vines are allowed to grow densely.

Farm News

Improving Currants and Chowth? Cultivation

The article notes neglect of currant bushes often grown in grass and under fences. It advises thinning old overgrown wood, pruning, and enriching cultivation, or lifting, dividing, and replanting the bushes for rich mellow and continued cultivation.

Cauliflower urged for broad cultivation and use

A writer advocates wider cauliflower cultivation for all farmers and kitchen gardens and to expand its use in households. The article praises its nourishment ease of digestion and quick preparation noting cauliflower digests in about two hours versus four and a half for cabbages and is suitable for those with weak digestion.

Mecklenburg Alliances Grow Stronger in 11th District

J P Bossaman, organizer for the 11th District, reports rapid Alliance growth in Mecklenburg N C. New Alliances formed in Charlotte Polk Concord and Davidson with plans to reorganize Derita as county meeting postponed to July 25 to ensure farmer turnout and a visit by State VP A C Whuford. Orchardists urged to inspect mountain ash trees for borers.

Progressive Farmer Cuavorte N. C Alliance Democratic Party Alicin Charlotte Polk Alliance Concord Davidson Alliance Derita Alliance Mecklenburg County A. C. Whuford State Alliance J. P. BossaMan 11Th District

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