National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Officers Listed
The document lists officers and executives of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union including President J F Willetts Topeka and Vice President HCG Snavely Lebanon Pa. It covers executive board and state alliance officials across several North Carolina counties with names like J Mewborne Kinston Cyrus Thompson Richlands and Marion Butler Goldsboro as well as associated committees and presses it references reform papers and a call to align papers with the alliance’s electoral slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Willetts
Topeka
Kan
HCG
Snavely
Lebanon
Col
D. P. Duncan
Columbia
8. C
de Loucks
Huron
Ls. D
Mann Page
Brandon
Virginia
I. E. Dean
Honeoye Falls
New York
H. C. Demming
Harrisburg
Pennsylvae
Marion Butler
Raleigh
D. Co
Southworth
Denver
Colo
Ww. Beck
Obama
M. D. Davie
Kentucky
T. T. Speight
Lewis- Greens
M, N.C
Geo. T. Lane
Oro
N. C
Jas. E. Lyon
Durham
J. R. Hancock
Reensboro
T. Ivey
Ralgh
N.C
A Fund
W. _ Graham
Machpelah
North Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
Goldsboro
J.long
Eoka
A F. Hileman
Concord
Agriculture notes urge timely sales and sound grazing practices
farmers are advised to sell neglected livestock and stockpile in late autumn for better prices, keep sheep supplied with salt daily for health, avoid grazing rough fields absorbed by smut, plows and tools should be whitewashed after use to prevent rust, and maximize fodder use to feed more cattle. overall guidance on efficient farm management and reducing waste.
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Sential Ag
Letter From Davidson Co. Advice on farming and pests
Correspondent Adile Hunter shares practical tips from The Progressive Farmer readers. He describes using phosphate near plant hills to repel melon-eating bugs, applying after rain at about two tablespoonfuls per hill, near roots, with little leaves touched. He also suggests feeding charcoal to hogs daily to prevent disease and urges diligent, measured farm work for a better crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
Lexington
N. C
North Carolina
Adile Hunter
Weather Crop Bulletin May 27 1895 Weekly Report
The North Carolina State Weather Service reports a cool rainy week with slow crop growth. Ground remains too wet to plow. some fields are being plowed up and replanted. Transplanting proceeds, pests like cutworms and potato bugs damage crops. wheat oats look well, cotton and corn show slow recovery from frost. Districts note too much rain, cool spells, and scattered damage to cotton, potatoes, and grapes. Farmers urged to perform deferred repairs and painting machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Orrier
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina State Weather Service
Farming in Florida and Argentine Grain Insights
A Florida Indian River country note urges diversified farming to cut waste and costs, boosting home gardens and self sufficiency. It urges composting, use of manures, and thrift to restore prosperity, plus a brief Argentine cereal farming snapshot and critique of crude tillage as wheat prices stay low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos, Fa
Enos Free Library
Indian River
Florida
Otty
J. L. Enos
Argentine
Republic
Peffer
Dakota
California
India
Ten Schooners Will Do It In North Carolina Paper Feud
A Raleigh style feud flares between The Charlotte Observer and The Progressive Farmer. The Hickory Mercury mocks the Observer for an uncalled for attack and claims the paper overreached, calling The Progressive Farmer the best agent the devil ever had in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Observer
Great Grover
North Carolina
Caldwell
G. Cleveland
Hickory Mercury
Horticultural Hints From The Farmers’ Voice
Grapes and grape vines were found by the Norse long before Columbus landed in the Bahamas. For cabbage worms use hot water at 130 degrees Fahrenheit or Pyrethrum powder diluted with six to eight times its bulk of flour or air slaked lime. Dust plants with corn meal bran or mull feed to control pests. The note comments on timber area statistics and the rapid decrease in supply for commercial purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus
Bahamas
California
SUCCESS IN PLANT GROWING
A reflection on why some people can make many plants thrive in poor conditions. The piece suggests a magnetic attraction between caretaker and plants, with plants sensing love and value. It claims such households often harbor outstanding, greenhouse worthy growth despite unsuitable spaces.
Cranberries Cultivation Then and Now
Farmers' Voice describes cranberry cultivation on moist ground prepared by removing shrubs, filling with gravel, and plowing. Plants are set in drills by slips and roots, spaced about 20 inches apart with 3 inch intervals. Weeds are kept down, ground stirred, top-dressed with swamp muck occasionally, yielding up to 300 bushels per acre valued at $2 to $4 per bushel with flood irrigation facilities recommended.
Fig culture in the South yields best fruit in gravelly soil
The Farmers' Voice notes fig culture can succeed in the South. In light sandy or gravelly soils fruiting is satisfactory, while heavy rich soil causes excessive growth and premature dropping. Fruit requires ample water during growth, though less water near ripening enhances flavor and speeds shoots.
Pruning Trees in Summer
A summer pruning guide explains that pruning during the warm season limits winter work. It notes strong shoots robbing weaker growth should be pinched back to redirect vigor. Street trees are often cut in winter for work availability, but cuts prompt stronger regrowth at the wound.
Summer pruning and evergreen shaping methods
The article explains winter pruning risks and how summer pruning strengthens lower branches in evergreens, especially pines. It describes pinching stronger shoots to feed sap to weaker ones, forming straight leaders and balanced growth. It warns not to prune weak branches and notes a shift toward feeding wheat to livestock when wheat and corn price parity arises.
Currants and Gooseberries How to Grow and Save Them
W L Anderson explains currant and gooseberry cultivation with thin plantings, annual clipping, mulching, and worm control using paris green or London purple. He notes dense weed growth, strong yields from properly spaced hills, and a sprayer can save 20 bushels in 20 minutes. Senator Peffer cites cost comparisons for wheat in various regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Anderson
Reform Papers Echo National Debates and Moral schooling
A collage of remarks from reform papers criticizes Anglo American rule, money power, and bankers influence while praising farmer cooperation, education, and home moral training. It brands finance as a key political force, notes political taint in Democratic printers, and urges universal public schooling funded by wealth taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbine Sentinel
Bankers and Boards of Trade
Southern Mercury
Brockton Diamond
A Little Levity and Quick Wit at a Dinner Club
A comic exchange features a Democrat joke about David B Hill and a jibe at a hypnotist preacher. A backbiting quip about a minister leads to a pun on powdered blush. A living skeleton and a fat woman swap costume banter for a masque ball and a balloon gag. A tattooed man hints at an ad line about before and after.
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Orta Gisohrs
Allipresident
J. M. J. Mewborne
Kinston
Shuford
Newon
Secre
W. 8
Barnes
Cyrus Thompson
Richards
Bovert
J- T. B. Hoover
Elm City
ATE Alliance Judiciary Committee. Inc
Gascanine
J. . Harrell
Whiteville
John Graham
Ridgeway, N. c
Orth Carolina Reform Press Association
Usicere
J. L. Ramsey
Starson Butler
Peanut
Dasin Petitor
Agriculture
Davidson CO
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Reform Papers
Midland Mechanic
United States
Shylock
Farmers’ Tribune
Smithers
Fourth Ward
Norfolk
Logan Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
Europe
Grover
Logan
Missouri
Evangelist Moody
Texas
Voice
David B. Hill
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