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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1894

Page

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North Carolina Farm Alliance Officers and Members Listed

The document lists officers and executive committee members of the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance and related judiciary, with names such as Marion Butler J Mewborne J 8 Bridges and W H Worth. It also names allied press papers including Carolina Dispatch Hertford Home Beaver Dam The Revolution and Marion Whitelake Blade and explains papers must advocate the Ocala platform or be dropped.

Loess Carolina Farmers’ State ALLI J .M. Mewborne Kinston J. 8. Bridges Canles N. C Iegary W. 8. Barnes N.C Busgh Gyrus Thompson Rich Ola N.C. Stant J. T. B. Hoover Po City Onan de TE. Speight Lewia T. Lane Greens Find Carolina Reform Press Association Oficera J. L. Ramsey Anion Butler W.S. Karnes Puree Farmer State Organ Raleigh En Cohakery Iattler Whitakers Carolina Dispatch Hertford Home Beaver Dam the Revolution Marion Tmelow Blade Peanut

Editorial On Farm Practices With Practical Advice

The piece urges using lye from wood ashes to rid hen houses of pests, sowing peas for plowing under, and cultivating crops quickly to beat delays. It stresses timely planting through July 1, emphasizes marketing farm products, fattening hogs by six to twelve months, and using green manures to enrich soil as an easy low cost method.

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Excess Bagging Criticized By Cotton Firm In North Carolina

A Philadelphia firm warns Farmers' State Alliance president J. M. Mewborne of North Carolina about excessive bagging on cotton bales. They report 17 to 30 pounds of bagging per bale, urge reform, and warn exporters in Liverpool may boycott Carolina and Georgia cotton next season.

Gxo. H. MccFappen & Bro Chestnut St Philadelphia J. M. Mewborne Pres Farmers’ State Alliance Kinston N. C State Alliance Texas Carolinas Georgia Liverpool Gro. H. McFappen & Bro J. M. Mewsomne

Reform Voters Urge Unity Against Wall Street Influence

W J Peele urges North Carolina voters to unite across party lines for reforms including free silver, graduated income tax, tariff reform, and anti monopoly measures. He argues money power wounds democracy by dividing parties and calls for a cross party movement to hold the balance of power and elect candidates who back reforms. He warns against partisan manipulation and promotes a reform coalition based on shared goals.

Rategiax N. C Epitor Cleveland Weaver Wall Street Congress North Carolina Friends of Reform Wallstreet Vanceansewer Hill and Gorman Cof Democracy John Sherman South Solomon America W. J. Peele

Which Side Is He On Senator Jarvis On

The letter quotes Senator Jarvis in Shelby two years ago urging Cleveland county farmers to stick to Grover Cleveland as his platform, then noting he now claims the Chicago platform in the South. It contrasts Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution interpretations and asks which side he is on. The snippet also cites Democrats accusing Republicans of forcing Reed rules and mocks their slim majority.

Macon N. C Ephor Grover Cleveland Democratic Party Herbert Spencer W. H. Stuart Los Angeles Times Republican Party B. L. Barrton, JR Mr. Borror Jarvis Shelby Cleveland County Cleveland Chicago South Atlanta Journal Atlanta Constitution Jarvison Cor Stcy

When To Feed Bran For Fowls And Hens

Bran is rich in phosphates and should be fed to growing fowls and laying hens as the preferred bran option. It helps balance diets but is not equal to corn for market fattening. Use wheat bran as a principal food for eggs especially in North Carolina and the South, while avoiding fattening on bran alone.

W.S. Barnes North Carolina South

Advantages Derived From Plucking Corn Tassels

A letter from Prosperity North Carolina reports tests showing harvest increases when tassels on alternate corn rows are plucked. It claims possible overall yield gains around 124 percent, with suggestions on plucking percentages and timing, plus tassels as cattle feed.

N. C Bryan Tyson

Butler backs government telegraph before congressional committee

Marion Butler, president of the National Farmers Alliance, addressed the House committee on post office and post roads in favor of a government telegraph. He argued the telegraph is a monopoly that the government should use for the people, answered questions on power, patronage, and financing, and urged lower rates through greater public use.

Marion Butler National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union Committee On Post Office and Post Roads Congressman Henderson Judge McGuire California Butler Henderson Farmers’ Alliance Congress Mr. Butler

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