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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1896
Page
1
The document lists officers and committees for North and South Carolina Farm ers State Alliance and related groups. It names presidents vice presidents secretaries treasurers lecturers stewards and various trustees along with affiliated journals and reform press members.
A June 30 1896 note from Raleigh North Carolina discusses potato varieties cooked as old-fashioned peeer or Snowflake. It emphasizes that high yielding types tend to have large tops and that maintaining balance between top growth and root tuber development drives tuber quality.
A Weather Bureau bulletin reports on relative humidity in southern New England and other localities, with emphasis on its effect on cotton spinning. Inside versus outside humidity varies with temperature, and control of temperature and humidity by artificial means is seen as essential for mills in drier regions.
Corn and hog markets, crop tips, and cautions from the U Board of Agriculture. Notes on hay costs 6.37 per ton with other crops and 3.16 as an exclusive crop. Advice on tool storage, pig care, margarine decline in Houston, and truck growers facing high returns from Northern commission merchants.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer describes a DIY bird deterrent using six foot stakes placed opposite each other with two or three white cotton threads stretched between them over the vines. The plan, simple and immediate in effect, aims to stop corvid depredations in crop patches. The text also warns against feeding animals grass, noting it harms digestive health and reduces work capacity. It emphasizes that after plowing, the workload shifts to cultivating, which still requires strong feed.
Farmers can predict potato yield early by tops. A few vigorous tops signal a large crop if disease is absent, while many weak sprouts suggest smaller marketable sizes. Proper thinning, avoiding self planting, and careful handling improve quality and avoid crowded rows. Bordeaux spraying reduces blight and larval damage, boosting marketable yields.
The 1895 Yearbook, 656 pages, outlines department operations, papers from bureaus, and investigations in agricultural science. It includes 10 full page plates, 134 text figures, a 104 page appendix with farm product statistics, and a 30 page index. Contents cover soil ferments, alksli lands, soil fertility, forests and freezes, and home seed testing among other topics.
The North Carolina Station reports generally favorable conditions with rainfall being excessive in parts of the Eastern district and four counties suffering hail damage. Corn and cotton show progress, tobacco being topped, and sweet potatoes thriving while oats and wheat are harvested. Western areas report cool, cloudy weather and rapid crop growth. A conservation note urges mid-morning water with oats to sustain horses.
In a letter from Wake Forest North Carolina R E Tissa defends Kestler within the People's party and urges refuting his ideas with arguments not ridicule. He notes Reatler will vote fusion or not and cautions against excluding Kestler for opinions once more urging courtesy in debate.
Nineteen decade-spanning horticulture note lists extremely early, early, medium early, and late strawberry varieties. It names Meeks Early Westbrook Murray Hufman Eleanor Smelter Michel Treveler Clyde Rio Dayton Van Demon Newman Beder Wool Bubach Greenville Bismarck Crawford Beecher Mary Enormous Marshall Gandy Belle Tennessee Prolific Woolverton Wm. Belt Brandywine Belle Barton Crescent Haverland Great Prolific Phillips Love Princess Saunders Bissell Splendid Muskingum Haverland Edgar Queen Cumberland Parker Earle Cycloce Lanah Eshance Warfield Ivenhoe Beunette Banquet West Lawn Smiths Seeching Shuckleas Shusters Gem Louise Lady Thompson Beara Ler to note many varieties are discarded as unprofitable or unsuitable for northern soils.
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