National Farmers Alliance and Union Leaders Listed
A list of executive boards and officers for the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the South Carolina Farmer State Alliance. Names include President Mann Page and Cyrus Thompson along with vice presidents, treasurers, judiciary members, and associated state papers. The document notes partnership with various newspapers and the Ocala platform.
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Carolina Farmer
State Alliance
Cyrus Thompson
Richlands
A ‘d
Jno
N.C
Geo. T. Lane
Greensboro
E. Lyon
Durham
A. D. K. Wallace
Rutherferton
Statne
T. Ivey
Isboro
Tue Business Se Tt Fund
W. A. Granam
Machpelah
Agriculture advice on farming practices and tree care
The article promotes agricultural improvements through composting fertilization and crop husbandry. It urges careful crop planning, soil fertility, and tools catalogs, stressing cost awareness and the long term value of proper farm management. It mentions spraying, kerosene usage, and disease prevention for trees and berries.
Tobacco cutting timing and orchard grass guidance
Dr V Davis argues tobacco should be cut at specific times for best sap flow and curing quality based on years of observation. He invites North Carolina tobacco raisers to correspond for shared methods, noting timing varies by week and affects yield. He also warns orchard crep is ripe to cut at evening and cautions on orchard grass seeding to match harvest capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Dr. V. Davis
Sheep husbandry in the South a practical guide
A Cullman Alabama correspondent answers broad questions on starting Merino or Angora flocks in North Alabama. The piece covers climate suitability, wool markets, stock sources, care and shelter, breeding frequencies, recommended breeds like the Rambouillet cross, feeding needs, pasture plans, and cautions about North import risks. It stresses open sheds, green forage, crossbreeding for acclimation, and warns against overreliance on goats.
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Cullman
Ala
North Alabama
Mary
Norte
Alabama
Boston
Uaved Siata
England
Beouth
Sambr
Walkerer
Japan
Bermud
Texas
Orw
Growing Celery and Cauliflower Culture Tips
The piece details celery growth in rich black muck soil with heavy manuring past year. Sow in hotbeds in April, transplant by mid May, space rows five feet apart, set six inches apart, and keep weeds down. Bleaching by gradual stalk culming. chilling before harvest. For winter, hold trays until July or August before final burying. Cauliflower culture follows cabbage spacing and thorough cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R M Kilogg
Prairis
New Onion Culture Promises Higher Yields and Easier Weeding
An article describes a seedling transplant method for onions, claiming larger, better crops with less labor. It notes sowing from February to March, careful transplanting, minimal top trimming, and methods using a pointed tool to set plants. Cultivation can be weekly or ten days apart, reducing tedious weedings with a wheel hoe.
Raising Early Broilers in Small Poultry Runs
Guidance for incubators and hatching without full facilities. Emphasizes exercise, fresh air, and proper feed to avoid indigestion and disease in broiler chicks. Advises on housing, nesting, and care for hens and chicks to maximize early spring production and weight targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houlnes
Poultry Yard Pointers From An Old Farmer
A vintage column discusses optimizing poultry keeping with emphasis on cost efficiency and best practices. It notes the farmer’s broader comforts, questions profits of breeding thoroughbreds versus poultry, and offers practical tips on feed, nesting, sanitation, and care for pigeons and other birds.
Pigeons Favored by Salt Oats and Loft Care
A writer in the American Poultry Advocate explains pigeon farming tips. Pigeons like salt oats, prepared from sifted gravel and mortar rubble or burnt shells, mixed with water into a paste and fed in cans. Keep salt oats in the loft and hang cod fish to melt, while vermin control and cleanliness reduce pest problems. Pigeons eat varied grains and seeds. keeping a spare loft can double young production.
Hens for Winter Laying Advice From a Farmer's Notebook
The article explains how to keep hens productive in winter by simulating summer conditions. It covers feeding on meat scraps, whole wheat, bran, meal, shells, and green waste, plus warm milk, warm mash, and restricted free water to prevent freezing. It emphasizes southern exposure and lighted rooms, snow risk, and careful management for six month old pullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Warning Against Impostor Agent Traversing North Carolina
In Osburny North Carolina a reader warns residents of a traveling man posing as a Domestic Machine Co agent. He claims to repair machines and offers parts from Green ville or nearby towns. He solicits money from ten cents to five dollars and deposits promises to deliver parts later. The caller urges locals to beware of the swindler mobley and a companion named Kmaell Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osbutny
N.C
North Carolina
Greenvile
Kmaell Parker
Geldboro
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Allianch and Industrial Union
Mann Page
Brandon
Vics
HC. Snavely
Lebanon
Scretary
R. A. Suthworth
Dever
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HL. Loucka
Huron
WP Bricker
J. F. Willetts
Nsas
W.L. Peeke
R. A. Southworth
Denver
Colo
B. W. Rees
J. D. Davie
Kentucky
North
Hileman
Concord
Gaon
C. Eesh B. Irmaity
N. OL
Per Mewborre
Kwa On
Alliano
John Bney Gatesvilla
N. C
J.B. Tarrell Witville
TI Candler
Acton
Progressive Farmer
State Organ
Ralston
Bee Caucasian
Kelefed Slatery
Hickors
Battier
Whitakers
Qar Home
Beaver Khen
Popelist
Lumberton
the Pines
Chasrlotte N
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Trevise
Carolina Watchman
Saisbury
Curpacule
Agriculture
Ynac
Mark Pine
Fas
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Express Company
Politioa
Chicago
Galen Wilson
Willow Creek, N. Y
Germany
Poultry Yard Poultry Points
Coata
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