Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Officers and State Alliance
The document lists officers and executive boards for the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, including President Mann Page of Brandon Virginia and Vice President H C Snavely of Lebanon Pennsylvania. it notes executive boards for the Carolina and North Carolina Farmers State Alliances and mentions a reform press association urging papers to support the Ocala platform to avoid being dropped from the alliance hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carolina Reform Press Association
Oficers
J. L. Ramsey
Harrion Butler
W. S. Barnes
Agriculture lessons for Southern farmers in tough times
Advice stresses crop diversification with cotton and tobacco, hay quality, and hog and peanut crops. Emphasizes preventing soil erosion with terraces and ditches, careful fertilizer use combining stable manure with phosphate and potash, and modern seeding methods like drills with rolling to improve seed depth and distribution.
Plows Progress From Ancient Craft to Modern Efficiency
The article discusses long term plow evolution, noting self sharpening points and reduced draft. It compares shallow and deep plowing, soil preparation, and moisture retention, stressing thorough field work before sowing for wheat and corn, with practical tool use in varying soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Belt
A Kind of Farming That Will Pay
A early-20th century plea urges farmers to tailor crops to local markets. It recommends home gardens and truck patches, diversifying into vegetables, poultry, eggs, butter, and higher quality cattle to profit while meeting nearby town needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wais
The Coming Cotton Crop
The Vicksburg Herald notes cotton exports hold steady and mills run full, but the crop is rapidly shrinking as sales fall. It warns that October may show the lowest stocks in years unless sales rise and suggests buyers expect a larger 10 million bale crop next year, risking price drops to five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg Herald
Herald
Pan Sies How To Grow Pan Sies From Seed In Pots
Pan sies seed sow now in pots or hotbeds, kept moist, thinned to two inches, then planted outdoors after frost risk at twelve inches apart. Water in dry weather and feed with liquid manure occasionally. Cut faded blooms to preserve strength and encourage new flowers. For early spring bloom sow seed in August.
Close Root Pruning in Tree Planting
An early article discusses root pruning for peach trees and other fruit crops. It advises shading seedlings during germination, preparing rich deep soil, and cutting roots to stimulate new downward growing roots. It notes established trees can be pruned to a foot and planted by simple spade insertion with firm soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd Pierce
Alabama
Poultry Yard Method From California Orchards
A California idea from J W Osborne of Orange uses 1000 hens in a plum orchard to cultivate and feed trees. Hens are kept in 28 mobile houses on wooden runners along a front track with grain feed and straw, plus manure and droppings tilled into the ground. Each house holds about 15 birds, with a wire front and sheltered rear, and ground is turned regularly to mix straw and manure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Pacific
J. W. Osborne
Orange
Cal
Hendy
Hens by the Acre style manure system described
The article explains a method where two men and a horse move 28 houses and tracks daily and feed hens while cultivating trees. It discusses fermenting poultry droppings to usable plant food, notes heat from fermentation, and mentions Guano as a richer phosphate extract from fish-fed birds.
Holstein crossed cattle and dairy growth in California
Geo R Sneara describes Jersey and Devon origins near Menlo Park, the shift to Holsteins, and crossbreeding outcomes. He details herd size about 800, milking barns for 500, feed strategies, land, water, and the economic aim of a public benefiting dairy. He notes calves' fate and market shifts toward Holstein cross sale value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Sneath
Menlo Park
Cal
San Francisco
Jersey
Jersey Farm
Babcock
Geo R Sneara
Cat
Also Mentioned on This Page
Allia¢Ce and Industrial Union
Mann Page
Brandon
H. C. Snavely
Lebanon
R. A. Southworth
Denver
Col
Fi. Loucka
Huron
W. P. Bricker
Ogan Station
J. F. Willetts
Kansas
W.L Peeke
A. Southworth
Colo
Heck
Davie
Kentucky
Asce. Pr
Igent
Cyrus Thompson
Ricals
Vi Way
Seo Cury
W. 8. Barnes
Hilspero
N.C. L.cturer
J. T. B. Hoover
Elm City
N.C
V. N. Seawell
Villanow
P. H. Massey
Durham
N. C
Geo. T. Lane
Greensboro
Jas. E. Lyon
A. D. K. Wallace
Rutherforton
T. Ivey
Hilsboro
W. A. Granam
Machpelah
N. OC
North Cauo
Farmers State Alliance
A. F. Hileman
Oncord
Englin
Irmaily
James M. Mewborne
Kinson
State Aliance Judiciary Committee
John Bady
Gatesville
Dr. J
Harredt
Whiteville
T. J. Candler
Acton
Gident
Jno
Graham
Ridge
Progressive Farmer
State Crean
Caucssian
Eotucty Wi
Igh
Gary, N.C
Agriculture
Lima
F. M Hex Amer
American Agriculturalist
Sree
Mave
Burral New Yorker
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