National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Leadership Roster
A fragmented listing shows officers and executives for the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance, and related state structures. Names include Mann Page, W. P. Bricker, J. P. Sossamon, Cyrus Thompson, Jno Graham, W. S. Barnes, and others across Virginia North and South Carolina, with positions from president to treasurer and judiciary committee members.
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Cyrus Thompson
Richlands
N. C
Jno. Graham
Ridgeway
N.C
W. 5. Barnes
Millsboro
N. O
T. B. Hoover
Elm City
Agriculture advice on hogs and home herb seeds
The article argues a pig can yield a pound daily and be market-ready by six months, with one acre of pasture producing 800 pounds of pork. It urges lean pork, better hog grazing, and growing herb seeds like parsley for home supplies to cut costs and boost farm profits through informed, educated labor.
Protecting Melon Vines From Insect Depredations
Correspondence from the Progressive Farmer explains small bed methods in melon patches to lure insects away from hills. Prepare six to eight inch square beds with rich soil, sow seed, cover with earth and well rotted chip manure, and top with hen manure to attract pests. A box cover or dirt tram may help trap insects, then repeat with new beds after a week. The note cites American Cultivator context and mentions clover soil richness benefits to cattle and soil health until frost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Tyson
The Business Farmer Competing With Banks Merchants
The business farmer succeeds by knowing resources and liabilities and by calculating costs of crops and dairy. He tracks market conditions globally, managing his farm as thoroughly as a banker or manufacturer. He should not rely on last year’s price list but on current profit and forward planning.
Young Clover A Valuable Nitrogen Source In Second Growth
Agricultural writers praise young clover for its nutrition, especially the second growth after June. The nodules form, fixing soil nitrogen, enriching top growth via root uptake and rains, while seed formation hardens stalks reducing seed value.
A New Fodder Crop Soybean For Forage Use
The soybean is a rich forage legume, capable of fixing nitrogen from air. It yields 10 to 12 tons of green fodder per acre in fair soil and can be used green or silaged with corn. Medium green variety best for forage. black variety inferior but still useful. Roots improve soil by transferring nutrients from below.
Growing Big Onions From Transplants And Farm Practice
A Freeborn County Minnesota contributor describes growing large onions, praising the Przotaker variety for size with a long season. He advocates starting plants under glass, transplanting with careful wet soil, and spacing six inches apart, yielding about 400 bushels per acre at 18 inch rows. He notes the Canadian creed on farming and stresses straight corn rows reduce cultivation effort, rewarding skilled drivers with extra pay.
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National Stockman and Farmer
Freeborn County
Minn
Refunding farm mortgages urged amid low rate hopes
The piece argues farmers should refinance their mortgages to lower rates as railroads have done, detailing potential annual savings from 4 to 5 percent refinancings. It contrasts farmer burdens with railroads and warns that without adjustment farming profits and society could suffer, urging a practical plan via Farm and Home.
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Lake Shore Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Financial Chronicle
America
United States
Subsoiling Deepens Beds Boosts Potato Yields
Prof J L Budd advocates subsoiling to 12 to 15 inches to retain moisture and improve yields. The method, used for 25 years in garden and field potato planting, creates trenches under rows allowing rainwater to run beneath and soften the surface. In trials, 300 bushels per acre were obtained versus under 100 on untrenched soil.
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J. L. Budd
Care of calves in dairying advice from E L Vincen t
Practical dairy notes urge keeping calves warm to prevent scours and weight loss. Milk plus shorts or meal aids growth, while sweet milk promotes fat. Emphasis on the dairyman as the key to success, with focus on practical, early development of vigor and marketable cows.
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E. L. Vincent
Butter maker Mrs Halladay visits Dairyman club
A Welsh born dairy expert, Mrs Gwensillian Halladay formerly Miss Morgan, spoke at the Dairyman sanctum. Now resident in Wisconsin after marriage, she described her career teaching and making butter in London, Jersey, and Wales, earning a Queen Victoria certificate and silver medal and receiving a diamond ring from Welsh citizens for her honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwensillian Halladay
Miss Morgan
Wales
Weat
United Kingdom
I Itsh
Dairy Farmer’s Association
London
Prof. Long
House of Commons
Jersey
England
Queen Victoria
Royal Agricultural Society
Halladay
Kingdom
Goats: Valuable for milk and rugged pasture use
Across Europe the goat is prized for its milk and efficiency. It requires little feed and can yield as much milk as cows from the same grazing. Its greatest value lies in pasturing rocky land where cattle fail.
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Europe
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National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Mann Page
Brandon
Vice Ao. Vincent
W. P. Bricker
Cogan Station
J. P. Sossamon
Charlotte
Judiciary
Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
W. N. Seawell
Villanow
P. H. Massey
Durham
North Carolina Reform Press Association
Ogbers
J. L. Rameey
Arion Butler
Wolina
Racio
Othes
Toren
Ee Ole
Agriculture
THE
Business Farmer
Young Clover
Minnesota
Canada Farmer's Creed
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