National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Officers
The document lists officers and judiciary for the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the North Carolina Farmers Alliance, including president J F Willetts Topeka, vice president H C Suevely Lebae Panctary Treasurer Col D P Dunn Columbia S C, executive board members, and judiciary names. It also names North Carolina Reform Press Association officers and a note on progressive papers maintaining standings with the Ocala platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Suevely
Lebae Panctary
Col. D. P. Dun
Columbia
North Carolina Reform Press Association
J. L. Ramsey
Warian Butler
Ane
State Organ
Raleigh
Ocancasing
N.C
Meccoly
Hickory
Concord
N. C
Wadesboro
Peanut
Tee
Diversified farming tips and pig breeding guidance
The article extols diversified agriculture in the South, stressing soil quality, mulching, pruning, and careful fruit production. It endorses Polish China pigs, advises six month market readiness, and suggests crossbreeding with Essex or Berkshire boars for early gains while warning against moving from a stable home.
Correction to How to Procure a Double Crop remarks
Correspondence from Bryan Tyson correcting typographical errors in a April 16 article. The correction fixes carbonate or ammonia quantities for seed soaking, recommends shorter soak times, and notes tar water soaking as preferable. Also discusses sprout safety, drainage and soil fertility for potatoes, including tile drainage and variety choice for soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapes
Bryan Tyson
Composting No Great Farm Benefit Says Local Expert
Prosperity NC resident W A Underwood asks for an opinion on composting methods. The expert warns composting wastes heat and ammonia, favors using commercial manures to boost green crops like clover and peas, suggests mortgaging to buy fertilizers, and urges cultivating less land while turning mature green crops under for soil improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosperity
N. C
W. A. Underwood
Eir
Farm matters and corn culture in Alamance and Virginia
The article discusses composting and fertilizer use on farms, advising turning under stalks before frost, avoiding mixing lime or ashes with stable manure, and applying direct soil fertilizers with green crops. It covers plum overbear, potash and phosphates, and notes a snowy winter delaying farm work in Alamance County. It emphasizes diversifying crops but not abandoning corn, with detailed planting and cultivation guidance for upland and bottom lands, including harrow use, sod handling, and replanting practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Tyson
Alamance County
Corn Planting and Pig Rearing Advice From B F White
The article stresses wide corn rows of four feet six inches in upland and four feet on bottoms, with cultivation three or four times and shallow last passes. Early workings begin when corn is four inches high. tassels appear as guidance, with red cob tassels earliest. Replant near after first working. Also advises pork production from young pigs using milk, peas, oats, and sweet slops with clover pasture, using corn as bulk only when feeding off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. White
Osey
Silo Building and Horticulture Notes
Practical guidance on silo construction covering materials, shape, ventilation, and durability plus agricultural tips on fruit and tree care. Includes measurements for silos, concrete floors, wall thickness, and tar coating methods. Also discusses grape cultivation, soil nutrients, root pruning, and propagation methods for berries and nuts.
Fruit grape varieties raise quality rivaling California
The report cites Concord Ives Niagara Delaware and other varieties showing large abundant bunches. It notes grapes can be grown to a quality and abundance that could rival California with proper attention and work by growers. A path to profit is commercial garden plowing in cities and villages for ownerless plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecan
United States
California
France
Spain
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Mississippi Experiment Station
State Experiment Station
Concord
Ives
Niagara
Delaware
Patterson
Senta
Mad Dogs and a Tragic Self-Destruction in Alamance County
A man named Daniel Huffman of Haw River, Alamance County, died on Easter Sunday night from self-inflicted wounds after a failed debt collection attempt. He killed himself with two gunshots and a throat wound after declaring life unbearable due to debts. The report also notes local concerns about dog bites and mentions a series of mad dog incidents, with Miss Cornelia Raney treating many victims. The piece ties Huffman’s death to alleged financial policy woes and blames those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamance Co
Daniel Huffman
Haw River
Alamance County
Ray Alliance
Huffman
Mr. Huffman
Houffman
Mebane
Mr. McAdams
Henry Wilson
Orange County
Charles Vincent
Alamanes County
Cornelia Raney
Raney
Thomas B. Thompson
We doubt it they abolish bullfighting in Mexico
A Wilmington Star remark questions abolition of bull fighting in Mexico and jokes that someday football in the United States might face the same fate. The note reflects skepticism about cultural bans and sports controversies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Wilmington Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ras National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
J. F. Willetts
Topeka
Forth Carolina Farmers’ State Alliance
J. M. Mewborne
Kinston, N
Shuford
New Nevy
Barnes
Cyrus Thompson
Richwands
T. B. Hoover
Elm City
Greensboro
T. Ivey
Ral- Carolina
Agriculture
South
Henry
Poland
China
Terry
North Carolina
J. Bf
State College
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