24 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1896
Page
1
A fragmented roster lists officers for the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance. Names include President Mann Page Brandon and executives in Denver and Raleigh, with judiciary and trustee selections and notes on allied press associations and platform adherence.
The article urges prudent farm planning for old age and moderate labor, stresses winter protection after frosts, and promotes reading agricultural journals for tomorrow’s use. It notes beet sugar factory development in the United States, with Beets thriving in North Carolina and sugar imports exceeding domestic consumption.
A defense of agricultural periodicals argues readers gain practical and inspirational benefits. The piece notes choosing one or two strong papers improves knowledge, with market reports and specialized departments aiding farm operations. It also discusses preserving issues for future reference and cites editor guidance on constructive debate among farmers.
A Lincoln reader notes little corn burning in Nebraska, but suggests many locations could benefit from it. He cites corn prices about 11–13 cents per 75 pounds and compares to coal costs, while admitting he does not know the corn heating value and has not found a satisfactory answer.
The article argues for keeping boys on farms by starting with Bantams to teach farming, breeds, and livestock management. It links poultry interest to broader agriculture and notes the potato’s global value driving breeding, soil, planting, manuring, cultivation, and labor-saving machinery.
The Southern Farm notes that manure must be applied for both present crops and future soil fertility. It warns against using manure only on crops sold and advises sowing grass or clover with grain crops to retain fertility and boost soil nitrogen. Clover roots draw mineral nutrients from subsoil, improving long term fertility.
An American bulletin portrays Japan as a land of small, intensive farms where a few acres count as large. Farmers cultivate a wide mix of crops on tiny plots, tending daily like engineers, replanting after harvest, and maintaining soil through rapid crop rotation. Nine tenths of arable land is rice, grown on terraced paddies 25 to 30 feet square.
The article notes irrigation for all farming lands a 1,000 year old system with ditches walled by bamboo wicker work tiles or stone. It states almost half the population works in agriculture and silk and tea exports are largely produced by women.
A Decatur county Georgia farmer sold his tobacco crop for 6009 dollars this season. A Plant City Florida trucker earned 375 dollars from pepper across one hundred hills. Ringland of Dooly County Georgia raised fifty bales of cotton on fifty acres and harvested three hundred bushels of corn from six acres. R C Hail of DeLand Florida gathered green onions and onions from a twelfth acre. A Mitchell county Georgia farmer produced 500 bushels of sweet potatoes per acre last year and forty barrels of syrup per acre this year. This shows the broad potential of Southern soil and its suitability for diverse crops.
Winter offers mental and practical work for farmers with reading, planning, and applying experience. The piece urges farming readers to study, use good books, and value home life as the farm’s mental base, while noting winter feeding should mix bulky, less concentrated foods like pumpkins with corn to keep hogs healthy and fatten faster.
John Gould discusses farm resilience versus millwork upheaval, noting dairy income supports living despite low prices. He cites economist claims on proportional national output, cites J McLain Smith on ambition and wealth, and urges lime and clover soil care, including lime's role for root crops and clover in New England and Rhode Island soils. He concludes North Carolina offers strong farming prospects.
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