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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1896

Page

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North Carolina Farmers State Alliance Officers and Committee Members

A fragmented OCR list names officers and executive committees of the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance and related groups. It includes presidents, vice presidents, secretaries, executive board members, judiciary, and trustees across several counties and towns, with multiple spellings and line breaks.

W. N. Seawell Villanor N. Cc Crapain P. H. Massey Durham Geo. T. Lane Greenspro N.C Jas. E. Lyon N. C A. D. K. Wallace Butherfornton T. Ivey Hillsporo Business Spec Fund W. A Graham Machpelah North Qarolina Farmers’ State Alliance A. F. Hileman Concord N. C. English Trinity N C James M. Mewborne Kinson

Agriculture Education and Farm Profits in 19th Century Prompt

The article urges farmer families to value education and proper soil care. It discusses cost, lime use, and soil health, warns against overinvesting in large tracts, and notes apple trade and European shipments. It highlights fruit gardens as sources of pleasure and home ties, and explains frost behavior in valleys versus hills.

Beet Sugar from Roots Sparks US Farming Debate

In 18th and 19th century trials beet sugar spread across Europe with Achard advancing methods and France Germany and Austria expanding production. A Southern Cultivator piece urges US farmers to plant beets, noting high sugar imports and per capita consumption while urging supportive policies and domestic processing.

Marggraf Berlin Academy of Sciences Europe Academy Achard Margerat Berlin Academy Baron D.koppy Lower Silesia Cunera William I Prussia Institute of France Paris France E Sowers Germany United States England Switzerland Austria

Money in Bee Culture and Farming Prospects

A blend of agricultural notes on bee keeping profitability and a South Gulf climate test for crimson clover. It covers hive density, honey yields, and farm rental risks with guidance on hired-men housing and farm management. It cites law and practice from Rural New Yorker and American Agriculturist.

Delaware Peninsula Virginia Middle South Gulf Coast Artesia Lowndes County Mississippi G. Smith Tracy Atlantic Coast Mr. Smith Gulf States

Farmers as wage workers in policy debates

The letter argues that 35 million farmers are wage workers, and that legislation affecting labor wages must include farmers. It notes that a farmer's wage is the net profit from produce and that lower farm product prices reduce that income, stating that currently farm products often yield no profit.

The Journal of Agriculture

Humus for Light Soils in Southern Pine Barrens

Humus, the decomposed organic matter, aids light or sandy soils with a brown to black color. It has shown great value in the Southern pine barrens. The muck near the sea coast, however, often contains little fer.

Pine Barrens

Lech Dairy Estimates of Dairy Stock and Feed

Lech Dairy outlines national dairy needs to supply milk and products. It states 15,000,000 cows required, 60,000,000 acres of land for feed, 100,000 men and 1,000,000 horses to care for stock and milk, with vast annual feed such as 30,000,000 tons hay and 275,000,000 bushels oats. Feeding costs reach 400,000,000 dollars.

A New Way of Packing Butter Described in Australasian

An Australasian description details a glass box packing method for butter with gummed edges and plaster of Paris layers. One fourth inch thick butter can be shipped long distances and kept stably. Packing costs about two cents a pound. Melbourne workers manufacture the glass receptacles and plaster coverings. Butter has been sent from Melbourne to Kimberly, South Africa, 700 miles from Cape Town, with success.

Australasian Paris Melbourne Kimberly South Africa Cape Town

Portable Creamery Explained in Progressive Farmer Style

The Portable Creamery article defines a portable creamery as a cold deep setting system using the Swedish method to raise cream without lifting cans or skimming milk. It combines a below ice tank refrigerator with an above tank to chill milk, hasten cream rise, and store cream or butter. Proper ventilation and continuous milk access without disturbing cream are emphasized.

Portable creamery advances dairy work in Iowa farms

The article promotes portable creamaries as convenient efficient dairy houses with inside temperatures akin to January and notes refrigeration can make a complete dairy unit. It champions the Swedish system of cream raising and granular churning as era defining, noting uses for farms hotels schools and public boarding institutions in Clinton, Iowa.

Spraying curbs wormy fruit boosting apple market

Horticulture notes advise throwing out wormy apples and sending only sound fruit to American and English markets. With trees pruned and wormy fruit excluded, growers can fetch top prices and rely on commission merchants who favor shipping fruit presented in best style. N. Y. Farmer.

N. Y

Cultivation of the Sweet Cherry Orchard Practices

The article discusses timing clean culture for cherries by June 15 to July 1, noting it slows growth to ripen wood. It compares a sod-planted orchard with one lightly cultivated, praising larger fruit and better growth in the latter. Moisture conservation via cover crops and shading off excess growth are highlighted.

N. Y

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Iag Rational Farmers! Alliance and Industrial Union Mann Page Brandon H. C. Snavely Lebanon Worth Denver Col R. A. South L. Loucks Huron Dic Cogan Station J. F. Wil W. L G. A. Southworth Colo acoTs Carolina Varmers State Allianos Esident Cyrus Thom Richlands Peon Vieet N. Ceiary Teeeenee 5 Barnes Hillsboro N. Yocurer Je ‘T B. Hoover Elm City Jno Graham Ridge State Alliance Judiciary Committee John Brady Gatesville Harrell Whiteville T. J. Candler Acton, N. C Gorh Carolina Reform Press Association Siieera J. L. Ramsey Aston Butler W. S. Bisxes Igreseive Farmer State Organ Balsiahe Weasian Aleizh Wery le Ory Uwman Agriculture Epple Alrady Baldwins James Knapp Reeve South Lord Rosebery Bristol J. W. Newton New- Yorker Lech Dairy Clinton Iowa
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