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Newspaper

The Progressive Farmer

Location

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1895

Page

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North Carolina Farmers Alliance and Allied Union Officers List

The document lists officers and executives across North Carolina alliances and state boards. It names presidents treasurers secretaries and judiciary members for several regional groups, plus a committee roster and affiliated reform press association papers. It emphasizes adherence to the Ocala platform and ongoing inclusion of eligible papers in the alliance list.

Teward W. N. Seawell Villa Yr N. CG Kapisin P. H. Massey T. Lane Greensois Jas. E. Lyon N.C. Recant At Arms Outiva Committee NORTH _OLINA FARMERS’ STATE ALLIANCE F. Hileman Joncord N. C N. Qoylih Trinity James M. Whorne Ewson Alliance Judiciary Committee Ohn Graham Gatesville Harrell Whiteville T. Joler Acton Carolina Reform Press Association Livora J. L. Rameey Jon Butler Ocala

New York Milk Scarcity Report and Home Preservation Tips

The city faces a milk shortage as dealers struggle to secure supplies. A local trader admits watering milk to stretch stocks, sparking concern over quality. Advice covers keeping cut flowers fresh with nitrate or saltpetre in water, and notes California wheat conditions and barley outlook. Guidance on potato storage and onion pies details ventilation and temperature to guard over winter.

New York City Orange, Duchess and Putman California Jeorge Chelyer

Storing Potatoes by Stack and Straw Method from Aging Paper

A farm letter explains stacking potatoes in a high bed with pine straw for insulation, layering 20 bushels then adding 6 inches of straw and repeating to form a tall bank. After harvest, cover and seal with dirt and a wooden box to protect from cold, with straw easing heat and air flow. Also advises overhauling barns and sheds, fixing roofs, doors, and windows, directing water away from manure heaps and applying lime wash for a sweet stock-ready interior.

Coty N. O A. J. Borozaux

Fertilizers For Oats In The South

Practical notes from a western Florida southern Alabama farmer on optimizing oat yields. Emphasizes soil condition, soil-specific treatment, and after potato crops. recommends sowing rate two bushels per acre, plowing seed in four to six inches deep, and prior manure with cotton seed meal and kaiit. Provides frost failure and replanting advice based on a late November drill.

Southland Florida Alabama

Potash and Potash Rich Fertilizer for Oats and Corn

The article advises applying about one hundred pounds per acre of potassium carbonate broadcast in March when oats begin to joint. It describes harrowing to loosen soil, using potash to prevent rust, and yields of forty to fifty bushels on Florida pine lands. It also suggests rotating with cow peas, sowing oats with more potash, fertilizing spots with ashes, and using hard wood ashes before rain to aid uniform stands, urging soil awareness and proactive farming. Cr. McQuatriz.

Cr. McQuatriz

Farmers Institutes Emphasize Practical Teaching For Farmers

The article argues that farmers institutes should remain practical and informative, avoiding political doctrine and unproven theories. It notes experts from nearby and distant experiment stations can help if their advice matches local conditions, and stresses the value of institutes for youths, dairy focus, and pig breeding insights.

Wisconsin Illinois Practical

Measuring Hay in Stack from Northwestern Agriculturist

A historical note explains hay weight estimation is crude yet practical when measurement is impracticable. It outlines how stone, density, dryness, and stacking affect weight, gives rough cubic feet per ton for timothy and clover, and provides rules to compute tons from stack dimensions in various forms.

Timothy

Crop condition and yield outlook across states in October report

October crop returns show corn condition at 955 percent, down from September, with declines in most Southern states. Wheat yield per acre at 125 bushels, oats 296, rye 144, barley 264, and buckwheat 848. Cotton declines 5.7 points to 65.1 with widespread damage from armyworms, drought, and bollworms. top crops report failures and shortened yields across many states including Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee Missouri.

Department of Agriculture Tennessee Kentucky Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Missouri Kansas New York Pennsylvania Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Washington Oregon California Towa Caroline Georgia Mississippi Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Florida Alabama Arkansas

Hog Cholera Warnings and Feeding Advice From Farmers

A Farmers' Voice column urges careful hog care amid Illinois cholera outbreaks. It emphasizes cleanliness, balanced feeds, and avoiding constant corn diets, notes dangers from streams and dead carcasses, and recommends worm control, digestion aids, and proper bedding. It also includes Merits of clover hay and moderate grain, plus stock comfort and manure value.

Farmers’ Voice Illinois William M Densmore

Stable Comfort in Winter for Cattle on a Budget

A farm guide urges immediate warming of stables to keep cattle healthy through winter. Nail cracks, seal walls, and insulate with swamp hay. A 50 foot stable costs about 15 dollars to winter well, with heaters 5 to 10 dollars if water freezes. If full warm facilities aren’t possible, at least warm the stable and water.

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