05 Sep 1893
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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1893
Page
1
The document lists officers of the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union and the North Carolina Farmers State Alliance, including H. L. Loucks and Marion Butler. It outlines executive and judiciary committees and notes concerns on public indebtedness, railroad mortgages, and monetary policy. A Pender County resolution urges opposing repeal of the Sherman silver law until a substitute coinage plan passes.
The piece argues terraces can protect southern hill country farms and urges farmers to adopt them. It criticizes editors and outsiders for pushing farmers to economize, while railroads bankers and editors avoid reducing costs. The farmer alone bears the burden of debt and higher yields.
The article discusses North Dakota public debt under a proposed single money standard. It cites Nelson Ramsey and Devil's Lake areas with bonds and school debts totaling over half a million, noting county debt limits and township obligations.
The mass meeting of Lewis Township voters in Edgecombe County on August 19 1893 urged Congressman Woodard to vote for free and unlimited 16 to 1 silver coinage restoring silver to its pre 1873 status. They praised Senator Vance and denounced the monetarist system while warning of a coming political mobilization. The note includes allied reader letters from Chatham and Fairfield Alliances defending their stance and recounting local alliance activities.
The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station at Raleigh announces a circular offering 10 lb bags of crimson clover seed in the chaff for home planting. The seed yields per acre, sowing timing, methods to enrich soil, and profit expectations are outlined, with notes on seed cleaning, equipment needs, and crop rotation impacts.
At a Cabarrus County Alliance meeting held in July 1892 the group refunded to the Business Agency and elected John A. Fink as president with Prof. H. T. Baker as lecturer. Samuel Archer spoke at length on finance and free coinage of silver, urging Congress not to repeal the Sherman bill without that substitution. The alliance claims strong membership and anticipates grand results in the next 12 months.
Agricultural note by F. E. Emery of the N C Agricultural Experiment Station outlines that ears and blades contain only about 50.6 percent of corn dry matter, with the rest from stover and husks. It recommends cutting near ground level, curing in a silo or shock, and using stover with cottonseed meal for balanced rations to maximize digestible intake.
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