The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-20

meeting was well attended. I was
heard with apatience and attention.
The result! was Che organization of an
Alliance numbering Is members,
among the best and most progressive
men iHthat vicinity. T & Il
On Thursday, at l o'clock, I met a
small number of good men at Hickory
mog4t@in ssTheTnotice was tooTshort,
anal thers was hot enough ready to
organize, though much interest was
manifested by them.
l hurried1to~ meet an appointment
at Louis creek in the epeningsof the
same day., where I was listened to
with marked attention and interest,
but on account of short notice, did not
make the necessary arrangement for
organization.
At Moore's Chapel [ met a very
good attendance on Tuesday at /
o'clock, though it was raining and
sleeting all day. My remarks to them
were received with. deep interest, and
they Immediately met the necessary
requirements and an Alliance was
organized with IA good live men, I
will state here that generally the best
men Of means and intelligence every
where 1-tsve b6ef are the men who
take the most interest in the organ
ization.
On Saturday Tmet about an.aver-
age attendance at Parks Cross Roads,
in Randolph county. After the usual
talk, which the good men seemed to
listen to with much attention, they
failed to make the necessary arrange
ments for al organization. They are
not quite ready. l found myself in a
new atmosphere, as it were. There
are scarcely any mortgages in this
county, [ hear. They are not seeking
fortunes through guano sacks and
commercial fertilizers, but make their
manur at home, have good stock and
improve their farms and live after the
old-fashioned way; consequently do
not feel the necessity of organization
as much as some other sections. The
want Of this section is a good market
for their surplus grain, &c. Though
they feel that they must improve in
home manufacturing and mills since
the roller Touring mills of other Sec
lions will supercede their old-fashioned
mills and keep their flour at a lower
price.
Imet q younger brother Of the Odell's
noted cotton manufacturers. He asked
how we stood as to manufacturing. |
referred him to the roller Touring mills
in operation and the cotton factories
being built in Texas, and to President
Alexander of our State Alliance, who
has called attention to the building
roller flour mills and encouraging and
fostering home manufacturing. He
showed a bill of $4,000, paid for wool
by one factory in Concord, and $62, 600
paid to operatives.
Tn0ticed bhe man living in q cotton
section, running a two-horse farm, who
made no cotton; only corn and grain,
and he made money by selling corn to
factories; hauling it monthly, and al
ways carrying butter, chickens, eggs,
&C., to pay necessary expenses.
Isaw but n large flock Of sheep
and lambs on my trip. Why do not
people go more into sheep husbandry
instead of all cotton or tobacco? L
believe it would be much more profit
able and pleasant. They would con.
sumo some of the surplus hay and
grain, but improve the land, besides
furnishing good mutton and wool.
| wish to return my thanks for the
many kindnesses received. on my
trip, especially to the ladies and
families at whose hospitable homes I
stayed.
1 am compelled to GO home for
awhileson account of a severe cold and
hoarseness which renders me unfit for
duty at present, but hopes 0 to be
able to work again d~2-
F~raternally yours,
]. D. HENLY,