The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12

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cry for the use of the Association, to be
by the President.
TREASURER.
ARTICLE 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to receive all moneys, keep a
correct account Of the same and pay it
out only as directed by the Association.
ARTICLE 7. The Biennial Session of
The Farmers Association shall be held in
the city of Raleigh on the second We'd
nesday in January, as an advisory body
to the General Assembly.
BYLAWS.
l. At the opening of each annual ses-
sion the President shall deliver an adj
dress relating to the interest of the Asso-
ton.
2. Immediately after his address the
President shall appoint a committee on
credentials consisting OF five, whose duty
it shall be to proceed to enroll those who
may be entitled to membership, by pre-
senting to each, the following for his
signature:
I hereby certify that ! am a practical
farmer and that my chief interest is farm
ing ar stock raising:
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P~ostofice. County ........
3. Each member shall be required to
pay at the time Of the enrolment of his
name, the sum Of twenty-five cents as an
annual membership fee.
4. The names enrolled shall be recorded
and announced by the Secretary, and
these alone shall be entitled to vote on
any question coming before the Associa-
ton.
5. The President shall appoint stand
inc committees of five each, on the fol-
lowing subjects: Homestead, mortgage
and lien laws; Commercial Fertilizers;
COMPOSING and Homemade manures;
State Department of Agriculture; In
dustrial Education; Public Roads; 1mmi-
grafton: Rotation of crops and Drainage,
Grasses, Stock and Stock laws; Miscel-
l%aneous subjects.
6. To these committees respectively
shall be referred all resolutions and papers,
read before the Association and without
debate.
7. A Committee on Finance, consisting
of three members, shall be appointed by
the President at each meeting, whose
duty it shall be to examine the books OF
the Treasurer and audit his account and
report to the Association.
s. All resolutions, petitions, memorials,
&C.. hall be in writing and signed by
the persons presenting them.
9. Twenty members shall constitute a
!, ouorum for the transaction of business.
10. Farmers township clubs, county
clubs and oranges shall be entitled to
send one or moro. delegates to the regular
annual meetings.
l II This Constitution and Bylaws
NAV be amended at the regular annuaI
l meeting by a two-third vote Of the mem
: bers present.
6 DECL OF PRINCIPLES.
9 First. For relief from present distress
D we must rely under the blessing OF Goc
mainly upon ourselves. we must OF
more industrious. more economical, INe
:. more within our means, and proVloe
; better education for the masses OF tn
people.
t Second. The interests of the farme
n and of the laborer are Identical, WhateVe
benefits the one will benefit the other
The farmers are laborefs and we max
common cause with all laborers every
= where in securing for them and ourselVe
a lust recompense for labor, and the equa
u right to life, liberty and the pursuit Q
, happiness: ,..,I ,.,, :;
land exclusively, save only the right
the public to pass over it on roads, an
highways. The custom which has grow
up of having all land common propert
for purposes of grazing and stock ralsln
is exceedingly injurious and often rulno'
to the farmer. Separate property IN lar
a. is the foundation Of industry, econom
n. and thrift.
OF Fourth. The cash system is the fbes
a Paw as YOU 90. Avoid the -chattel NOR
is gage 1t is a device by which the farm
n is compelled to purchase at inflated prlc
and paw with sound currency.
Fifth. Avoid litigation and as far
NAV be live peaceably with all men.
be Sixth. Cultivate less land. Impro'
n the land by drainage and a rotation
ed crops. Make on the farm more graln.al
n grasses and feed;them to improved stoc
and make less cotton and tobacco. -
as Seventh. System is a law OF God,
n secure it we must have cooperation a.
organization We most earnestly COZ
mend to our brother farmers througiho
no the State to organize, (whether 1t
oh through the Grange or Farmers Club
a in every township and county, and q
Is cuss improved methods in all that rela
to farm husbandry,3 and report throu
the columns of THE PRoGRIssIvE FARM
the organ of the Association.