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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-27

GRAHAM GEMS.

One egg, well beaten, one cup of cold
Stir into these enough graham flour to
make a stiff batter. Put in gem pans and
bake from twenty to thirty minutes in a
very hot oven.
SMALL POTATOES.
Take potatoes about the size of a mar
BILE, put them into a stew-pan with plenty
of butter and a good sprinkling of salt,
cover, and shake occasionally until they
are quite done, about an hour.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-03-27
Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Salt, xalasses, &c


1000 Sacks Special Tobacco Guano
(Star Brandt III ~.
1000 Sacks Complete cotton Manure
(Star Brandt.
1000 Sacks Merryman's Ammoniated
Dissolved Bones.
1000 Sacks High Grade Acid Phos-
phate.
500 Sacks Genuine German Kainit,
fresh from the Mines.
In offering the above Fertilizers we can
confidently recommend them as frst-class
in every respect. None better: but few
as good. We offer all the above at the
very lowest price for cash or upon crop
time, payable this fall, where satisfactory
arrangements are made.
viii be glad to have your consighments
Of cotton. Will hold it for higher prices
and advance upon same when desired
Call at our Office when in Raleigh.
J. J. THOMAS & CO.,
3l3, 315 and 81, S. Wilmington St.,
fel63m RALEIGH, N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

tramping down, in. a fair season an
acre of clover will furnish forage for
ten shotes. If shotes are relied upon
to make pork, a pound of cornmeal
should be fed to each daily; two
pounds would be- preferred for, then
we should hold all the gain made by
the clover. y '''' y
: If the field is without shade, arti-
fetal shade should be provided; 200
feet of timber will save much work.
Pure water and plenty of it must also
be provided. It is better to have
we'll in each field. Provide the hogs
with some alkali. Glover contains an
acid that needs neutralizing Feed
plenty of charcoal mixed with ashes
and salt. Put salt on the ground in
one or two places, say eight or ten
quarts; and spade it in. For this
select place where there is clay and
then let it alone, except to visit once
in while and see what you can learn.
Theodore Louis, the Wisconsin ex-
pert hog raiser who made the above
remarks in Hoard's Daarymaam, adds
that pigs should be fed on dry grain
rations, with their swill separate nights
and mornings, to them thrifty grow
ers, not fattening. His swill is always
warm, 80 to 80 degrees. Where swill
is mixed with cold we'll water, say 40
degrees, it retards digestion. If left
standing several days to warm up it
will always sour. A hog fed on
clover should never have sour food.
Soaked corn is good, but generally
too much is swallowed without masti-
fcation. Especially is this true when
fed to the SOW and her litter before
weaving. It must be the business of
every feeder to see that the grain is
we'll digested.-NeD England Home
stead. ....
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
No. 27

in every section will be lessened Our
members will say if none of the plans
for betterment have been perfected
in this time, which seems long to a
drowning man, better quit and that
interest will be lost.
All will be well if every man will
only do his whole duty. It is useless
to wait for newspapers, and lecturers
to preach duty to you. You all know
the ends to be accomplished and strive
to get nearer every day. Talk these
great questions in your lodges and
resolve to take action in the matter
Resolutions never carried out never do
any good, but generally do harm. .
Read your platform and see if you
have done anything to make country
life more agreeable and your homes
more comfortable. If not, begin at
once to do your duty as members of
that grand order that can, and must
lift the veil that has so long clouded
the most enjoyable homes on Gods
green earth. The Southern Alliance
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
RALEIGH, N. c., AUGUST 81, 1888.

ing brethren from adjacent Lodges.
If our Business Agency System
proves a success, then the poor toiler
will be freed from the middle
men who have SO numerically bled
them in the past The farmers can
then bulk cotton in such quan.
titles at the nearest railroad de-
pots and have our own men to
weigh, sample and sell for us, that will
induce buyers to come from all parts
of the country, or it can be shipped
to any market and obtain the highest
prices for it, they can also get the
articles they buy at greatly reduced
rates, saving tremendously large per
cent. May this time speedily come,
and may our farmers take time by the
forelock and join the Alliance without
further delay. '...a
Recent rain showers have wonder
fully improved crops and all are more
hopeful of harvest sufficient to carry
them through another year. .,..
w. J. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

DUTY.

In this article it is not our intention
to lecture the people about their short
comings, but to urge upon every ALI
ance man to keep always in the path of
duty. With the business plans before
us as outlined, the next twelve months
will mark the most important epoch
in the history Of the Georgia Alliance.
Our people joined the Alliance ex-
pecting to be benefited thereby, that
is a majority of the farmers. Some
may have had an ak to grind. Many
have been members long enough to
expect some returns. The earnestness
and zeal with which the farmers of
Georgia have taken hold of the order
is something wonderful. But will it
last if they are not benefited fnan-
cially, socially or morally !? Is it
natural to suppose this interest and
enthusiasm would last for all time
merely to be called an Allianceman ?
No. Something must be done all will
admit. Then upon whom does the
duty fall !? It falls upon every mem
Der in the State of Georgia. n i IN
The Sub-Alliances of one county
cannot establish State Exchange;
but all Sub-Alliances in the State can,
and the burden will be light on all.
There are now about 700 Sub-Alli-
iances in the State and the number
rapidly increasing. We may safely
say there will be 1000 by September.
One hundred dollars from each one is
one hundred thousand dollars. One
hundred dollars paid annually or semi
annually by thirty-fve to sixty mem
bers you can see the tax would be
light on all. ,aa,
Let every member do his duty and
we will all feel better for having done
it, and for having accomplished some
thing. A negligence of duty to the
church or State ruins both and will
ruin any organization.
There is another plank in our broad
platform, and that is a higher educa-
ton for the masses. Have we done
anything in that direction? Have
we established higher grade of
schools in the country If not, it is
your duty to begin the work. The
people will expect something in this
direction. Well, some one will say
we can't do everything at once. All
true. We are basing our arguments
on the cats plan of eating the grind
stone. But when your people have
been organized long enough to expect
results, If there are none in sight this
great interest that is now being felt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
LETTER FROM NO. 577.
BLUFF ALLIANCE, Aug. 'SS.


Col. L. l.. PoLK.-Deor Sir The
speech mentioned in my last COM
munication was delivered by Bro j.
II. Johnson, July l4th, and was replete
with sound, logical, common sense
and good Allianceism to the core; a
large crowd was in attendance and
seemed to take the thought to try to
learn to think right. ia. s.E
At our regular meeting that eve-
ming we initiated four male members,
two of whom pull the scales at hog
killing time to away up near 500
avolrdupois, and they now register
over 400. Wenow have 81 members on
the books and lot of names in the
Secretary's pocket for initiation, not
wlthstandlng we are surrounded by
Lodges. From press of business we
delayed installing our officers till july
2sth, when we had quite grand time;
Bro. l.. G. King and the Secretary
read some interesting addresses, and
the President AMI Lecturer made ap.
propriate little speeches acknowledge
ing the honors conferred on them and
their willingness to oIpromote the in
terests of Allianceism as far as it re-
mained in their power. We always
have fu Il attendance. at our Lodge
and very often have very many visit
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
THE RACE FOR RICHES.

The haste to become rich, the greed
to possess the chimera of human en-
deavor, the ambition to own as much
of the dust of the earth as it is pos
sible to grasp, is the ruling motive of
mankind, and sways human actions,
public and private, and points all am
bitions. To this attribute. of humanity
may be ascribed the evils that beset
the race AS a recent writer says,
this brings us to another evil wrought
on the public by the haste to be rich.
1t evidently leads to crooked dealing.
In so exciting chase an advantage is
not to be missed because of little
question of right and wrong. A. lie
here, cheat there, these are the
every day occurrences by which to get
around the neighbor of the custom
house or the stockholder. A bribe
well placed is stroke of genius. EN-
ployees are trained in deception and
the community is morally corrupted.
Legislatures, whom we trust for our
laws, become the paid servants of the
gold hunters, and justice is polluted in
our courts. The madness that pos
sesses the man who is chasing after
wealth knows no bounds. His moral
code is completely set aside in the
sphere Of his money-making. Prin-
ciples that he would count most i'm
portant in theory of morals, are
wholly imperative in his financial
career. He slaughters widows and
orphans with his fiscal sword, he re-
morselessly sends. his rival to pauper-
ism and suicide, he manufactures
false stock and seizes upon Illegal
dividends, and he uses the confidence
of the unsuspecting for their ruin.
This system, rapidly growing upon us,
is poisoning the whole public body,
and making lying and stealing and
fraud subjects Of merriment where
they should be provocatives of indig-
nation and retribution. So possessed
is the public mind of this idea of our
modern money hunters, that even the
perfectly innocent man Of wealth can
not escape the imputation that his
money was gotten by ways that are
dark. The people have almost come
to believe that great wealth implies
great rascality. 1t is "a very false
judgment, and yet the reason for it is
in the evident rascality with which so
many have grasped their gold H44W
The injury done to the family is
also an injury to the State, for the
family is the unit of the State. Where
the men of family are in the wild
pursuit of wealth the basis of family
affection and morality cannot exist.
That basis is mutual conference and
intimate confidence But the gold
chase gives no time for this. The
man is sort of boarder in his own,
house. He fits in and out like a |
stranger. His heart is elsewhere. So |
wife and children are without their
proper guide and stay. They seek
for amusement in questionable quar-
ters. They find other centres than |
the home. The husband (house- bond,
if that be the right origin of the word) |
is not in his place, and the household |
is disintegrated. d Disorders of every |
sort enter such aafamil3,, and the in
crease of wealth only intensifes the
symptoms. 50 lstGUoma a1To4@9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
FEEDING HOGS ON CLOVER
PASTURE.

The farmer who intends to clover
hogs must first have the pluck to in
vest in fences. He should SOW no
grain without clover SO as to make
sure of pasture somewhere. One
should provide movable fences, so
that hogs shall feed only on limited
portion of the clover field at time.
Let the sows with their itters and
stock hogs, if you have them, 60 on
the clover as soon as it is vel lstarted,
from four to six inches high. In
dividing the field turn on the second
lot when in blossom. On my farm
the arrangement is such that all the
sows and litters come to their respec-
tive stalls at night, so when the pigs
are weaned they must come from
force of habit. They are fed night
and morning on steamed swill, fresh
every day, and dry cornmeal mixed
with equal weight of shorts. The
yards are well Uttered so as to save
all the droppings. They are started
to the clover field in the morning so
that the droppings are saved at each
end. No farmer can afford to lose
this. 81 1T should be almost religious
principle in managing swine farm to
save manure, while it is true that it is
almost always lost. When . movable
fence is used, so as to change the hogs
and thus prevent waste Of clover from
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DE-
..:... MAND.

Whenever prominence is given to
the fact that the producers of theland
do not receive an adequate recompense
for their labors, and that the wealth,
business and emoluments of the coun-
try are sequestered by those who are
non-producers, the question is met by
the assertion that the law of supply
and demand governs those cases.
But is that the case? ? According
to Mr.. Atkinson's calculations, ten
men on a bonanza farm in the far
West can produce enough by their
labor to serve bread to one thousand
persons in New York! If that calcu-
lation is correct, then in every COM
munity of a thousand people within
reach of American grain 900 are re-
leased from the necessity of raising
food, and are free to produce other
useful things. Mr.. Atkinson further
calculates that one operative in cot
ton factory makes sufficient cloth for
$50 people; in woolen factory enough
for 800; while the modern cobbler,
working in boot and shoe factory,
furnishes 1000 men, or more than
1000 women with all the boots and
shoes they require in a year. In the
face of this enormous outpour of
wealth, where few men can turn out
enough of the necessaries of life for
hundreds, how is it that there are
people in England starving for want
of food i? 1t certainly is no niggardl-
ness of nature. 1t is no fault of our
instruments of production. 1t must
be something terribly far wrong in the
way we organize and employ these
great resources 1t certainly cannot
be supply and demand upon which we
saddle the wrong of the unappeased
hunger, for the supplyss fully adequate
to meet the urgent demand; nor is it
attributable to the inadequacy of trans
portation, for that is equal to any
emergency that has of late years been
called for. Some other source must
be looked for, and that can only be
found in the retarding influences that
are placed between supply and de-
mand, by the Vaccinations of non
producing wealth that seeks to gather
itself an unwarranted share of the re-
suits of production.
The corners in the productions Of
the soil, the gambling in futures in
the food supplies and like transactions,
that though not absolutely contrary to
legal enactment are certainly wrong
in a moral view, are what leads to
these conditions.
A more fair and equal distribution
of the results of production must and
will be inaugurated, and the unwar-
ranted detention of food supplies for
speculative purposes must be made
impossible.-HeraM and Dissenaana-
ton. ...t
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
SELLING FERTILITY.

In a ton of timothy hay there are
thirty pounds of nitrogen, worth
$3.50, forty pounds Of potash, worth
So, and fourteen pounds of phosphoric
acid, worth $l.l2; total value in one
ton Of hay in these elements, 1872.
This 1892 is what this ton of hay
would be worth to the farmer for
manure, provided it should become
necessary to buy commercial fertilizers,
such as bone dust, superphosphate,
etc., to keep up the fertility of the
farm. If the farmer sold $500 worth
Of hay at $3.50 per ton, forty tons,
he would sell in nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid that which he could
not get back for less than $316; $500
worth of clover hay, at $l0 per ton,
would remove the same elements to
the value of 1886; $500 worth of corn,
$3.50; $500 of wheat at S. per bushel,
$l25; $500 of wool, $50; $500 worth
ofmilk and butter, $38; $500 of fruits,
much less than either; $500 of cotton
and tobacco, more than any two of
the others. Now, could we feed this
hay and grain on the farm in the pro-
duction of milk and butter and wool
and meat, and get enough in the pro-
ducts to pay for the hay and grain, we
would retain between IS and 80 per
cent. of these fertilizing elements on
the farm, as only about 10 per cent
of these elements are appropriated by
the animals. So that if we pastured
sheep in the summer and fed the hay
in winter, and sold wool and mutton
to the value of $500, we would remove
from the farm only $50 worth of
these essential fertilizing elements,
and the tendency to impoyerishment
of soil would be very little. We
would tend to impoverishment of land
seven times faster by selling $500
worth of clover hay, six times faster
by selling timothy, three and one-half
times by selling wheat, and, estimating
roughly, more than ten times by sell
ing tobacco and cotton, and only
three-fourths times as fast by selling
milk and butter, and even less by
selling fruits.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
OFFICIAL ORGANS OF FARMERS
ALLIANCE.

National Alliance-iSouthern Mer-
cury, Dallas, Texas.
Alabama-AHsance Banner, Athens.
Arkansas Wheel Enterprise,
Little Rock
Mississippi-7he Farmer, Winona.
North Carolina PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, Raleigh.
Louisiana-Ihe Union, Choudrant.
Tennessee and Kentucky-1he
1os1er, Nashville, Tenn.
Free Speech, Beaumont, Texas, OF
the counties of Jefferson, Orange,
Tyler, Hardin, Chambers, Liberty.
Florida-Farmers' Florida Alliance,
Mariana, Fla. sf
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21

Gen. Greely says that he has no
present intention of asking to be re.
lieved, but is unwilling, longer than
the interests of the service absolutely
require, to hold an uncertain tenure of
Office in bureau which must steadily
deteriorate unless re-organized under
strict examination as to competence.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-08-21
DIRECTORY OF FARMERS, Or
CARNATIONS. 4.iA
FARMERS NATIONAL ALLIANCE AND oo-oP-

FARMERS NATIONAL ALLIANCE AND COOP
ERATIvE UNION OF AMERICA.
President w. Macune, Texas.
First Vice-President-L. L. Polk, N. G.
Vice-Pres't for Ala-H. P. Bone. '2t
Vice-Pres't for Ark.-W. III. Moore.
Vice-Pres't for Fla-Oswald Wilson.
Vice-Pres't for Ky.-S. B. Irwin.
Vice-Pres' for La.-Linn Tanner.
Vice-Pres't for Miss.-R. T. Love. % h
Vice-Pres't for Mo.-A. B. Johnson.
-Pres't for N. C.-S. B. Alexander.
Vice-Pres' for TENN. H. Mcdowell.
Vice-Pres't for Tex.-M. D. K. Taylor.
Secretary-E. B. Warren, Texas.
Treasurer-A E. Gardner, Tenn.
Chaplain-Rev. J. G. Jones, La.
Lecturer-Ben. Terrell, Tex.
Asst. Lecturer. A. Tetts La.
Door Keeper-Newt Gresham, Ala.
Asst. Door Keeper-H. G. Brown, KY.
Serg't-at-Arms-T. E. Groom, Miss.
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE
President B. Alexander, Charlotte,
N. G.
Vice-President-T Ivey, Ashpole, NC.
Secretary-L. L. Polk, Raleigh, N. G.
Treasurer-J. D. Allen, Falls, N. G.
Lecturer-Geo. Wilcox, Carbonton,
N. G.
Assistant Lecturer-D. D. Mcintyre,
Laurinburg, n. G.
Chaplain-Rev. e. J. Edwards, Cedar
Greek, N. G.
Door Keeper-W. II. Tomlinson, Fay
etteville, N. G. .
Assistant Door Keeper-R. 7. Rush,
Mt. Gilead, n. G.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. S. Holt, Chalk
Level, N. G.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH oAno-
LIMA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Elias Carr, Old Sparta, N. c.. Chair
man; Thadeus livery, Ashpole, N. g.; >. ).
Johnston, Rufin, N. G. ..............
THE NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
President Elias Carr, Old Sparta,
Edgecombe county.
B. F. Hester, Oxford, Secretary; s.
Otho Wilson, Vineyard, and w. b. Ben
bow, Oak Ridge, Assistant Secretaries
STATE GRANGE PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.
w. R. Williams, Falkland, Pitt county,
Master.
b. T.. J. Ludwig, Mt. Pleasant, Secre-
tary.
TURE-OFFICERS.
John Robinson, Commissioner.
T. X. Bruner, Secretary
DR.. II. B. Battle, Chemist and Director
of Experiment Station. " l.a- ....
John T. Patrick, General Agent lmmi-
grafton. ..r .. -
n G. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. --
w. G.. Upchurch, Raleigh, President;
John Nichols, Raleigh, Secretary. .-
NORTH CAROLINA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
President-J. Van Lindley, Pomona
Secretary-S. Otho Wilson, Vineyard.
Iredell County Agricultural Association
meets in Statesville every two months.
Julian Allen, President; 7. M. Mills, Sec
retary; A. L. Barringer, Treasurer.
Telegram-herald., 1888-05-20
REV. DR.. STONE DEAD.
He Passes Away Suddenly while st the
Home of His Son In Detroit.

He Passes Away saadepiy while at the
Home of His Son In Detroit.
DETRoIr, May I9.-Rev. DR.. J. A. b.
Stone, of Kalamazoo. whose name has been
prominently associated with the educa-
tionsl growth OF the State for nearly half q
century, died suddenly at 1 o'clock this
morning at the residence OF his son. James
II. Stone DR.. Stone came 10 Detroit =
week ago for visit at bis sons home. lie
had been in falling health for some years,
and since last fall mad been quite feeble. A
few DAYS ago he said he felt better than for
n long time, and only yesterday afternoon
was around and down town IS usual.
Shortly after O'clock this morning the
family were awakened by heavy noise IN
bis room like person falling. James hur-
Tied TO the room and found his rather
stretched upon The floor unconscious and
dying. His heart had ceased TO beat.
DIR. Stone was born at Pierinont, y. H-,
in 1910. In May. ls43. he went TO kalsma-
ZOO 20 assume charge Of the literary insti-
tute which became the Kalamazoo College.
To this work DR.. Stone gave twenty of the
best years of his life. He was for several
years editor and publisher of The Kslsma.
zoo daily and weekly Telegraph. He was
also postmaster at Kalamazoo for foul
wears during Grants administration. lie
was at one time President of the Michigan
State Teachers Association. and af;erward
President of the Michigan Publishers Asso-
CATION.
Telegram-herald., 1888-05-20
A BRAVE BOY.

Mae Rutherford. Aged 10. Saves Fora
fislds. Aged 8. From Drowning.
,r,A,tyst zsAtssss-ssssA.-
HART. May ls.-A little girl named Fora
Fields. aged years. while playing on the
bank of the Pentwater River yesterday. ac-
cidentslly fell hesdlong into the river. just
below the Wigton dam, and would have
drowned had it not been for the brave as
sstance of little ten-year-old Mac
Rutherford. son OF L. G.. Ruth erford. Mac.
who was fishing near by, ran and Jumped
into the water after he little girl, and with
great difficulty succeeded in keeping her
head above water until both children were
rescued by the men and boys on the bank,
who had stood back on the bank not know
ing what 10 do.---The prospects for fruit
are much better than last year. and tie
WELD will undoubtedly be much larger.
The recent frests have not injured the fruit
buds in this county. Spring is backward
aud wet Very little plant
ing has been done so far
c. Al Adams has bought out Charles
Rollins interest in the grocery business and
w. ''Chris" will endesvor TO co ''russling"
business in his lne.-The Hart Base
Ball club has sent a challenge 20 Pent-
wster, Shelby, whitehall. Montague and
MpsKegoD, but none of them have yet been
accepted