The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-19


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 Wed
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:
hereby certify that I am a practical
farmer and that my chief interest is farm
ing ar stock raising:
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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 M 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. i
5. The President shall appoint stand
ing 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; Immi-
grafton; Rotation of crops and Drainage,
Grasses, Stock and Stock laws; Miscel-
laneous 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.
3. All resolutions, petitions. memorials,
&c, shall be in writing and signed by
the persons presenting them.
9. Twenty members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
10. Farmers township clubs, county
clubs and oranges, shall be entitled to
send one or more delegates to the regular
annual meetings.
IL. This Constitution and Bylaws
may be amended at the regular annual
meeting by a.two-third vote of the mem
bers present.
OF PRINCIPLES.
First. For relief from present distress,
we must rely under the blessing Of God
mainly upon ourselves. We must be
more industrious, more economical, live
more within our means, and provide a
better education for the masses of the
people.
Second. The interests of the farmer
and of the laborer are identical, whatever
benefits the one will benefit the other.
The farmers are. laborers and we make
common cause with all laborers every
where in securing for them and ourselves
a just ~recompense for labor, and the equal
right to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
Third. The land holder should own his
land exclusively, save only the right OF
the public to pass over it on roads, and
highways. The custom which has grown
up of having all land common property
for purposes of grazing and stock raising
is exceedingly injurious and often r1inous
to the farmer. Separate property IL land
is the foundation Of industry, economy
and thrift. :.
Fourth. The cash system is the best.
Pay as YOU 60. Avoid the clattel mort
gage. 1t is u device by which the farmer
is'compelled to purchase at inflated prices
and pay with sound currency.
Fifth. Avoid litigation and as far as
may be live peaceably with all men.
Sixth. Cultivate less land. Improve
the land by drainage and a rotation of
crops. Make on the farm more grain and
grasses and feed them to improved stock,
and make less cotton and tobacco.
Seventh. System is a law Of God, to
secure it we must have cooperation and
organization. We most earnestly COM
mend to our brother farmers throughout
the State to organize, (%whether it be
through the Grange or Farmers Clubs,)
in every township and county, and dis
cuss improved methods in all that relates
to farm husbandry, and report through
the columns of THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,