The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-05-07
EDITORIAL NOTES

the publication of a series Of articles
on the important subject: Railways;
their uses and abuses, and their effect
upon the productive industries of the
country" The Economist says these
articles Twill form "a thoroughpzre
liable and complete digest of the rail
way question and the effect Of its
abuses" and will be kept up through
out the year. They are written by
Mr.. Jas. F. Hudson, author Of 1.-THE
Railways and the Republic e
= Mr. Isaac McCracken, President
of the National Agricultural Wheel,
in compliance. with the request of the
President of, the National Farmers
Alliance, has issued his Proclamation
to that, order calling for appointment
of delegates to attend the meeting at.
Birmingham.on the 18th, to cooperate
with the Alliance in the matters sug
gested in the Proclamation, We hope
there will be- strong representation.
from each IF THE cotton States, for
matters of very great importanceeto.
the farmers of the South are-to be.
considered. saF2H ID @f}s'
The meeting at Birmingham,
Ala, on the 18th inst, is exciting
great interest among the farmers Of
the South, and it. will doubtless be at
tended by representatives from all the.
Southern States W9 trust'it DELHI,
erations may lead to the adoption Of
such measures as will bring the manu-
facture of bagging to the South; and
as will utilize some native fibre for
thatrGpurpose! This done, then The
Progressive FARMER wants to see
mills all over the South for spinning
our cotton into thread The Southl
can spin the thread, of the world and
ought to do it. Instead of sending
off our raw cotton in the bale, let us
send it in blocks of thread and get the
additional profit. We have at last
turned our faces in the right direction.
/ Let us look neither to the right or
left, but go straight forward.
1t was announced in our columns
some weeks ago that the editor had
accepted an invitation to be with the
brethren at Nashville on the 18th inst.
Other meetings were in contemplation
in connection with this one, which be
had hoped to attend, but how uncer-
tain are all human calculations At
the time indicated be will be in Bir-
mingham, Ala, to confer with our
: brethren of the South, on some plan
for relieving the cotton planters from
their dependence on conspirators, for
a supply of bagging and other i'm
portant matters. With the enthusi.
astic and loyal Alliance men jof Nash
county, we feel assured that this ex-
PLANTATION is all that is necessary.
Social festivities are proper aAdshould
be encouraged, but nothing should
come between us and our first great
duty of promoting and p%erfecting the
great work of the Alliance.
y We ask our readers, especially
those who desire to diversity their
crops, to preserve and study carefully,
the series of articles which we begin
to publish today, from the pen of MIR.
James Norwood, of Hillsboro, OF the
subject of grass culture. Mr.. Nor
wood is a practical, successful and
progressive farmer. He is known as
one of the largest exhibitors at all the
Fairs in Central Carolina, and we are
of the opinion that he has been
awarded more premiums on his stock
and crops than any man, perhaps, in
our State. He is no theorist. He
will not tell you hoaO grass mag BE-
raised successfully, but will tell you
exactly how he has done at. He has
kindly consented to begin with the
manure heap and go through all the
details of preparatiQno of ground, seed.
ing, grazing, cutting, curing, balipg,
and marketing. We commend his
articles to the careful consideration
of cur readers. To. do good farming,
you must have fertile lands, to have
fertile lands, you must have manure,
toshave manure you must have stock,
to have stock you must have grass,
and to have grass you must attend to
it.
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We are gratifed to receives
private letter from one of the most
astute, intelligent and patriotic gen.
tlemen of our State warmly endorsing
our views and position ON the negro
exodus movement, and commencing
our feeble effort to preserve the honor
and fame of North Carolina soldiers.
The one involves our civilization and
our destiny, the other, our manhood,
our character, our fame and our honor,
as a portion of this great American
people. The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
would have no policy that would
abridge its absolute freedom in a bold
and fearless expression of its views
on these great matters. 1t sincerely
believes there can e W. be any mate
rial or permanent advancement in our
industrial Hovo1OnmoOt ca loo- a q VIC