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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
WAKING UP ON THE SILO
QUESTION.
FALLS. n. G.. Feb. Is. '89.

FALLS, n. O., Feb. l6, $50.
Col. L. l. PoLK.-Dear SRI have
just read Brother Cars article on
silo and ensilage. That is a matter
which I have given a good deal OF
thought, read a good deal of, with
much interest, and for a year or two
have thought that [ would like to try
on a small scale it's p~racticability. He
says his plan is inexpensive, but there
are thousands of farmers not IN a sit
uation to spend that much on silos yet
they need all the benefits to be de-
rived from ensilage. So | for one,
land there may be others) would
Ike to try it on a much smaller scale,
and rather feel our way into the mat
ter. as we are not able to lose any
thing on it. In view of these facts l
would like to ask Brother Carr a
question or two: Can not a common
stall which can be opened at the top
and lined be used with success? Is 1t
necessary to try to exclude the air by
fitting the lining close, or will small
cracks make no difference? Will 1t
not improve the food and aid in pre-
serving the same to salt the mass as 1t
is packed down? 1t seems reasonable
to suppose that stock would eat it bet
ter thus treated.
AS you ask who will take the initia-
tive, l will say that l will try it, and
for the benefit of whom it may con-
Germ, I will give my plan: L have an
empty stall under the floor on which
nv feed-cutter stands; 1 propose to
run a partition and thus form a silo
Axe feet, 10 feet deep containing $50
cubic feet; will remove the floor over
the silo and filing will be convenient.
S. F. ALLEN.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
THE ALLIANCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Mr.. Stackhouse writes the follow
ing to The Farm about the Alliance in
South Carolina, from which it will be
seen that it is beginning to flourish
and become powerful in his State:
LITTLE Rock, S. c., Jan. Z, '89.
Col. II. W. Grady, atlanta:
DEAR SIR:-Your favor of Deem
Der 3lst was duly received. You say,
"I want from you an article telling
just what the Alliance has done in
your State, and what it proposes to do.
Any new points or features which will
be introduced for the benefit of the
farmers during the coming year. Also
any features that will be abandoned,
provided there are any. What are
the principal advantages that have
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
TIE FARMER,
The Backbone Of the Country

1t is a conceded fact in the minds OF every DUEL
ness man that the commercial status OF every I'm =,
country in fact, so much so that shoqId III - LIZ
visit the fields of our never ceasing toLers, 'nen re n
merchants of our city would be IoIceu 70 IbioId The
" the farmers" whom 1 consider the nackoJ bat T. Il
every community, from every impeachment tha' F."
likely to retard their progress. b,s stock Of
Caskets Cofins. Burial Robes and everything n
the Undertaking line, to the corner OF East Ma q
and South Blou1t sts;I ig Il fully lily IPif7 sDd elsewhere IS where
with t6e necessary equipments to give entire sau9I
faction. The most careful attention given 10 al
orders at day or night. u . voung
man of nntiring energy, and should You negu ~ ~
thing in the Ondertaker's line, visit his PISISS+ s
business. corner of e. Martin and South biou u most
and full satisfaction will be EXTENDED -"
gentlemanly manner. -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
COUNTRY VERSUS CITY LIFE.

The general death-rate in large
cities is often twice as great al in the
sparsely settled country, while among
children under fveEyears of age the
difference is ever greater than this.
So constant and we'll ascertained is
this difference that DR.. Farr, the
English registrar general, has formu-
mated the law that the death-rate of
districts increases with the density of
their population. Investigations which
have been recently made upon a large
scale prove conclusively that of all
persons living beyond the age of 80
years only, an extremely small pro-
portion were born or spent their child
hood in the city, while a large proper
ton were reared upon a farm. In one
case, out of one thousand octogena-
rians, four hundred and sixty-one had
been farmers all their lives, and nearly
all of them began life upon the farm.
In another instance, out of many
thousands, n person over 80 years
of age had been born and brought up
in the city. Many of them had re-
moved to the city, and engaged in
business there; all except one had
spent the years bodybuilding in the
country.
The great majority of the success
full business men in our cities, and of
men occupying responsible positions in
public life, were country born and
bred. In the country they obtained
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

A correspondent of the Oglethorpe
Echo says: Let every man organize a
family Alliance. Let the annual motto
be, ga reduction of one-third of family
expense for the year 1882" This is a
good Alliance resolution. Fall in,
A~lliancemen, and receive the annual
word and pass it down the line. 1t is
an old adage that "money saved is
money made" This resolution is, |
think, very practical. Extravaganza
or buying beyond the possibility for
paying has brought many a seller and
purchaser to grief. Here is an easier
way to make, or gather, a snug sum,
than growing cotton at fifteen cents
per pound. Let's see what figures
will do for us, so as to see approx
mately the gain in the proposition, if
carried out. Some say farmers can't
figure, but here goes: Suppose three
hundred families whose yearly ex-
penses averaged one hundred dollars,
and that, I think, a low estimate for
the number, by curtailing one-third,
the saving would be to those families
ten thousand dollars. Let this suffice
only as an illustration. If all will
adopt this resolution and carry it into
effect, they will be a few dollars bet
ter off, and, their temperature in good
feeling and cheer will be several de-
grees above.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

been gained, how the organization mas
grown" etc.
The organization In this State is too
young to have accomplished much.
The State Alliance was organized on
the 18th of last July, and for some
time thereafter organization was i'm
peded because of our inability to fur
nish the necessary "outfts." There
were 162 Sub-Alliances in the State
when the State Alliance was organ
lied. These have increased threefold
since that time, while the membership
has increased four-fold. This growth
has been attained without much special
effort. We hope to increase our mem
bership ten-fold within a year from
the date of our State organization.
The organization was introduced
into this State too late last year, to get
much benefit from cooperative bust
ness effort, but whereit was attempted,
it met with such favor and success, as
will u it to be very generally
tested the present year. The practice
is to arranged with the local mer-
chants for special terms, either for
cash or upon satisfactory security on
time, the Alliance using it's best effort
to eliminate or diminish risk, and the
merchants in consideration of dimin-
ished risk and assured business gives
the best possible terms. This system
where tried last year, gave very gen
ener satisfaction, to both the farmer
and the merchant. The tendency
being to develop a better manhood,
by making business obligations more
sacred, and crookedness in business
methods more odious, while the prac-
tice of a more rigid economy, added
to the saving in prices paid, will tend
to the transaction of all business upon
a cash basis. The terms agreed on
between the Alliance and the mer-
chant are strictly confidential.
"Alliance Stores" owned and con-
trolled by the Alliance r being
established in some localities, but their
success is yet problematical.
Manufacturers, general agents and
wholesale dealers seem anxious, as a
rule, to perpetuate their established
business methods. They refuse to be-
lieve that the Alliance "has come to
stay, and will insist on being respected.
If the Alliance proves her pluck and
endurance by establishing a general
agency system, she will be in condition
to consider and protect her interest
in this matter.
The best Alliance work done in this
State is it's educational work. The
Alliance is a great school, eminently
fitted for broadening the views and
~sympathies of it's members; softenlng
their prejudices and intoxicating cor
rect views in reference to their duties
and responsibilities, uniting them in
favor Of right and opposition to wrong
the Bible being the standard by
which to form judgment. The good
results of Alliance teachings is already
recognized, even by Those who have
not connected themselves with the
organization.
[ believe there is but one purpose
in reference to the future of the order,
and hat is to hold it strictly to the
declaration of Intentions" as set
forth in it's Constitution.
Thanking you for the interest mani
tested in seeking information in refer
ence to Alliance work, and hoping
that my brief reply will be acceptable,
[ am very truly your obedient servant.
/. L. STAcKHoUsE,
Pres't F. A. S. c..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

Docs AND SHEEP.-Mr. G. W. Kin
ney, of Missouri, states that more
than one hundred persons are reported
to have died in the State during the
past year of hydrophobia, occasioned
by the bite of mad dogs. In thirty
two counties 10, 6O2 sheep have been
killed by dogs. He estimates that,
allowing two dogs for each family,
which is really less than the actual
number, there would be 400, 900 dogs
in the State. The amount of food
necessary to support a fair sized dog
will keep n hog in good thriving
condition, which at twelve months
will weigh 200 pounds, making for the
whole number of dogs 80, 900, O0O
pounds of pork. This would load
4 800 cars, ten tons to a car, and be
worth, at 6 cents per pound, $780,.
600, nearly twice the value of all the
school-houses in the State, and more
than twice the amount used by the
State, in 1869, for all school purposes.
In consequence of the great amount
of damage done by these animals, it
has been proposed to the State Board
of Agriculture to recommend to the
Legislature to pass a dog law, by
which the owner shall be required to
pay IN annual tax of ST. on every
male and So on every female dog.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
9 How tOGet Rich in the SOut6"

Telling what to do, how to do it, and n,oa..
realized. This is the most complete work ever ~
1shed on the South. 1t tells all about stool ~
ing, grasses, hay-making, fruit culture. tTnnkins
&C: It Will pay any man to have this yaInabEE:,
cioth;bound volume. Endorsed by the press and and
prominent statesmen from Virginia to Texas, S 4mt
foee4m ]. E. RUE,
feS6lm p o. Box No. 4, Littleton. \ n
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
The BEST COTTON SEED 70 PLANT

| have for four years been planting a cotton
known as Peterkin, that makes more seed cotton to
the acre than any l know, and it yields from 38 to
4 pounds Of lint cotton from 100 pounds of seed
each year. l have some of these seed for sale, and
| would advise all cotton farmers to buy and plant
some of these seed, and to all who think of doing
so, l would respectfully refer to the following gen
tlemen, to whom l sold some seed last year:
Mr.. Ransom Hinton, Raleigh, N. G.
Mr.. W. G. Allen, "'
Messrs. Latta & Wyatt, -"
Wyatt & Taylor
My Prices Sacked:
Two bushels. $50
Five bushels or over.............. LOO per bushel
To any Farmers Alliance or Farmers Club
wanting go or more bushels, l will make a liberal
deduction. B. P. WILLIAMSON,
Ja152m Raleigh, N c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

HORACE GREELEY ONCE SAID.-Tf I
were to estimate the average absolute
loss to the farmers of this country
from insects 500, 600, 600 per annum,
| should doubtless be far below the
mark; | have no doubt that our best
allies in this inglorious warfare are the
birds. They would serve us if we did
not destroy them. = = = The
boy who robs a birds nest is robbing
the farmer of part of his crop. :
The farmer might as well consent that
any strolling rufian should shoot his
horses or cutie as his birds.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
Roll Book for Subordinate Secretaries d
Alliances,

oraat convenience. Printed page headings:
VIII hold 1872 names. Each month and qaart ~
separate. A column to enter date OF PaymentT Tv
dues. The attendance can be Kept he0IJ'
one. Price IS cts. Address, u.o,ce
j. W. REID, Sec'y s. G. State AiIlanSe'c
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

FEATHERs.-Three million pounds,
or 376 carloads, of feathers r used
annually in this country for bedding
purposes. These feathers are got from
5000, 600 geese. These geese are
reared mostly in Southern Illinois,
Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and
Kentucky.-Er.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

ganization of the farmers to urge it,
and to urge it persistently.
This is certainly a great work and
shows the power of organization
Southern Farm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

In a letter in Greensboro Herald
Joarnal President A. H. Smith gives
good advice to members of the ALI
ance, of Greene county. He calls on
the wives and daughters of the farm
eEs to aid in every way possible, to
dress plain, practice economy, and
thereby help the farmer to avoid debt.
Read what he says:
awe we'll know that those who are
combined against us know our
straighted circumstances, and will
take all the advantage of the same,
unless every man be on his guard and
acts well his part. If we would pull
out of the mire into which we have
unfortunately sunk so deep, the first
requisite is, that we have a will to do
or not to do, and then have moral
courage sufficient to allow this will
power to prevail, upheld by such noble
traits as self-denial and rigid economy,
with a determination to live within
our income, be it great or small, to
keep our minds in accordance with
our circumstances and not go beyond
our means. When this is done the
victory is won, and the sad heart will
rejoice.
You may take any government, [
care not what it's wealth may be, if
the outgo is more than the income, it
will crumble and fall to the earth. The
anne will apply to an individual, I
care not what his station in life may
be, let him be a Vanderbilt or the
humblest tiller of the soil, if he would
be a freeman he must not spend more
than he makes. So let us fortify our
selves in the very beginning of the
new year with good resolutions to do
better in the future than we have ever
done in the past, so that when the
year of 1889 shall have passed we
may feel that it was not a blank in
our lives, but n that can be looked
back upon with great satisfaction.
And may [ not ask of the good wives
and fair daughters Of the Farmers
Alliance of Greene county to come to
our rescue in this n great and grand
effort on the part of their husbands
and fathers to keep out of debt, and
build up lost fortunes. How fascinat-
ing and attractive our ladies appeared
during the dark days of the sixties
when they were so willing to dress
plain, and to live cheap, to help our
Southern cause; then,
"They scorned to wear a bit of silk, a bit
of Northern lace;
But made their homespun dresses up, and
wore them with such grace"
Feeling as I do the greatest interest
in the Farmers Alliance, [ hereby
urge upon the president of each Sub
Alliance to call a meeting of their re
spective lodges early in February, and
insist on each member raising a suff-
cheney for home supplies, and if each
one has not already sown oats to meet
his corn crop, to do so at once and be
sure to put them in good ground and
let peas follow their cutting. Urge
each member to plant some early corn
for bread in August, and not to buy
a pound of guano unless he knows it
will pay him. The guano companies
have it already sacked, and are just as
much obliged to sell it, as the farmer
is his cotton, so by waiting you can
get it at your own figures, and it
might pay you a handsome profit to
wait forever"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26
II. MAILER,
PRACTICAL iEIWNELER ( s!iVEsSN!TH,
RALEIGH, N. O..

Keeps on hand all articles found in q
frst-class Jewelry Store. Society Seals
and Emblems always on hand or made to
order at shortest notice.
Special: Alliance Seals, delivered any
where at Alliance prices. nO6tf
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

Here is what the Minnesota farm.
ers claim they have accomplished by
their Alliance for practical legislation:
During the nearly five years active
existence of the Farmers Alliance in
the State, much has been done to re-
lieve the people of the unjust bur
dens which have been put upon them
by unrighteous combinations of CAPT.
tai. The Minneapolis Miller's Asso.
citation, which then held despotic sway
over the wheat markets, has become
a thing of the past. Railroad rates
have been greatly reduced; discrimi
nations prohibited; a board of Rail.
road Commissioners appointed, and
laws enacted for the protection of the
people from extortion and injustice in
the transportation of grain, as well as
by unjust weight and grades. An
interstate commerce law has been
passed by Congress, which aims to
regulate commerce between the States.
that the people shall not become the
helpless victims of vast corporations
Many of the principles enacted into
law have been or are being subjected
to the test of the courts, and while
the demands of the people have not
always been sustained by them, we
think, on the whole, much has beer
gained, both before the Legislature
and in the courts. In all this the
Farmers Alliance has played the i'm
portant part. 1t is indeed very doubt
full if anything would have been done
in this direction had there been no or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-15
PERSONAL.

Mr. Murat Halstead win deliver IN address before
the Wisconsin State Press Association at Madison this
month.
"Herbert Is the only Bismarck who works decently,S
said the Chancellor the other day to DR.. Chrysendcr
"If had worked as much in my younger days, some
good might have como OF me, TOO, It last"
Mr. James Russell Lowell Is about to part with
his Cambridge home, Elmwood.'
Talking with him about bis Macbeth in advance
Of It's production, friend said 70 Mr. Irving: Surely
Macbeth should be stalwart, broadshouldered man ~
Yes replied the great actor. so thought until
reading the text found the words-'Throw physique
to the dogs "
reunion IN Boston last week. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Samuel MAY. Charles g. storrow, and the Rev. Drs
6uekney. Devens and S. Z. Smith.
One Of Milan Obrenovitch's latest indecencies was
to appoint NJ christteh Minister to Berlin BE Is
the shameless husband OF that particular one Of King
force Queen Natalie to kiss in public and treat with
honor. " Kiss your paramour YOURSELF replied the
Queen and divorce followed.
Professor Arthur NJ Marsh, who is leaving tho
English Literature chair at the University Of Kansas
for that Of Bellies Lettres at Harvard Is native Of
Newport and is only about thirty years old
Dr. Joseph Parker the London scnsstionalist
preacher, recently went to see popular piece at a
London theatre, and at its conclusion exclaimed:
God bless the man who wrote 50 useful and al
mirable a playp "That piece he continued, in
conversation. was simply dramatic sermon of the.
most powerful kind 10 doctrine. eloquence and
spiritual effect can safely defy any TO bring
word Of reproach upon the theatre presided over
by Mr.. Henry Irving. who Is doing all In his power
70 elevate tho educational and moral tone OF tho
stage, and therefore he deserves the hearest support
OF all earnest Christian workers, ! have islnct
personal authority that some managers and actors have
The Memoirs Of Macready might have been the
record Of the life Of q Methodist preacher. All who
know Mr.. and Mrs. Bancroft, Mr.. Irving, Mr.. Toole
Miss Terry and others OF that class win testify that
they are continually doing good on a very liberal
scale. No good Will ever como OF Injustice even TO
actors. Understand that there some actors As
bad some preachers; and. on the other hand,
understand that there some preachers who are
not whit better than some actors. Let US be Just
and fear not"
Speaking OF Dr. knight, who has boon elected Bishop
Of Milwaukee. Philadelphia Record writer says:
u remember him we'll az q student In Burlington
College al Burlington n. j., way back In the fies.
His family then Smith, but q legacy from
an uncle was coupled with q request to change his
70 knight, and II done He was known
then Vigorous thinker and writer and forcible
speaker. Two other graduates Of the college, sons
Of Bishop George W. Doane, the president, have at
tanned the epscopate-one, William Crosweil Doane,
Is Episcopal bishop OF Albany and the other George
Hobart Doane, is monsignor by special appointment
~ tba pom
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-15
AT INDIANAPOLIS

CThe Presdcnteiects reply TO delegation which
had earnestly presented candidate for his Cabnep
was, several members OF the Delegation said after
ward, agreeable but general Telegram from In
dianapolis1
The delegations come from East and West
From North and South they gather.
They interview the Central with a rest.
Nor stop for wind weather;
He listens we'll to all they've got to say,
with face that's kind,
HIS ear is open TO them night and day.
But his reply they find
Agreeable-but general
All through the week and Sundays, too, they como,
The crowd Is meier diminished.
Each section has some well groomed fav'rite son,
And wants him Cabinet finished;
With smiling eve and brow unruficd quite
He let's them food his mind,
But when they pause for rcassuring light
Tho Gen'rars talk they find
Agreeable-but general.
with feryent eloquence their lips oernow.
They all with accents hearty
Dwell on the mighty claim" which Doc or Roe
Has on a grateful party;
And what says Harrisonf Does no reveal
II they have gained their aimi
Hes fluent with them, but they seem to feel
His talk they well might name
Agreeable-but general.
They seem to gather as the foor they yield
And seek tho railway station.
That he an influential part will weld
With his Administration
And when they reach their homes and comrades ask,
"You fixed him, we'll be boundfp
They answer, "Phaps-supposo you try the task.
The Gon'rals talk we found
Agreeable--but generaLp