The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-02-26

in the Shenandoah Valley OF Virginia,
gave some very interesting facts IN
regard to cheap living, showing that
we depend entirely too much upon
hog and hominy, and suffer fruit and
vegetables to waste that should De
preserved for winter use.
The Farmers Alliance is having
quite an influence on legislation at
Austin at present. Their numerous
memorials and petitions are having
the desired effect, and ere long trusts
and pools in the State OF Texas VIII
be things Of the past.
We hope some one who a will
answer Bro. j. R. Walkers question IN
regard to alfalfa, through The Pro
eREss1vE FARMER. He says: al saw
in your that alfalfa is fine for
hay and pasture. Would it suit
Western North Carolina, and where
can seed be bought? How is it cul-
tivated and whenplanted? Is it good
for bees 2 Which is. the best clover
for bees :?
- =-n u 800 80 .s L-E-.-
w. w. Fraley, writing from Mt:
Vernon, says:."I, see that some OF
the sherifs have held a meeting to
importune the Legislature to, raise
their wages. I want to suggest a bet
ter way for the taxpayers: If any
sheriff is not satisfied with the wages
he gets, just let him resign. Hun
dreds of men, just as honorable and
capable as he is, will be glad to take
the Office at what he gets, and be
thankful for it"
W. D. Peed writes from Mount
Pleasant Alliance, No. l9, Wake
county, and says their membership
numbers forty, but regrets that they
have only two female members. AS
they are surrounded by Alliances,
about all the Alliance material in the
neighborhood is "worked VI" and they
can not expect to grow much IN
numbers. The members are very
jealous and earnest, and have determ-
ined to plant less cotton and raise
more grain, and in this manne aid In
the great struggle for the independ-
ence of the Sournern farmer.
Bro. H. M. Johnson, Business
Agent of Fork Greek Alliance, No.
SOC, writing On private business, takes
occasion to say of paper, "THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER makes good ALI
ance men and inspires a feeling of
confidence wherever it is read, and
convinces everybody that its zeal in
the Alliance cause comes from a pure
and earnest desire to benefit and bless
the laboring masses of North Carolina.
Let the beacon light blaze forth to the
world, and we trust that the time is
not far distant when the farmers of
this, our grand old Union, may joy
fully exclaim, the Alliance leads the
world"
"A. E. Edwards, Organizer for
Brunswick county, writing on the
18th inst, y "Bro. Haws and my
self have been in nearly every corner
of the county, and have organized five
Alliances, which now make a total of
fourteen. This county is sparsely
settled and the people are poor, but
they are well disposed and would do
if they could, One trouble is, not
enough of them take The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. l look upon the paper as
being one of the best educators, and
I don't know how 1 could well do
without it. We have a strong foe to
fight and we should arm ourselves
with every weapon of defence.
Oak Grove Alliance, No. 1887,
Buncombe county, which was organ
lied on the 18th of last November,
now has on it's rolls the names of So
good and true men. Bro. J. Newton
Rogers, who writes us, says: GAS
u lodge is on the line between Madi-
son and Buncombe, we have several
members from Madison county. Madi-
son county is longing to be organized;
her people seem to be hungry for the
Alliance. A proposition was made
at u last meeting to make up one
dollar for the Oxford Orphan School
for boys, and one dollar for the
Townsville Orphan School for girls.
The brethren We'd with each other to
see which could contribute first, but
it was decided that the money should
be taken from the treasury, so we
could all share alike in the, gift"
Sister Lydia A. Daniel, of Cotton
Blossom Alliance, No. 697, Wayne
county, says: "Our lodge is in a pros
porous condition. Some of our best
members stayed out a long time for
fear the Alliance would go down, but
we have convinced the last one of them
that we business. We have
members from sixteen to seventy-one
years old. L am one of the first, be-