The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-09

BILE servant among the number. l am
in hopes it will be in the hands OF
one hundred thousand farmers before
1890. One or two words about the
farm, then I will stop. The wheat
crop is looking as fine as I even saw
it. Less guano will be used this year
than for many, and more compost.
/ At a called meeting of the
Columbus County Alliance, the breth-
rem pledged themselves for the future
to make more compost and domestic
manure and use less commercial fer
t%ilizer; to plant more grain and other
table comforts and less cotton, and
strive to obtain better prices for their
labor and the products of their soil.
j. E. Hampton, organizer of Yad-
kin county, reports the organization
of Harmon. Alliance on the 23d of
March, at Harvel School House, with
J. w. Pass, Secretary. The organizer
says: awe now have eight Sub-Alli-
ances and a County Alliance. The
county Will now be organized at an
early date. The farmers of Yadkin
are beginning to realize the necessity
of organizing for protection. May
u grand and noble order grow and
flourish until its influence shall be
felt in every nook and corner through
out the Old North State"
Shiloh Alliance, No. 8O7, on the
18th of March, adopted the following:
Resok0ed, That we will pay no atten-
ton or give any support or counter
ance to. any of those; "sharks" who
advertise, in many Of the papers we
pick up, that they will give such
liberal terms to agents, or, if you will
send them 25 or so cents or one dollar
they will send you five OF ten times
the worth of your money. I'd, That
we recommend that every Alliance
in the State adopt the same or a SINH
lar resolution. Sd, That in the fut-
ure we will pay more attention to the
of grasses, clovers, oats and
all root crops suitable for stock.
"A brother writing from Alliance,
No. l,433, Boomer, Wilkes county, ,
says: "Our Alliance is in a prosperous
condition. We organized with eight
and we now have twenty-seven. We
have the best material in the neigh
borhood in the Alliance and more
good men are coming. We were
looked upon with suspicion at first,
but are now beginning to be consid-
cred an honorable body engaged in
an honorable cause. We have passed
several resolutions which are bringing
US value received. The Alliance has
a grand work to perform and farmers
and professionals are beginning to
feel and realize the Importance and
magnitude of its bearing.
Spring Hill Alliance, No. 566,
county, met March 10Th in
call session, and after reading a com
nunication from W. A. Graham, !
Trustee of State Alliance Agent
and after a free and full dis
,ussion of the same, and our present
depressed condition as farmers, and
The necessity of giving our Agent a
commercial standing, the following
resolutions were adopted: ResolUcd, |
That we, the members of Spring Hill
do order the Secretary to
lraw on the Treasurer of said ALI
at an early day for the sum of
dollars and apply the same to the
aid fund, and I'd, that we ask the aid
md cooperation of all Alliances
throughout the state.
On March 18th, the Rockingham
Alliance, in regular meeting,
the following preamble and
esolutions: Whereas, we the mem
oers of the Farmers Alliance, of Rock
county, feel that we have been
Inmercifully imposed upon by fertili-
er companies and their agents in the
zay of unjust and exhorbitant COM
MISSIONS; and, whereas, we deem it
impossible for us to realize the merited
eward of our labors under such op-
;ression, therefore be it resolved, that
7e will not buy any fertilizer from
gents this year if there is any posi-
lie way to avoid it; and be it further
to further this end, that each
ub-Alliance be instructed to make
ut its amount of fertilizer and report
the Secretary of this Alliance; and
resotved, that we will select a
nan of our order to buy our fertilizers
or us from first hands, and that we
7ill buy no fertilizers at an advanced
rice.
The Secretary of Alliance. No.
II, writing under date of March 10th,
avs: "Our regular meeting today
oted unanimously to use no more
'remium Guano now and forever: This
,as the sentiment of Rluff Alliance