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IMPORTANT TO BEET GROWERS.

A bulletin will shortly be issued by
the U. S. Department of Agriculture of
special interest to beet growers. 1t
will present in a condensed form the
data in possession of the Department
concerning which the most frequent
inquiries are made by persons desiring
to grow sugar beets. 1t will review
briefly the eclimatic conditions favor
able tO the growth of the sugar beet,
the area in the United States favorable
to this crop, the varieties, soil, fertil-
izers, rotation, preparation of the land,
planting, and all the details of culture
up to and including the harvesting and
delivery Of the sugar beets at the fac
tory. Estimates are given of the cost
of growing sugar beets in various
parts of this country and of other
countries. The production of seed, to
the scientific methods of which pur-
sued in foreign countries is chiefly due
the extraordinary increase in the sugar
content of the beet which now makes
it so profitable a crop, is given a special
chapter.
The bulletin, contains also some Sug-
gestiOns and information in regard to
the manufacture of sugar of a nature
to be of interest to all growers of this
C1OD ul1I OO1lIC 0DCIULOUIOoA AALOI OF
showing the comparative development
of the cane and beet sugar industries,
together with the consumption of sugar
per head in the principal countries
during the year 1889, and a special
table showing the consumption in the
United States. There + several illus
trations presenting the various nipple
ments best adapted to the culture of
the sugar beet. The bulletin will be
very brief, thoroughly practical in it's
character, and Will be issued as Farm
ers' Bulletin No. 3. of the United States
Department of Agriculture. Applica-
tions should be made to the Secretary
of Agriculture or to the Chemist of the
u. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.. @.
For three years or the y. S.
Department of Agriculture has been
engaged in the investigation of grape
diseases, the object being to discover
if possible cheap, practical and efficient
remedies for such troubles as dOwny
and pOwdery mildew, black rot, an
thracnOse, etc. A means of prevent
ing all of these diseases have been dis
covered and now thousands of grape
growers all over the country are saw
ing crops which a few years ago were
totally lost. Farmers Bulletin No. A.
which will soon be issued by the De
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton, gives full directions for treating
these diseases. 1t also describes the
diseases in such a way that any grape
grower will be able to recognize them,
and closes with full directions for
manufacturing the remedies. and an
estimate of the cost of the entire work.
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THE BIG VETO.

Mr.. EDTToR:-I see In my last paper
that Col. Holt, as presiding officer of
the Senate, gave the casting vote
against Senator Williams bill to re-
duce the rate of interest to six per
cent, and thereby defeated it. 1t re-
calls the fact that two years ago Col.
Holt, as President of the Senate, gave
the casting vote against @. M. Cookies
Railroad Commission bill and defeated
that measure.
Some of us are keeping little scrap
books, in which we are noting the ac-
ton of prominent politicians, particu-
larly on the questions which so direct
ly concern the farmers, and one of
these days we r going to read the
riot act" to them. LOOKER-ON.
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the pure metal. Take the (crucible)
Ocala demands to each aspirant for
Office, from constable to president II
he refuses to endorse them over his
signature, let him severely alone; he
is too far behind progressive reform
for us to camp and wait for him, and
would be ev~erlastingly trying to get
back in the t~reacherous old ruts if he
were up. Brothers, cast from your
mind all ideas of getting up a third
party only as individual citizens. The
progress of our noble order has ad-
vanced too far on it's patriotic tour to
even look back on the filth and scum
of party strife. Let us seek wisdom,
truth and justice for our weapons that
we may be able to turn the rascals
out and put patriots in, that the people
will be honestly represented instead OF
being robbed.
Yours f~raternally,
J. B. BARRY.
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LETTER FROM BRUNSWICK.
FEBRUARY 13, 1891.

FEBRUARY IL, 1891.
Mr.. EDITOR :-Please allow me a
small space in your paper to say a few
words from Pisgah Alliance, No. 400.
We now number about SIS or so MEM
bers, after having swarmed twice and
formed two other Alliances. we have
Just held our regular meeting to-day,
which was our third birthday, and we
took up the several cases, viz: brethren
Drew, Hall and sister Hill and raised
what money we could and divided 1t
among them. am proud to say that
we have some brethren and sisters
that are as good grit as old North
Carolina has ever been hOnOred With,
but we have some that are poor stock
in our county, that are a disgrace to the
order. In fact | believe the most OF
them are dead, and it will be a bless
ing when the last n dies out. Why,
sir, Mr.. BOndhOlder can take them by
the nose and lead them where he
pleases and use them as he pleases and
they don't known the difference. MI:
Editor, when l joined the order l
Joined the obligation. Myself, wife
and three daughters have belonged to
the order ever since to-day was three
years ago. Not long since u fourth
one, Cora J., has become old enough
and was received in the order to-day.
We have two more little follows yet
that say they are going to join when
they get old enough. We had to leave
the two little fellows with grand
mother today, and when we returned
the least one, Hattie, said: Mamma
did Cora get blackballed today e.
She said no. The little fellow said: Il
don't believe there is any danger of
any of our family getting blackballed."
LORENZO SELLERS,
President Alliance No. 400.
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of the country, which has been crushed
out by burdens and restrictions that
no subsidy will enable it to revive
under. The effect of this viii
simply be to bestow upon certain
steamship lines, with possibly some
dribblets for owners of sailing vessels,
millions of dollars a year collected
from the people at large. 1t will pile
still higher the burden of traxation,
for the subsidies are expected to con
tinue for years, while the present
resources of the Treasury are more
than exhausted. And yet the majority
seems determined to complete the
record of the Fifty-first Congress by
passing this iniquitous bill.-NeU York
Times,
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honored W. A. Lucas has made In be-
half of his suffering constituents
against the fish and oyster pirates,
and we say God bless him and his col
leagues. Don't take one step back
wards but press forward in your glOri-
GUS work to relieve the oppressed,
struggling ~tOilers, and God will bless
your efforts. / was very much sur
prised to see in a recent issue of the
Washington Gazette that some of the
members of the Alliance had allowed
the attorneys of these oyster pirates
to get them to endorse resolutions Of
their own ictation, which, II passed by
the present Legislature, will ~pauperize
a good many worthy citizens and
make millionaires of a few persons not
North CarOlinians. Those resolutions
are calculated to mislead Our brethren
of the central and western part of the
State. I write this communication not
as an oysterman or a capitalist but as
an A~Lidncemdn, whom the brother
hood of the Legislature understands.
l am reliably informed that a large
per cent. of the labor employed In the
oyster factories at Washington that
they prate so much about Is imported
pauper labor.
The citizens in this section are carry
ing a heavy burden in the way Of be-
ing SO far from their county seat. A
few designing men at Washington are
using every effort in theirpOwer to keep
us from having a new county, only
that they may continue to rob us.
They are now trying to straddle us
with a 81, 900 jail that they may get
a chance to loan the county the money
and the county already in debt with
taxes already high and we with a jail
plenty good enough with the proper
repairs. r. II. LANE, Sec'y.
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THE QUESTION:.

Mr.. EDTToR:-Will some n answer
this question: It takes muscle, and
brains, and a certain amount of skill
to make a bale of cotton, worth fifty
dollars, with a profit of ten dollars as a
margin, that the Mississippi farmers
try to make and are satisfied. Then
this same identical staple is turned
over to some factory and made into
fine laces worth ten thousand dol
lars. The question is, is the proper
ton fair and just, among Christian
phllanthrOplStS, or does Christianity
lie in the pockets of loss and gain |?
Perhaps some one will answer that one
is skilled labor, and the other unskilled
labor; otherwise one is human muscle,
the cheapest axle grease that God has
ever invented, and the other steam
machinery going with a good social
puff and a heavy boom. So as ten is
to fifty and fifty to ten thousand. It
beats the rule of three, and beyond my
reason. Will some one make the calcu-
latlOn and let us know? Here are the
oysters, as dumb as the writer, and the
little fishes that are as active as bees,
that r unconscious of complaint.
All classes are rising in their might
for their protection and gain. MOL
won't say that, for our protection and
gain. But the world moves on, never
theless. The magnets needles are
changing their variations, the phenom-
email causes unknown. Some believe
that it is the currents of electricity;
but one thing l do know, it is not the
current of finances.
r. w. HUMPHREY.
Bogue, N. c.. Feb. 2, 1891.
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WALNUT, Bosque Co., Texas,

FEB. ~, 1891.
Mr.. EDITOR:-Allow me, through the
farmers organ, to extend the brawny
hand of cheer and greeting, lover the
father of waters, and the Blue Ridge
of the Allegheny to the brothers and
sisters of my native State, that l in
listed into III noble order near four
years since. Brothers, you well recol-
lect the upgrade pull that I had to
contend with in Wake county, but few
of you ever having heard Of the Farm
ers' Alliance before 1 came amongst
you. The many ingenius devices and
sarcastic remarks that we're brought to
bear on your suspicious and prejudices
to keep you blinded to your own in
terests. But truth crushed to earth,
will rise in its might again. To you,
sisters, whose keen and patriotic per
c~eptiveness pointed out to you the in
evitable danger, and certainty of leav-
ing your p~Osterity in a slavery worse
than African chattel slavery, prompted
you to rise above all selfish motives
and arrogant prejudices and join in the
great army of reform to save the gov
eminent of our fathers from the hands
of tyrants. l find no worIs in the
English language sufficient to express
AAAJ dA4OOOAAOOO OSO141l4o 1AOA " NOUI
patriotic and noble acts. Let us not
falter in the good work. Watch the
beacon lights of our noble order, Cyour
State and National organ); see well
to it that the switches are all right,
and there is no danger of being run on
side tracks where your usefulness will
be lost to our noble cause. Bid de-
fiance to party whips; snub the taffy of
political tricksters; cast the party ring
from your nose that you've been led
by SO long to vote slavery on your
children and vote your government
out of the hands of the people, to the
control of organized capital. Refuse
longer to be a man-wOrker. Cast his
brains from under your hat, and do
your own thinking; vote for measures
only, (men not at ALL Invite your
party friends to join our ranks; if
they refuse to go with us, put him
down as a traitor to his country and
the liberties of the people. Well said.
no man can serve two masters. He
who is not for us, is against us. Fan
the flames, make hot the crucible. by
which the drOss can be separated from
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GRASS IS KING.

The North Carolina Experiment Sta
ton has now ready for distribution a
handbook of grass culture containing
100 pages, illustrated by "a figures, 26
of which are full page engrovings of
grasses and clovers. This work gives
a full account of all the best agricul-
tural grasses and clovers, and suitable
cultivation for this State. Tables are
given showing the average yield of
different species of grasses and the
relative feeding and manurial value of
the hays. Chapters are devoted to dis
cussion of impurities and authorizations
of grass seeds, rational seed mixing,
mixtures Cersus pure sowings, manures
for grass lands, irrigation, insect enc
mics and fungus diseases of grasses.
The last chapter gives "a different for
mulas for grass mixtures suitable for
different purposes and for a variety OF
soil In the State.
Address the n. @. Experiment Sta
ton, Raleigh, N. C.-GerdLd Mccarthy,
BOtGniSt.
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Mr.. EDTToR:-I read THE PROGRESS
sIvE FARMER through each week, and l
give you praise for your frmness in
everything that you publish. l see in
the last paper that some brother has
accused you of being a party nan [
have failed to e anything like hat in
your paper, on the other hand l have
found you to stand square to the ALI
ance every time, regardless of party.
l am like Bro. Straughn in regard to
Vance. l don't think that he will
work very well in the new harness,
for l never thought that a horse
worked very we'll when he did not
want to work, but had it to do or not
be fed. | never like to work a hand
that is unwilling to work where l
want. him, but has it to do for s~elf-cOn-
venience. l never think that he does
his work good like he would if he was
willing.
1t seems to me that the farmer is to
bear the brunt in tax-paying. Why
did Our representatives tax the guanO
% cents on the ton9 Why didn't they
pass a law to tax every man for school
purposes and let all help pay it ? But
you see that the farmer will have to
pay it if it is paid. l can't see any
Justice in such laws. Why not tax
all the dogs and other property I
am willing to pay my part of the tax
to run the public schools eight months
in the year, but I think that it should
besequal between all and not just on
the farmer. We have to pay on all
u property as other men, and why
should we have to pay on our fertilizer?
l wonder if they will give a large
amount to the University of North
Carolina and other Institutes, or will
they theed the demands of the people
and stop that and give direct to the
public schools. Just think of it, we
pay to each boy, from our county, sent
to Chapel Hill two hundred dollars and
the poor children in the county get the
pitiable sum of one dollar. Is that
right Is that good Judgment 2 l
think not. All honor to The PROGRESS
sTvE FARMER and it's editor and man
ayers. We feel proud that the Lord
has given us such a mar in the ALI
ance to lead it's battles. We endorse
everything that he has done for the
order, and will stand to him and The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER In the fight.
Yours f~raternally,
w. D. WALL,
Du0opA Doo6S-oIo~ ~ AII:--
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GRANrsBoRo. N. G., Mar. 2, '91.

GRANTSBORO, N. T., Mar. Z, VI.
Mr.. EDITOR:-You will please find a
little room for a few words from
Grantsboro Alliance, No. 1,078. We
are yet alive and in progress, not
withstanding. the many troublesome
difficulties which we have surely rel
come. We had a very eloquent speech
from our distinguished Bro. Ben. Ter
rel, which was very pleasant, nstruc-
tive and interesting. Bro. Terrell was
met at the Methodist church of Bay
bOrO by Prof. Hauser and his Grants
boro vocal class. Bro. Hauser sang
several nice songs, after which all re-
tired to the court house, where the
speaking followed.
[ am a true grit Alliance boy, only
10, and advocate all it's principles. And
| think as | grow older and continue
to learn I shall be truer and truer.
Come along, farmer boys and girls and
join the royal band and Well march
onward to victory with our banner fly
ing high with the words inscribed,
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none Come, boys, we expect to
rule our kingdom, without q sword, in
1892. Thank God that we, after a des-
perate struggle, r advancing to the
IrOuG. farmers OL Gu0 1duu VI Au0E-
lea, what hmders us from carrying
out our points? We answer promptly
and say nothing if we will leave off
laziness. We think some of our mer-
chants and spectators have occasional
shuddering spells about now.
Much success to The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. We are glad to say that we
don't think the Alliance has mistaken
their man for Lecturer, though we
regret very much to know that our
Bens are SO scarce. But of course we
can guess very easily why they + SO
scarce. It is just this: we neglect good
literature. We should work mentally
as well as physically. Educate your
selves by reading The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER and be men. We are sure
that quite a number of lukewarm
members and several that are not
members have been made solid Ali
ancemen by having heard the true
principles of the Alliance discussed.
We think the Farmers Alliance the
grandest organization on earth for the
mental culture and moral training of
young ladies and gentlemen.
GEO. A. CATION.
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PENnropr. N, G.. Feb. %. '91.


Mr.. EDIToR:-Sister B. A. Morgan
has been quite sick with La grippe for
sometime, and hence you have not
heard from Penelope Alliance. But
she tells us, to our qualification, that
she has gone nowhere yet; and you
may expect her valuable service again
this spring and summer. May she
live long to stand up for the Alliance
and the rights of the people.
We go to Hickory, N. O., in a few
days to help run an Alliance or reform
paper, called the Hickory Mercury.
We hope to have it in full shape by the
middle of March. We need local and
district as well as State and National
papers. While much has been done,
yet there remains tenfold more to be
done before 1.-The people" can realize
the real benefits of the reform move
ment.>
Wishing you and our cause I'M
bounded success, | am
Yours In haste,
J. f. CLICK.
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Rock. N. c.. Feb. %. 1881.

AOOON, ~: ~, HOC' %, 1871
Mr.. EDToR:-At a meeting of Rock
Alliance, No. 500, held on the 18th inst.
the following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That we regard the bill
now pending before the Legislature
concerning the sale of spirituous
liquors within a radius of two miles of
any church In North Carolina, except
In towns of 1000 inhabitants, to be an
unjust and unfair discrimination
agaist country people and favoring the
interests of town dealers, thereby Gre
ating a monopoly by placing all that
class of trade In their hands.
RESOLVED, That IN advocating the
passage Of said bill we consider The
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W. u AAAg
Pres't Rockingham Co. Alliance.
THE LATE CROP OF IRISH PoTA-
TOES.
Yours f~raternally

There is an increase of interest in
various parts of the country in the
matter of Southern grown Irish pota-
toes for seed. These are the potatoes
grown In autumn from seed of the
early crop. Parties at the North speak
highly of these for planting then. The
prospect Is that a new and valuable
product will soon be open to Southern
growers in supplying these late grown,
~unsprouted potatoes for planting North
ward. A leading Richmond scotsman
offers Southern grown seed this spring,
and speaks of an increasing demand for
them. These potatoes are raised here
from the cuttings of the early crop,
planted about the middle of August.
The early crop to furnish seed for this
late one should come from the North,
but the Late grown potatoes are best
for planting for the market crop.-W.
F. Massey, HorticulturiSt, N. C.. Er-
pertinent Station.
Wilmingtonians should invest their
capital in Wilmington and not In other
towns or States. III
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PROGRESSIVE FARMER somewhat off,
and cordially endorse the views Of
Bro. P. G. w. Walker, of ~Stokesdale,
N. c., as contained In his letter of the
18th inst. and published in THE Pro
~GREssIvE FARMER of the 18th inst. as
expressive of our views on the same
subject.
Ordered sent to THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER for publication.
w. w. HARRIS, Sec'y.
M. J. BORGER, Pres't.
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NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALL
ANCE.

A@& A@1AA ~A~- $1,000
ANCE.
President-Eias Carr, Old Sparta,
N. @.
Vice-President-A. H. Hayes, Bird
town, N. @.
Secretary-E. G. Beddingfeld, Raj
eigh, N. @.
Treasurer. D. Allen, Falls, n. O..
Lecturer-Thos. B. Long, Ashevile,
N. @.
Assistant LECTURER. B. Hunter,
HuntersviIle, N. @.
Chaplain-S- J. Veach, Warsaw,
Door-Keeper-W. Fl. Tomlinson,
Fayetteville, n. Q.
Assistant Door-Keeper-H. E. King,
Peanut, N. @.
Sergeant-at-Arms-J. S. Holt, Chalk
Level, n. G..
State Business Agent-W. FL. Worth,
Raleigh, n. Q.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-W.
a. Graham, Machpelah, N. @.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
s. B. Alexander, Charlotte, n. c.,
Chairman; J.. NJ. MewbOrne, KinstOn,
n. O.. j. S. Johnston, RUfin, n. @.
STATE ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
R. J. Powell, Raleigh, N. c.; N. G..
English, Trinity College; J. J. Young,
Polenta; II. A. FOrney, Newton, n. &.
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POPLAR LENT, N. g., Feb. 20, 81.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, your weekly
visits r highly appreciated. 1 have
only been a subscriber for a short time
but l would not do without the paper
for four or five times the subscription
price. Our Alliance is getting along
all right, and with the aid of The PRO
GREssIvE FARMER, National Economist
and u county paper, the Standard,
whose editor walk" we are driving
stakes for future use. May such pa
pers never grow weary In well doing.
We need your aid, for the Philistines
are upon us. I see from the tone of
the political press that Cleveland will
be In the ring of '92. Now l am
neither a prophet nor a son of a
prophet, but watching the great re-
form movement that is sweeping this
country, the different organizations
are a unit in demanding the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, one thing
Cleveland is opposed to. They also
demand the abOlishing of national
banks, another one of Cleveland's pets.
I will say right here that l have al
ways voted the Democratic ticket,
straight, never added to or taken from.
If the leaders don't get right square on
G10 I0lOEm pIdGlOTIn, L VIII
that in '92 they will hear something
drop. The masses have come to the
conclusion that when anything is to be
done for the laboring people, that both
of the old parties are tarred with the
same paddle on that point; they are
hail fellows well met, and both agree
that Mills is right, let the laborer take
care of himself. There are a few
people around Poplar Tent who tell us
that in Jackson's day there was a
national bank with a capital of $685.
900, 900 that commenced to dabble in
politics. Andrew strangled her and
distributed the none among the
States. When Cleveland was Presi-
dent he found national banks with up
wards of 5000, 600, 900 and also in their
possession over $12, OOO, 900 of the pub
lie funds. He believes in the Democrat
Republican policy, and gave them S48,-
600, 600 more of public funds. Oh no.,
that is not class legislation, that was
done for the dear people. Let the
masses take care of themselves. B.