The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-16
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Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Seeing nothing in The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER from this part of the vineyard
for sometime, I feel forced to write to
let the brethren who take the best pa
per in the State know the condition of
the Alliance and affairs in general In
this section. In the first place In the
heat of the last campaign we lost sew
eral members through party prejudice,
though with all honor to The PROGRESS
I V FARMER will say I don't think we
lost a single member who was a paid
UP subscriber, nor have we lost one
since that was, hence the necessity for
an organ and the circulation of the
same. l find that the people who read
only the old party organs fail to know
one thing about the officers of the gov
eminent, and any man, it matters not
how ignorant he is, if he has education
enough to read, if he takes THE Pro
GREssIVE FARMER OF some other reform
paper, a down u political trick
sters every time in An argument.
Brethren, 1 would like to hear,
through THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
from every neighborhood in North
Carolina to see if things are like they
are here, and I want you to call things
by their names-no mincing matters.
In this section a small number of our
most prominent men in politics and in
the church have to keep the roads hot
from here to Washington, N. c., run
ming backwards and forwards during
the winter to satisfy their political
hopes, which are also their financial
hopes in the shape Of business, and in
terest to keep from being sold out, still
their plea is that times were never so
good as now, but I will say just here
that a very small per cent. of the best
people can be made to believe such
false doctrine.
Fraternally, R. H LANE.
P. 81 see in this weeks issue of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER an inquiry
as to method of raising fall crop Of
Irish potatoes. In reply will say the
greatest Importance is to have the seed
in proper condition. My plan is to dig
those you desire for seed as soon as ma
tured in the spring and spread them
out thin on the ground under shelter
In as cool and moist place as possible.
The object of this is to start the eyes If
possible before cutting. Use land with
as much vegetation in it as possible.
Pillow in the vegetation about middle cf
July with a two horse pillow as deep IA
practicable owing, 0 fcourse to subsoil,
harrow thoroughly and let lie till ready
to plant which can be done at any con
venient period from the 25th of July
till the 1st of September. Run off the
rows 3 feet apart and put in your fer
tilizer and throw two light burrows on
it. Drag off the dirt until a shallow
furroW on top of the list will put the |
potatoes almost in contact with the fer |
tilizer. Plant the potatoes 6 inches
apart in the drill. If possible pick a
cloudy or drizzly day for planting.
When ready begin to cut and have the
potatoes dropped as fast as cut and
" up as fast as dropped with TWO
light burrows with a turn pillow and
split the middies with a cotton pIow. /
Let it lie in that condition one week,
then drag a light harrow over them
which will insure a stand almost every !
time, then cultivate according to your
~notion-the oftener the better for the
crop. r. II. L.