The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-08-20
MEETING OF THE STATE FARMERS ALL
ANCE.

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ANCE.
The North Carolina State Farmers
Alliance held it's fifteenth annual $685.
sion in Hillsboro last week, begin
ming Tuesday morning and adjourn
ing Wednesday night. The number
attending was about the same as last
year. The utmost harmony and
earnestness prevailed, and the meet
ing was pleasant, profitable, success
full.
The resolutions passed indicate the
nature of the work done. The chief
topic of discussion, we believe, was
the fertilizer question, regarding
which three resolutions were passed.
The first caused considerable dis
cussion, but was finally adopted as
follows:
"WHEREAs, The fertilizer trust is
assuming proportions that are be-
coming alarming to the farming in
terests of the State by a prospective
refusal to allow fa10pers to purchase
raw material for the manufacture of
homemade fertilizers-thati s, kainit
and acid phosphate. Therefore
"ResOLved, That this Alliance ear
nestly request the farmers of North
Carolina, regardless of the tact of
their being members of the Alliance
or not, to cease from the purchase of,
manipulated guano to as great ex-
tent as in their power lies"
The following resolution in regard
to home mixing was then adopted
"Re8OIUed, That the State Alliance
earnestly urge that the county bust
ness agents solicit orders for such
chemicals as may be p~roftably used
in the mixing of homemade fertili-
zers, and that these orders be for
warded to the State Business Agent
for the purchase and shipment of
those chemicals to the counties.
"2. That the State Business Agent
be requested to prepare and furnish
formulas for the use of the farmers
in mixing their chemicals at home"
The cotton seed problem also
pied a prominent position, owing to
the trust of cotton oil mills. The
upshot of this discussion is seen in
the following:
"ResoLUed, That the members Of
State Alliance will use their best en-
deavor to get all cotton farmers of
the State to club together and sell
their surplus cotton seed this fall
and winter through our State Bust
les Agent"
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With all Alliancemen, however,
the education of our people is re-
garded as a matter of so much i'm
pOrtance that no other is allowed to
long overshadow it. Such was the
case at this meeting. President
Graham's address was devoted al
most entirely to educational subjects.
The A. and M. College, the out
growth of agitation by farmers or
CARNATIONS, and the only educational
institution in North Carolina teach
ing agricultural science, naturally
received attention. Two resolutions
regarding it were adopted, the first
as follows:
.Re8OlUed, That the thanks of the
North Carolina Farmers State ALI
ance are hereby rendered TO His Ex-
cellency Hon. Chas. B. Aycock, for
putting the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College under control of the
Board of Agriculture, and appoint
ing farmers only as members of that
Board"
The other resolution was n of
more Importance. It reads:
"ReSQIUed, That this body ask the
Trustees of the A. and M. College to
establish a club house at the A, and
NJ. College, so that students may
board themselves, as IS the custom
in other colleges"
1t appears to US that at the A, and
M. College, supported almost exclu-
sively by farmers who make their
own supplies, such q club house or
''meSs hall" could be made of even
greater service than at any other
college in the State. We hope thet
this resolution will be f~avorably
acte / upon by the Board of Trustees.