The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-08-19
CALL FOR MEETING OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS Stair
ASSOCIATION.
Township Meetings to be Held August Esd
County Meetings August SOth, State
Meeting at Raleigh September Sd

Meeting at Raleigh September 3d.I
To the Farmers of North Carolina:
At the January meeting of the
North Carolina Farmers State Asso-
citation, a resolution was adopted that
the annual meeting of the Association
be held the third Tuesday in August.
Commissioner S. L. Patterson, who is
member of the Executive Committee
of the Association, informs us that
he will be away, engaged in Institute
work at that time, and the following
week will be in attendance at the meet
ing of the Cotton States Association
of Commissioners of Agriculture, in
Nashville, Tenn. Therefore, it is
thought best to hold the annual meet
ing of the State Farmers Association
on Wednesday. September 3, in the
Auditorium of the Agricultural Build
ing in the City of Raleigh, beginning
at II o'clock a. m. It is to be hoped
that every county in the State will be
represented at that meeting. We
hope to secure reduced rates over the
different railways for the occasion.
When this Association first met in
September, 1901, to take in consider
alton the cotton-seed situation, and
devise plans by which better price
could be obtained for them, and by
resolution declared that under exist
ing conditions cotton-seed should not
be sold for less than cents per bushel
for cash, nor exchanged for cotton
seed meal for less than 1888 pounds
of meal for one ton of seed, it demon
strated the power of concert of ac-
tion; for by that resolution it estab-
lished a price that resulted in untold
benefit to the cotton farmers Of the
South. While some derided the action
of the Convention, and said that it
was composed of people who did not
know what they were doing, others had
confidence in their Judgment and
stood by the action of the Associa-
ton. The farmers who refused to
take part in the meetings, and con-
tinued to sell their cotton-seed as fast
as ginned, received from 18 to 21
cents per bushel for them, while those
who abided by the action of the As
sociation, received from 25 cents to
81 cents per bushel for theirs. This
very fact should give the farmers of
the State confidence in the Associa-
ton, and cause them to take an active
port in it's workings.
For the purpose of a complete or
ganization and thorough representa-
ton at the State meeting, we suggest
that township meetings be held on
Saturday, August %, at the usual
place for holding township meetings,
and that county meetings be held Sat-
urday, August 80, at the court house,
at II o'clock, and then select dele
gates to attend the State meeting.
This Association is of too much i'm
portance to the farmers of the State
for its meetings to be neglected by
them. Let them show their interest in
the work, and their determination to
succeed by attending these meetings
in large numbers. The Secretary will
gladly furnish constitutions and mem
bership rolls to any one desiring them.
Remember this Association is in the
interest of all classes of farmers,
whether cotton, tobacco, grain or
truck farmers, therefore all are cor
daily invited and urged to attend
Respectfully,
T. B. PARKER, Sec.