The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-08-15

continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the
Association In the program it has mapped out
and we stand ready at all times to cooperate in
any way possible for the development of our cot
ton interests
An insurance feature for the Farmers Alliance
has been long discussed, and at this meeting the
subject came up again. The committee appoint
ed to consider the subject made the following re-
port: Owe, your committee appointed to report
on insurance feature for the members OF the
Alliance, recommend the desirable, and
we further recommend the appointment of
suitable committee to take the matter under
advisement and make definite report. with
plans features for insurance, at our next an
nual meeting, and that any necessary expense IN
Cured by this committee shall be paid out of the
funds in the hands of the State Business Agent"
The committee named consists OF i. b. Parker,
r. III. Lane, and j M. Mitchell.
Another resolution adopted extends the thanks
of the Alliance to Messrs. w. A. Graham in the
House, Hector Mclean in the Senate, and other
members of the last Legislature who assisted in
securing the repeal of the law appropriating $1O-
900 of the fertilizer tonnage taxa special tax on
farmers general purposes at the A. d NJ Col
lege. 1t is the belief of the Alliance and a very
proper beief-that the entire fertilizer tax should
be used solely for the promotion of the special in
terests of the farmers from whom it is taken
not part of it for textile mechanical education,
or for any other general State purpose.
troduced by Dr. r. III. Speight and reads as fol-
lows: RESOLVED, that the Secretary of the State
Alliance be instructed to request County Alliance
Secretaries to make reports on the acreage and
condition of cotton, tobacco, corn and peanuts
Immediately after the quarterly meetings of
County Alliances"
Agricultural Preparatory School
Another important action taken by the Alll-
ance was the adoption of President John Gra-
hams recommendation that the magnificent Alli-
ance property at Hillsboro consisting of fertile
farm of 1876 acres and splendid threestory brick
building erected at cost of $20000 be offered to
the State for an agricultural school, preparatory
to the A. & M College. President Graham's
recommendation, which was endorsed, Is IN these
words
"No school is a special feeder to the Agrlcul-
tural and Mechanical College. Would it not be
wise to propose to the trustees of the A. & M
and desirable to establish auxiliary agrlcultu-
raj school that we will grant them the use OF this
beautiful site already equipped with necessary
buildings and this fertile farm of sufficient acres
for an Indefinite or definite period rent free, pro-
yided they keep it in repair pay taxes and lnsur-
ance and allow us it's use for our annual meeting
| in August"
Acreage and Condition of Cotton
A new feature of the State meeting this year
was the report on acreage and condition of cotton
in the twenty-one cotton-growing counties repre-
sented In the table given herewith the first hg-
ures indicate the expected average yield per acre
| as compared with last year, while the second hg-
| ures show the reported decrease In acreage as
compared with 1904:
Comparative Yiaia Daorsasse aSTsass
| A1amonoo 70 25
| Beaufort .. 10 Is
| Columbus -