The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-17

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until they end in the cereals appro-
pirate to the faces of the lima
lavas.
As in vegetation, SO with CHI
mate and the soft luxurlance OF
the tropic air may be breathed upon
the sea shore, or the braclng vlgor
of a northern cline may eNhillrate
in the elevated region of the noun
tain section.
In connection with the subjectof
climate there should no deluslon go
abroad. As a Southern State, the
people of the North naturally look
upon North Carolina both IN It's
summer and It's winter aspects /; as
sociating with the first fervld heats,
miasma. sickness and mortality ;
but consoling themselves III viewing
the other with visions of u season
unvisitcd by the SHOWS and ice OF
the regions from which they would
escape. Both pictures are erron-
eous. The summers, if longer, are
not so hot as they are at the North,
and. with rare exceptions, outdoor
labor can be, and is, pursued with
out fear of sickness /; and the statls-
tics Of mortality show that North
Carolina, in point of salubrity, IS
scarcely equalled by any region on
the face of the globe. And n re-
gard to the other picture, let it be
understood that no section of the
State is altogether free from fierce
accessions of cold. Snow falls every
winter. and sometimes to consider
able depth ; ice forms often to the
thickness of four inches-SOme-
times in the middle region, as IN
1857 and 1876, to the thickness OF
twelve inches. But snow seldom
lies long. A cold snap soon passes
by. The lesson taught is, that win
ter is to be provided for here as well
Us farther North. But the pre-
paration need not be SO serious, for
the winter is over by the first OF
March, after "a reign Of never more
than three months of variable IN
tensity though cold days and I'M
timely frosts after that time are
unfortunately not unusual.
The soil of North Carolina is as
varied as its extent. There is
scarcely a stronger contrast pre-
scented in some of its territory be-
tween the Lybian desert and the
marvellous belt of fertility which
lies between it and the Nile. As a
general statement, it may be as.
sumed that the lands are of the cha
racter Of all those on the Atlantic
slope. What is good is easil,
worked, and susceptible of improve
ment. The middle belt and tn
mountain section are more uniform
in their qualities, and in these ar
cultivated the grains and grasse
familiar to the Northern agricul
turist.
Of the forests, with their infinit
variety of valuable woods, til
mines, the minerals, the ores, tn
magnificent and abundant waite
power, the fisheries and other III
told wealth of North Carolina W
have not room to speak. Thos
wishing to learn about them Ca
readily obtain the information. "
wish them to seek that information
because we wish to put to use VIII;
:, is idle and unproductive. We il
vite the Northern settler, believir
he will find among Us al he want
If not so far advanced in son
, things rs his W people, he vi
find us in the path of improvement
and with schools and churches. wit
:, telegraphs and railroads, with
: settled and peaceful society, he "
; assimilate SO soon and SO complete
with the new country Of his ado
I ton as to forget that he was ever
stranger upon its soil.
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Ia EASTERN NORTH CAROLYN