The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14
For the FARMER AND MECHANIC.
WHTTAKERS, ". c., July 1881.

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The 4th of July has come and gone,
and you didn't receive that 100 pouno
wnfermetoH. Ny Excuses are: LIT, DR..
Asbury's Flying Machine. didn't get
this far and End, the loo FOUNDER
wasn't ripe. Ia a communication for
your paper last spring a~ilu>ion was
made to some new varieties OF field
seeds ! was experimenting with this
year, and also t. some good farming
done IN this. section Some At the rea
ders of the FarBter UH,{ ~ ctfnic seed
ed astonlshei at such extravaganza,
drawing on the imagination &
Surely they didn't carefully read said
communication. | merely stated thatI
was experimenting with See. which.
according To the representations OF 9th
ers. could b made TO pro1lce euyr-
mously. 4 To 20 bale t. the horse
being quite common IN this section. /
am prepared ~ 1--WE p-o,f thereof III
1870 Mr. J. II Pippen male - bale,
Of cotton with IL plows. Llst year the
drouth seriously affected his immediate
section, but he did almost a. we'll a. in
70. Last year Mr.. j.. Ii. Cutchin
made with > plows iI5 bales Mr.. c. 3.
Braswell, with 3 plows - bales; Mr..
Ieno II. Green, So bales with 3 plows
and Messrs- W. G. Taylor, j. II. Exum.
aud Marx Battle made 50 bales Or more
with 4 plowa each. In the above case,
Of course large quantities Of corn. g.,
We're raised III addition to tile 20 bales
and more to the hor,e {. These farmers
mostly own !arAe aud valuable farms,
the figures given only show what was
done on portions ot said tarul-. 81
course a great many others II this see
ton did equally a. well, If not better.
| give the names of IA few that | think
OF AT this time. Crops are looking ex-
ceedingiy well in Edgecombe, Nash and
Halifax, aud If We continue 70 have ia
vOrable weather. an abundant harvest
may be expected at least with Us. OF
course, it Is always diff .ult to tell how
the cotton crop throughout the South
will be, owing 10 many disasters which
may happen to it between now aud De
cember, such "a the extrelne. Of DRY
and Wet, army. worms, caterplllar>,
storms. DC. The Indications are that
IN a few years the Southern States will
produce Jute enough to Manufacture
her own bagging without sending 10
India for it. The ute seed furnished
me last winter By the state Agricultural
Department were planted. aud the
plants are looking well ani growing
rapidly In regard to other expert
ments the wheat which makes ct
bushels per acre is the finest variety |
yer saw. The oats which yielded
"25l2 ounces tIom one single ounce
are rust prooE hardy, and certainly the
most prolific and valuable variety Of oats
now grown. The mammoth "Cuzco
Corn from Peru seems to have been
gathered before 1t fully matured, aud i,
nearly all dead. The cotton that made
last year SIX bales and over per acre" Is
looking well, but | am inclined to be
lieve that the writer viii never get that
large u yield, though it may turn out
to be a very prolific variety. And as to
the 100 pound watermelon, fcrrs are
e~ateertuiHet hYt none If Hliae trtT wcigh
that tbs yeur, though this variety has
| cen grown to weigh 81 lbs. and as
there is a premium of 500 offered for
the largest one raised this year, who
knows but that we will heartof one that
we will hear Of one that reaches the
enormous weight OF 100 lbs :
Lack of time and space will keep out
several items from this letter.
Whltakers continues to Improve. \
new drug store will be completed short
ly. One new church isAapproachrng
complexion, and two more a1ll be built
this fall, mot to speak OF OF her buildings
soon to be erected.
Glad to know that you nave a good
list of subscribers in this section, and
hope where you now have one Subscrl
Der you will have at icasttwo before
the beginning Of another year. For
really it would be money well spent for
every family in North Carolina to take
your valuable and entertaining paper.
Long may it prosper, FARMER.