The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-16
RALEIGH. n. c., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16. 1882
Tell tito Your Northern Friends

S3Nr J. " Walk cr of Franklinton
writes TO Buffalo North and South, a
follows =
Lead AT. Boldcu's mountain Their.
Is perhaps the richest deposit IN th,
i world. for hunters when they desire tC
make bullets take their axes aud cut
Of chunks Of the pure metal
Y Copper. The Blue Ridge has long
been noted for It's cupreous deposits.
and that portion running through Yves
tern North Carolina is rich in that
mineral. Granville county has several
rch mines Tea years ago Chatham
county produced "a 900 tons of this
metal Central North Carolina has 4n
exact fac simile of the celebrated iron
ores of Sweden which supplies to Eng
land the best iron she makes. The
magnetic ore in the western part of the
State is very rich, yielding - per cent
Chunks OF this magnetic ore not only
affect the ueeile but hold up or sup
port small pieces OF iron, like nails and
TICKS. IItaniierous ore Is abundant
and several bloOmaries and forgcs are at
work Zine is found plentifully in the
Davidson mines. Quicksilver has been
found in several places but not In quan-
titles sufficient to induce any one to go
into the business, until recently mine
was found in Granville county, sup
posed to be the richest in the world.
A handful of dirt washed out over an
ounce Of the mineral.
| will now tell you Of few vegetable
productions that perhaps may not be
generally known. The first is Japan
Clover. 1t will grow, according to the
soil, all the way from one inch to two
feet high. 1t Ii Of most rapid increase
and speedily eradicates broomsedge,
that nuisance to our turned out lands
1t will grow on the poorest soils i'm
proving them with eacn year deposit.
| have seen it IS inches high among old
field pines and the original forests.
Cattle are inordinately found of it, and
keep fat and sleek on it from its first
appearance until frost. The milk and
butter RATED from it are second to none,
while beef fattened on it is exceled in
iuiciness and flavor by that of no other
section in the world 1t does not PAUSE
1870. - r4UIooo Uu@I I'll
clover does at certain ~~ason of the
year. 1t need4 care or nnanil- :, ~
stock soun scatter 1t everywhere and II /
fertiIizes ITSELF 1t neither requires
ploughing or narrowing in, just SOW it
down on the surface and 1t will come.
There are doubtless but few sections OF
country that this clover would not bene
fit and especially those afflicted with
broomsedge. which it quickly destroys
and gives a nutritious carpet of annual
verdure in its stead
The plant that stood the drought
best here this year was one OF thel
genius pisum. The legune or pod grows
from six to twelve inches long and is
literally filled as full as it can hold from
end to end. 1t has the largest fruit
ever saw and in flavor is equally as
much like the bean as the pea, and is
highly priced by the few who have
tried it. 1t is called here the Pea
Bean" Or johnson, Of Cumberland,
gave me few Australian cotton seeds
two years ago, from which | raised
seeds enough to plant an acre In that
cotton this year. | saw that it was a
wonderful cotton, having the longest
staple and largest balls that | ever saw,
so I selected an acre that bad never
failed to make $50 lbs of lint cotton.
and planted the Australian on it with ,
out any additional improvement since
last years crop. 1t is strange 20 tell
that although the drought caused the
shortest cotton crops ever raised mere,
yet this acre in AustraIisn cotton made
3o34 lbs. of lint eoua, to Sea Island cot
ton. In Australia tins cotton grows up
into large trees, bears but little and
that little is Of a short aud slmost worth
less stanl1. Change of climate affects
it for the let er.
fhe "chloriuation process is turn
ing out more gold from the tailings OF
some of the old mines, in the neighbor-
hoods of AsheviIle and Charlotte, by
freeing the gold from the sulphurets,
than was realized at their workings |
The silver mines near Davidson and IL
other sections of the State, are the only |
ones in the eastern part OF the United
State that are worked for this metal, (
and the profit derived has always been
with the labor and eX
pense bestowed, and frequently greatly /
il excess The justly famous lead mines
in the southwestern section yielded Crc
over a century ago containing - per
cent of lead This was along the |
French Broad River. The famous Dav-
dson mines are located near centre Of
the State. These are noted for their
galena, and have been
worked as much for the silver and gold !
as for the lead. Hiddenite was found /
by Prof. Hidden last spring, in AlexaG-
der county. 1t is a precious stone with .
an emerald hue and about equal in value
with the diamond. He gave Dom Pedlo
a ring set with it. The mine has recent
" turned out to be exceedingly rich.
The mineral was named after Its disc0v
e er.
FRANKLIN COUNTY MINERAL.
Hypophosphites was found about
two years ago, near here, Oh the hiii |
about the famous Consumption Spr.I e
by a gentleman while having a webbing. /,
1t is a whitish substance having Pecu- !
liar taste. 1t has been ana lyzed by
chemists and found to contain a. he
elements Of several Of the phpophps>
phites, a phosphate and sulphate OF 50,
besides other properties, hence Its name.
It's great value consists Ia its medical
and the wonderful power It
has in curing that that dreadful dis
ease. consum ption. 1t has never been