The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26
THE A N OF LANDS!
The Climate Which Suits all
Manner Of Birds, Beasts,
Flowers, Plants, and
Woods; and why not
--MAn?

Prof. Orrin r. Smith who is bound
70 occasionally fire off a portion of his
~re.tless energy, last week wrote to the
henderson Gold Leaf as follows:
1t is the only State in the Union that
PRODUCTS the agricultural products Of
war, State and Territory in tbs Usion,
md two counties, Hyde and C~ur:ituck,
rotnce more corn tnaA the whole
State Of New York.
The largest tree, this side of CAilfor-
,ia stands On the banks of Nutbush
rreek. in Granville county, on the land
r tom Turner. 1t is fifteen feet in d.
meter ten feet from the ground.
The largest cotton stalk ever raised
:. this country grew on the farm OF
Mr.. Cheek, near W~arrenton, in 1894
Il was twenty-ons feet high, four in
he, 10 diameter above the greuad, and
val, on exhibition in John White
,tors in warreBtisn, for some time,
a.d msy be there yet.
The largest garden cyHblin evel
heard IF, was raised by Warren Duty,
near Sbattsr. about six miles from Hen
derson, and weighed enc hundred and
one pounds. 1t was a. large as \ -four
barrel, and was sold ut Duty's sale to
Green Warren for n cent q pound.
This was in IS45, and Joseph Allen.
John Saith, Vincent Vaughn and all
the n~elshbors were there to public
sal. of Warren Duty's, who was selling
out to move to a better country than
this. | was but a nall boy at the
time, but it made = 'esting inprsssioa
upon nae, that any farmer should wish
for a better or more prolific countr.
than we're cymblins would grow to
weigh over one hundred pounds.
Next to the largest lump Of pure gold
ever dug out Of the earth was mined il
C.barras county. NC, and is yet re-
tanned in its original form BY an En-
gli.h house, | believe.
This is the very best timbsred State
in all the Union, and in the variety
and excellence of its many species j,
uaeaualed. Wild locust. 50 valuabls
in .hip building is found in perfectio.
near Ashville, in BuEcemb county, ana
boards Of this ra,e timber are frequent
ly seen twenty feet long, twenty iHehe.
wide, without knot or blemish; and
since the opening of the railroad quit.
q business has developed in sending
this with other valuable timber, to al:
parts of the country.
Just b, fore the war, W ship load:
Of timber left Wilmington n. c., TO:
jerusalem, with which to rebuild Sol
omon's Temple, and since the rscen
revival of that project by the Crow
Prince of Austria. aided by the Sultal
Of Turkey, for the restoration of th'
Temple in ali lis ancient glory, we Sc
/. proposed not to send to Hyram To-
the Cedars of Lebanon this time, bu
to the United States for the long lea
pine Of Moth Carolina. $50 mote ]
be
Tie best whet stones this side O
Turkey, are to be found in Orange
county, Lear Chapel Hill, and befers
the war they were quarried and ped
died by wagoners over the country aac
sold for one dollar a pound.
The highest priced raw silk n tn
world is that raised in North Carolina
/ aud the silk factory in Patterson, New
Jersey, is Offering special inducements
for its production. The worms are
1 healthier and spin 4 richer and strong
Or thread than any where else. Mr..
Fa.nacA, in Raleigh, sells his extra eggs
in France and China at sixteen dollars
an ounce, with freight and insurance
aided TO this price. The fine gold leaf
tobacco that gre " at yaur doors, takes
the premium where and whenever
brought in competition with tobacco
from other parts of the world, and up
on it's rising fame and Increasing de
mtnd the sun never sets.
In spite Of those facts North Caro-
linans are leaving their native State
daily for other parts of the country
where they ''can do better
If all the people now living, that are
natives of the State, could be brough'
back to North Carolina, she would b,
the NEST populeus section Of our coun
try. There il something radically
wrong, what is lit
Here /. where the old and new howel
comes close together the birds nigrst'
no, the harvest and the seed time
gle time and tiae around the year
there is no pestilence in the thousane
voiced windharps of the wales the for
est. and the storm. The cloud ana tn
.ky go floating over Us to the music o
health. comfort, and security; besst
ting dangers and ~snnoyances are redu
eed TO house flies and wood ticks. VIII,
do they 60, and Sc few strangers COM
to take their place
0. r. SMITH.
The Professors question il. a peril,
nept me, and must have often occurred
To every thinking mind. There will
no doubt, be many persons who tame.
they can answer it to complete satlsfac
ton. Our remedy is-Railrodds an
.SchoOLsi
The reason so many persons ieav'
North Carolina is that a large nlGJor't
of the State IS q poor place to max
g1oneuin You can live comfortably
enough, and have good health, but yot
will not grow rich. Hence 1t IS tina
people in the richer agricultu' al countle
are settled and contented whereas thu
snail farmers from Wayne to Waynes
vile are unsettled, and furnish an an
NAL procession of migrants. The yer.
fact that the State produces such
utri.tv, enhances the number OF tai
ures. The Georgian who cannot rails
anything but cotton is apt to be NOR
s ;ccessful therefore more contented
than the Uplander in North Carolina
VINO has raised corn, cotton, wheat
rice, tobacco, peanuts, and the Lor'
knows what else, all At one time ; an
LOST money on all!
But give us plenty of Railr Dads an
,chools ana We shall grow rich an