The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
Everyday Topics.-Views OF VS.
ting Fnends.--EditoFtai COM
ment &c.
NoRTH CAROLINA FLorR.

what OF lldls
PES.-On. / believe it i simply rs
Improvement Of machinery. You kno"
that the strength Of -four IS its gtate"
but the cotor comes from the starch.
The old mill, could not grind fine
enough to prevent the gluten from show
liz itself in minute Jumps. But the
new roller process grinds the wheat 20
fine that il Is perfectly white. II does
not really make any better flour, but y
makes a more salable article. on ="
into any store in Raleigh. and YOU Will
see house-kecpers turn away from the
the Alaman,e brands TO buy sacks from
Wisconsin. Michigan, or Minnesota
because people like nice white bread-
even if less rich and DEMONSTRATING tha
browuer meal.
Climate, Of course. has much 70 do
With the color Of wheat and the guilty
Of flour. Italian wheat is said To give
the strongest -four on earth. Now. Cen
trail North Carolina corresponds II
maurp points with Italy. and our Med
~rtcrranean' wheat. on well manfred
land. Ger poor land gives weak -FOUR
comes very near to the Italian grain. |
notice. by the by. that the Indiana will
lLe journals admit that southern
winter wheat gives a flour fully equal IN
strength 70 the best spring wheat Of the
North West"-the famous Number
one, hard wheat, which has made the
prosperity of Minneapolis. It ~.
ELECTRIC.
EIsIToR.-Our people do not take a
much care with flour as Northern
housekeepers. When we invaded Penn
s~tlvauia. many OF the "Rebs" did not
know how 10 open the Dough Trays"
III the f~arinhouses. and were amazed at
the hi@ brick ovens out in the yard.
pHN.-Yes. those close box Trays
are very necessary. Fine flour must be
kept in the dark. or it will lose its
be- Spread a lot of fine flour in the
sun shine for a few hours. and YOU will
get no light biscuit.
NIsIToR.-Whar do YOU think Of that
Texas Professors idea that the Rail-
road, are producing the cyclones out
West. By disturbing the electric cur
rents:
PEN,-Vagary, isn't it? True there
is an immense moun of iron now on
thctarth's surface. If YOU VIII examine
i new map of the United States vour
eyes will open III establishment at the
wonderful net work of iron-tracks o
inter-locking the States of the Union.
a Spyder's web if laid on the map would
not cover half of the railroads. More
than ten thousand miles of track were
built last year. The Railway Age says
the full return will exceed IL. 90 miles.
on BIO lines of Road. The total num-
Der of miles now built in the union is
putat l20. 600; while there is fully 30. 200
men more in Canada, and several thous-
and in Mexico. An immense amount
OF iron to oe sure. And who can esti-
mate the power. 1t was stated by the
census Bureau two years ago that l,600,-
600 were engaged in operating our
roads or nearly one man out of every
ycccn adults in the Union. 1t is shown
also that Congress has given away to
various Railroads, since lS63,-no less
than 900. 900. 900 acres of Public Lands.
IA vast area equal in extent TO the
Thirteen Original States which found
ed the Union.
Of course the Roads had to give away
Very large part of these lands to settlers,
and others to get their lines il paying
condition; but nevertheless they still
own enough land to establish a Rail
way Kingdom larger than Great Brit
tain. or France" OF, Spain, or Italy,
or possibly Germany.
o KICK TILL sPURRED.
FRIEND.-'I see you gave me a rap
over the knuckles i'll n Of your recent
issues"
PEN.-Why, how is that?
FRIEND,-"Well, | suppose you re-
terred 10 me, where you speak offellows
running III to tell you about little mis-
takes aud what folks say, and so forth.
| tod my wife,-That is a l%eft-handed
hint, in retaliation"
PEN,-Now. my friend, you see folly
OF beng too quick on the trigger. |
assure you that no such thought in
connection with yourself even occurred
to me. But it is a common error for
readers to assume that the editor is hit
ting at them, when in reality the papers
remarks were applied to a class of
people, and lot to nj ndlyld-
ual. \ decent editor does not use his
paper to peck att persons, and YOU
may paste it in your hat that The Far
mer and Mechanic does not ''twit'' nor
sheer at, nor abuse. even its enemies.
unless they hold public office which rem
ders their conduct a matter of impor-
lance TO all citizens. Some men who
might be rallied editors" because they
publish newspapers, are continually
splitting at and 'spatting with other
publishers and everybody against whom
they feel spite but there are not many
such, and they are either very young. or
very slim in intellect, and cannot be
considered representative Of journalism
in any respect.
1t is likely, moreover. that many mis-
takes such as yours grow out of two
things l>t. The editor does not state
his IDEAS clearly, and is theref re not I'M