Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-11-08
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
AT THE BOSTON MECHANICS IN
STITUTE FAIR.
Some of the Advantages Offered by North
Caroi;i, to the Young Men OF the -
North.
Boston-G So

nc SItIlatlon Of North Carolina be-
ing "neariy midway of the Union it
lies within the central belt of the tenn
perate zone, and consequently has
climate peculiarly favorable for diver
sifed agriculture. There are no ex-
trcmes Of heat or cold, preventing out
door labor The planting season is
earlier by six weeks than that of Mass
achusetts, and the frosts of autumn
are several weeks later. From the
low levels of the seacoast to the sum-
nit of the Great Smoky mountains
the soil, as rule, is rich in all the ell
ements that enter into plant growth,
and yet nearly two-thirds OF it has
never been cultivated.
These are s9me of the arguments
North Car lima uses to influence
northern young men to turn their
steps toward that State instead Of to-
ward the West. To back up the ar
gument the Department of Agricult-
ure has brought to Boston, and placed
on exhibition at the American fair, a
most interesting collection, illustrative
of what rewards the farmers, planters
and horticuIturists of the State get for
their seasons work.
GO SOUTH, YOUNG MAN!
No New England man who has I'M
der consideration the advisability of
going elsewhere to better his fortunes
can afford to miss an examination of
this collection, and to post himself full
ly about North Carolina from the
many valuable publications which are
given to all inquirers by the depart
ment officials The two books of which
Peter NJ Hale is the editor, are inval-
liable as guides to all interested in the
forest and niue products, and are re-
markablc for their accuracy and sue
cinctness. In making its display, and
furnishing its publications for distri-
button, the Board did wisely, but not
satisfied with leaving thing half
done, it has also sent its officials and a
number Of expert assistants to explain
the several departments to inquirers.
Under the courteous guidance of Mr..
w. II. Kerr, who collected the agri
cultural exhibits, the Bulletins repre-
sentative, made tour through that
department and these are some of the
things he saw. AS bread is "thc staff
of life" the cereal pavilion was first
visited. The structure is a huge wig
wan thatched and lined within and
without with all kinds of grain in the
sheaf, the whole arrangement giving a
pleasing effect. While cereals are
grown to some extent in nearly every
county, the Piedmont and mountain
sections are best adapted to their pro-
dIci ion.
Davidson County has been for some
yoars the leading wheat producer, and
her farmers have been handsomely re-
paid for their toll and attention. Eight
varieties of winter wheat are shown,
all Of excellent quality, but one, the
White Dallas, is entitled to special re-
mark for its weight (6S pounds to the
bushel, and its prolifcness which in
one instance at least was 67 bushels to
the acre. Other grains in this pavil-
ion are winter and spring oats, rye,
barley, German millet both gold and
silver, and corn. The latter is favor
ite farm crop in all sections of the
State, and we'll it may be, for nature
favors its growth, and it is the leading
staple for food for men and domestic
animals.
TALKING TO TAR HEEL.
A northern tourist wandering among
the mountains of Buncombe county
stumbled on log cabin set in the front
of cove two thousand feet above the
level Of the plateau, and noticed that
the whole clearing was covered with
standing corn.
"Why don't you raise something
else? % he asked.
stranger; [ reckon you don't be.
long round yere,' was the reply; "that
thar corn will be bread and meat next
year
That was a fact, for without the
crop then growing he would have had
no bacon unless he bought it. In jars
ranged on tier of shelves inside the
pavilion are corn-feld peas, beans
clover and millet seeds, and peanuts.
There is one product of the rice
mills that ought to be known at The
North. After the grains have beer
hulled, they are put through polish
ing drocess which removes the outer
coating in the form of fine powder
known at the South as rice -four
From this the most delicious batter
cakes are made and many another del
icacies. If some well-known famil,
grocer would obtain supply of this
put it up in neat packages, and ge
his regular customers to try it once h,
would find that he had struck a small
bonanza.
} In the line of animal food the ex
hibit contains hay, red clover, peanut
on the vine, cotton seed meal, cornfielt
peas and other things. This meal
which looks like English mustard, i
obtained by grinding the cake formed
while pressing the oil from cotton seed
: Stock are very fond of it and thriv
when it is judiciously fed out to them
One of the many good things whicl
Mr.. Edward Atkinson has done fo
the cotton producing States, was t
give wide publicity to the value o
, cotton seed for oil. for food for domes
tic animals and for fertilizing.
CASH CROPS.
Cotton and tobacco are the two prin