The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-07
Industrial Items. Signs Of Inn
provement in the Old North
State.

pVOVCbbuObtS
State.
The State Board of Education. (con-
sisting of Gov, Jarvis, Lt.-Gov. Robin
son. Treasurer Worth, Secretary Saun-
ders. Auditor Roberts, Supt. Scarbor-
ough. and Attorney General kenai)
last week sold the Big swamp" Stat OF
School lands in Robson county, to ex-
Revenue officer o. III Blocker. OF Fay
ettevilie. aud CT. 5. White and w. NJ
Jennings OF Pennsylvania. The trac'
embraces about 10000 acres aud wa
: id at -. cents per acre. The price
seems absurdly cheap consider u. tina
land in some parts of Old, and also Ne"
England sells for pa cents al inch. but
there will be need of n great deal "i en-
! pcnditure to improve these swamp lands
ami we suppose if anybody wanted
them he need only to have offered a.
higher price.
Mr.. Wiley Wells, of Wilson made
eleven average bales, besides farm
truck. corn, etc. with one hOrse.-
Mr.. w. 7. Williams. of Johnston (neal
the Duplin line) caught forty-seven pos
sums in two nights last week, Smlthtielc
Herald says. In the words OF an ole
Roman-Possum. Posse, POt-u-i!-
The Beaufort Guano Factory squeezed
% barrels of oil out of 285 900 fish las,
week. Great Greece!
In Rit hmond county last week Mr..
John w. Cole received a fine five months
old pure Jersey heifer, DIR. w. W. Cow
inrton fine heifer of Devon and Jersey
strain. and Mr.. John f. Hamer receiv-
| ed a fine full-bloOded Jersey bu /.
These .cere oil bought in Tirginid. We
have some fine stock for sale in Mort
Carolina. Tut they don't keep a card il.
the Farmer and Mechanic. This seems
a pity. 1t would not cost more thar
S. to s12 year; and would be a rom
slant reminder to oar turner's to bnJ
good stock.-Mayor Hall states tina
Wilmington is making rapid advances
in the race between the South Atlanti,
seaport. there are now IL feet of wa
ter ON the bar. and the municipal au.
thorities are about to devote their ener
gies to various municipal improvements
One step in this direction will be TIL,
laying of the Belgian block roadway il
the principal thoroughtares.
-Buncombe is raising tobacco. Mr.
Watson sold one barn of red tobacco a
an average of s22 per hundred. w. NJ
Smith, four lots at SIS, $50. s25 an
$40 per hundred. NJ. III. Wright. 81,
lots at s32, s35, s44, $40. s2S and s6i
per hundred. John r. Sans, one 10
at 500 per hundred. and w. NJ. Barnett
four lots at 422, s25, $50 and s54 pc
hundred.
-OoldsborO Messenger says: MIR. A. }
Harold has recently purchased the val
liable mill and a portion of the planta
ton Of DIR. B. r. Arlington, for clever
thousand dollars. Snow Hill items
Receipts of cotton to date S35 bales. As,
more than had been received at the sam,
time last year. So much for shipping
advantages and telegraphic communica
tion. 1.-THE Snow Hill Telegraph vii
be issued November 1st. Snow Hi.
has now two steamship lines, The Fur
n,er's and Mechda,c's and the Content
nea. Jones county dots: Th,
crops of our county this year are yer,
loor. The cotton is rather of an lnferio
quality, owing to the many rains.-
The farmers, will not suffer any yer,
great Inconvenience from short crops, a
arule, On a very firm basis.
"A ktvat f. oDI M, vN.lto
X kivett, have temporarily removed
from Durham to Henderson, where the,
are building the new court house. AnC
are excellent architects, we hear.
The Catawba Stuck Exhibition VII
be held at Newton November 9th. Thi
is commendable, aud shows Catawba i
alive to the value of grasses and stool
raising.
Shelby aurora says: As an eyidenc,
of thrift and progress of Cleveland coun'
ty. We have recently built a fine ircI
bridge and no fences. The farmers ant
landowners are glad to be free from thu
useless expense and heavy drain upo,
labor and money in the building of mile,
of fences. Now every man keeps hi.
cattle and swine at home, and his neigh.
bors field are protected from depredations
the result is peace among neighbors -
About seventeen years ago, We shipped
Il bales, yet 1889 Shelby in one week
bought 200 bales cotton in October.
Newbern Journal says: The cotton
business is rather overdone in this sec.
ton. We mean that our farmers cannot
afford tn make it at the present prices
unless they make at least 500 pounds oil
lint to the acre. and it is well known that
the average acre does not make tina,
much. Some other occupation must be
sought. aud in looking around for such
it is we'll to adopt one that will yield
money at any season of the year. W.
believe this section is well adapted to cat
lie raising. Cheap crops, such as corn.
field peas, turnips. ruta bagas and crab
grass can be easily raised on a farm with
plenty of stock. These with cotton seed
oil cake and corn meal will do to winter
with stall feed such as is intended for
market. Through the summer season
they can keep fat on the range. With
the facilities that we now have for ship
nlng there will be no trouble to find a
market tor all the good beef that can be
raised. A good price can be obtained in
this market alone for at least ten or if
teen stall fed beeves per week.
Key. w. f. Thorn, who is the pas
tor of Presbyterian congregations in
Randolph county, writes ar interesting
letter to the ". G. Presbyterian, from
which we make the following extracts (:
"Worthville is a manufacturing town
on Deep river in Randolph county, n. G.
1t contains about two hundred inhabi.
tants. and was built up a little more
than two years since by our respected
State Treasurer. DR.. j. NJ. Worth, from
whom it takes its name.
1t is situated about midway between