The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-17
For The Farmer and MechAnic.
capt. Thigpen's Response TO Or.
SatchweII. Brief but Sen stote
SUGGESTIONS.

IL reply to "Pender's" open letter to
no IN the bess methods OF farming for
80. letterment of a~griculturists in these
,.as of snort crops, The remedies are
supple and PLAIN.
H. This Communication l will simply
.,v. a SYNOPSIS of all that is necessary
the planters to do to be prosperous.
R.Solrtf Ist. If the land is not well
5-asucd. be sure to remedy by having the
5-,Ius sufficiently deep 10 dry tue soil. =
> BE sure not to plant any land that
80 poor as not to pay the cost Of cul-
t~.vauOn.
PIow all the subs I'll clay land deep,
and have it we'll pulverized for the re
rantion of the seed.
Raise all the compost you possibly
eta. by hauling swamp muck, hillside
..rapings. ditch breaks, vegetable mould.
..e Nix these with ashes. mari, or
lime. cotton seed, stable manure. any
and al trash that may be found about
the ard.
g. Apply 500 to 1000 bushels of this
10 the acre in cotton, and 800 to SOC
bushels on corn.
G. Seed with care. and cultivate so as
uet 10 allow the weeds aud grass to i
lure the crop.
=. On that portion. which | guess to
be one half of the cultivated lands in
lender county, as well as the balance Of
the State, which does not pay the cost
Of cultivation, raise horses, mules, cat
tie, hogs and sheep.
:. Be certain to raise all seed oats,
hav, butter and the like.
.. This will make labor abundant, and
more valuable.
10. Let the farmers see to il that the
next Legislature abolish the fence law In
all these sections where horses, mules.
bacon, beet, hay, butter, etc are i'm
ported. for 1t Is evident to continue ia
existence, this tax OF farmers and de
struction to the best timber of the for
est IS not In accordance with progress.
IL Tell the young men there is no ne
cessity In buying so many pleasure
horses and hne b~uggins. cat gut whips
and lap robes. And indoctriaate them
with the truth that he who ploughs and
cultiyates on the plan above suggested
will have corn to sell and to keep. while
he who makes Improbable visits In
grandeur, will In the end neither have
horses to drive. nor bread to eat. except
they have a sufficient income to Justify
it.
-. Let us work IN that way
sense dictates to be safe, and not con
Time IN a system that will not pay. but
must render a large number of our sons
aud daughters tit subjects for the Pot
tiers field after death Wen unite in
future more IN detail in the best meth
oiS If farming Fender says:
The noise over the exposition of
North Carolina products at Boston is
pleasant enough to our peop,e, but how
this outlay Of ten thousand dollars of the
public fund Is to paw the State back in
benefits to come. it is not so self-evident
a. vet. under the general prevalence of
discomfort and want of the farming
classes aud laboring men,
AIN quite sure the North Carolina
exhibit at Boston. directed by the Board
Of Agriculture. will be productive Of
more good to the State than all the acts
the last Leg stature passed combined.
Nhv is it that North Carolina has %.
because they lived In a State of i0no
rtace, So far as our material greatness is
concerned. They read and heard that
other States possessed greater advan-
tages.
The exhibit at Atlanta and Boston
tells al this nation ard a part if not all
OF Europe that this State cannot be ex
ceiivt from the sea shore to the mount
aims. a distance of 4un miles. in climate.
h-h. timber, agricultural products, fruits.
numerals of all descriptions to be found
In the world, and water enough and to
srafe TO run the machinery OF all CONT
uen'~. j. r. THIGPEN.