The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-04

Daniels Grafton was brilliant a5d clo-
quent HIS theme was difficult, because
language, it seemed, had already been
exhausted i'll sounding praise Of Wash
ington, but he succeeded i'll plcturing
Washington IN new and vivid colOrs,
which at once arrested attention.
In Nirginia's name he thanked the
gentlemen OF the commission for the
houor done her IN inviting a citizen OF
that state to deliver an address on tAls
occasion. He skctched rapidly the cir
cumstlnces attending the elrly settle
meut OF Virginia by the cavaliers. Re
ierring to the Nirginians OF the olden
time he said: Ii even iu ret aspect
their somewhat aristocratic manners
touch the sensitive nerve ofa Democra
tic People. it may at least be aid ot
them that nothing like Despotisn, Nihi-
lism, Communism or Dynamite was
ever found amongst them; that they
cherished above all things Honor AMI
Courage. The virtues preservatYe Of all
Others; that their homes became the
nurseries OF men, and leaders OF men,
who could cope WI h great forces, resolve
great problems, and assert great lrln-
ciples. And it is at least true that their
habits ot thought and living never PROV
ed more dangerous to life, liberty and
the pursuit OF happiness than those OF
others who in later days corrupt the
suffrage in the rank growth of cities;
build palaces aud pile up millions amid
crowded paupcrs; monopolize telegraph
/ ic and railway lines by corporate machi-
merry; spurn ali relations to politics save
1 to dcbauch its agencies tol personal
gain; and know no Goddess of Liberty,
! aud no Eagle of the Country. save IN
! the images which satire itselfhas stamp
ed on the Almighty Dollar
/ The fEwER SUCH BIG FARMS TIE
/ BETTER \ Dairymple of the Dairy
mpe Farm at CasseIton, ID. T., recently
said
We had this year b 600 acres in
wheat and 1000 acres (enough to feed
the stock in oats. Nine successive crops
have been raised oft this and, and this
year our wheat averaged fourteen, fifteen
aud sixteen bushels to the acre. Next
year we will begin to summer tallow, let
ting about ) 600 acres lie idle each season
till it has all had a rest. We expect that
after the summer following the yield will
be from twenty to twenty-five bushes per
acre.
The 81 600 acres are divided into
three farms Of nearly equal size. For
each Of these is a head quarters, with a
superintendent, book keeper, toremlu.
agent. ami other officers The farms ale
again divided into sections of ,, 00O acres
each, under a division foreman, who car
ries out the orders from headquarters,
transmitted to him by telephone. Each
division has its boarding house, With mer
cooks Ia the spring seeding about 5ol
men are employed, and during the har
vest about 600. In the fill all the hand
are discharged except sufficient to attenc
the 400 or 500 horses and mules through
: the ntcr At each headquarters there
i IS store, upon which the cooks make
requistion for all provisions The Wholt
g thing Is So systematized that we can tel
/ 70 a cent the cost OF meal ; vlctua.s TO
man and the cost OF seeding, reaping
: or ploughirg an acre of ground. W
b ship ali our wheat to Duluth, and theme
- to Buffalo. where we find the best mar
e ket To-day wheat sells in Buffalo TO
e four cents more, after the shipping ex
F.. penses are allowed for, than at Duluth.
' -N0rthreStefH Miller