The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-19
agricultural.
OUR FARMERS CLUBS.
What our Farmers are Doing and How
the Work of Organizing is Progressing.
SUCCESSFUL FARMING-A MODEL SEC
TION AND A MODEL FARMER.

TION AND A MODEL FARMER.
Mr.. EDITOR In passing through
portion of Randolph county, (Trin-
ity township a few days ago, | was
delighted to see on almost every
hand unmistakable evidences of sue
cessful farming-and consequently
good living-signs that cannot fail
to impress and please even the cas-
ual observer Well cultivated farms,
good buildings, fine cattle and horses,
immense fields Of clover and wheat,
thrifty and well-kept orchards-thesc
and numerous other 81 gns prove that
these people live we'll and are doing
well.
| did not see or hear of single
bale Of Western Or Northern hay in
all this section. [ saw and cOnversed
with persons who never saw a piece
of Western meat in their lives. They
make their own supplies and are
therefore free and independent.
Tobacco growing is largely on the
increase among these people, and al
though the land is as we'll adapted
to the cultivation of fine tobacco as
any | have seen in North Carolina,
it is to be feared that this very eX-
tensive tobacco growing will ulti-
mately damage this beautiful section.
The first prize at the last State Fair
was awarded to tobacco grown one
mile west of Trinity College. The
present indications point to large
planting of tobacco this season,quite
an increase over last year.
Onmy way lay the residence and
farm of Mr.. John Dorsett, with whom
| took dinner. Every particle of it
was homemade and rell-made too,
and you may be we'll assured that
after our extended walk over the
farm my mind was in fine tune for
just such an exercise. Mr. Dorsett
has nearly 500 acres of land in this
farm, $50 acres in cultivation, all the
balance heavily timbered.
His buildings are large, are so
conveniently arranged as to meet
exactly the purposes for which they
were intended. Everything has the
air of substantial solidity-gate and
fence posts are made of iron, cedar
and wild locust The barn is 5Ox64
feet in the main body, with a shed
81 feet in the rear, and one on the
other side so feet long. There is a
basement under the barn which nice
ly accommodates so Or 60 head of
cattle. On the North side of the
basement are five immense tanks or
cisterns, which store up an abund-
ant supply Of good water for all his
stock. Under one of these sheds is
a large watering trough, connected
with the tanks by pipes, so there is
a constant flow of water, but so ar
ranged that the overflow passes off
outside of the barn. Everything is
neat and in good order.
Mr.. Dorsett has wide diversity
of crops, but lays rather more stress
upon wheat, oats, cattle, clover and
the hay crop. He has about AZ acres
in wheat this season, and it is un-
doubtedly the finest wheat | ever
saw anywhere. He claims that it
will thersh out forty bushels to the
acre all through, and l do not think
he is " over-sighted y in his estimate.
Every stump and rock that would
be in the way of his selfbinding
reaper, has been removed, He sows
no other variety but the Fultz and |
failed to see single head of rye,
barley or other variety of wheat
scattered about among crop. This
is getting up to sublime height in
wheat growing.
Mr.. Dorsett has magnificent
herd of 38 Jersey cattle that would
do credit to any man or any section.
He has accumulated quite a nice
property alone by farming.
am fully satisfied, Mr.. Editor,
that good farming 'oiH pay. | saw
other very successfully worked farms
and you may again hear from