The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-04
Rocky Mount.
I1IPRovEMENTs- GOOD FARMING--
DAIRY FARM-QUICK CBrESlNG.

To the Editor Scotland Neck
DEMOCRAT. =,
Dear sir :-Thinking yon would
like to hear from our town and
vicinity, will attempt to give you
few brief sketches. Our town
seems to be improving, several new
residences are being built. Mes }
Hackney & Brothers have nearly
completed three large brick stores
and show rooms, They have also
about completed two neat residences
and commenced the erection OF an
other large brick store. Mr.. }. Z.
Arlington has completed a hFndsome
new residence near the depot. Capt.
! s. Il. Westrev has added to and
handsomely furnished his elegant
residence.
] understand that the Bank of
Rocky Mount has cleared profit of
about three thousand dollars for the
first six months ending June 3Oth.,
I'89.
Crops were very good and had
improved wonderfully until recently,
and the recent rains have checked
their growth and damaged them to
some extent. Tar river is now very
full and great damage is reported to
the grain crops. Mess. Judge How
ard and Thomas II. Battle have
very fine farm near here. | visited
it a few days ago and was met by
Mr.. Ed Gorham who has charge, and
by the way he is as clever aud gen.
teel a gentleman as can be found ID
this part of the country. also his
estimable wife has no equal for kind
ness and hospitality.
The above named gentlemen also
has a dairy farm, from which during
The last six months ending Jolly 1st
'89. they have made 164S lbs Of
butter, have MIXED 41200 quarts of
milk. The first two, months they
only MIXED - cows and now milk
IS and averaged during the time ID
COWS. Four of the cows are natives
and the others Jerseys and Guern>
sey's, port registered. They have
ready sale for all the butter they can
make and can not supply the de-
mand. They also killed from two
breed sows 5000 lbs Of meat which
was fattened from the milk produced
by the cows. They have also 80
pigs weighing from 60-to 100 lbs
and from one to five months old ,
which are fed on milk. They have
large silo filled with ensilage which
they feed cattle and horses on, with
sprinkling of cotton seed meal
which makes an elegant feed for
COWS. They have fine colts which
they are raising, and so acres in
clover and grasses, 100 acres in oats,
200 acres in pcase, 40 acres in corn,
$50 in cotton which generally makes
from 115 to $40 bales of cotton
They only rnn 10 plows. | mentlon
these facts in regard to these gentle
men to show to the farming class
who read this paper and who are
interested in good farming that they
can by such diversity Of crops, inn
prove their condition and be benefit
ted in many ways. | can tell you
something else about producing
butter. Mess. Howard and Battle
have purchased a separator which is
run by four horse power engine :,
making the wheel of the separator
reyOlve about 5000 times q minute,
thereby separating the cream from
| the milk as soon as the milk is taken
| from cows. which results in nearly
% per cent more butter from the
same quantity of'milk. Can, scpa~
rate nearly 500 gallons to the hour.
The rail road from here to the
Rocky Mount Mills is completed.
The walls of the new factory which
Is 79X256 feet are up and the work
is being pushed forwsrd rapidly, the
company expect to be ready for
weaving &c by the fall.
Mr.. NJ. S. Fulford is employed
here by the government to report the
rise and fall of the river, and he
makes very good reporter.
w. 0. BULLOCK.
Rocky Mt. July End.