Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-28
ONE OR TWO POINTS.

Mr.. EDITOR We sometimes hear
Some people don't know when
they've a good thing" it brings it a
little nearer home, perhaps, when it
is expressed the undersigned South; "
still nearer, it may be, when the nat
ural wealth and manifold advantages
of North Carolina" are the theme; but
it is getting pretty close when they
tell us that our Eastern Section IS not
progressive and they give US to UNI
derstand that We are the --latest set of
people IN the land
The fact is, we are NOT. Certainly.
But we must convince our critics of
this Our fishermen are energetic.
laborious and persistent in their
work-and WHO is NOT A FISHER
MAN?
But we mustn't forget the farming
and its kindred interest; it is none too
soon to have a thought of what we
shall show our critics here at the next
Agricultural and Fish Fair May
the rich returns of the present fishing
season enable the fishermen, by their
full and varied display, to press the
farmers hard for FIRST PLACE in the
NAME of the Fair! In the mean time
itsmay do them good (when its snow
ing, you know, or hallDg and thunder
ing. and they can't fish, to have some
thing whercwlth to divert thar minds
and keep them out of mischief.
DO our critics know that this section
besides its natural wealth of land and
water and their prOduc S, possesses
representatives of the finest breeds of
cattle on earth? Do our farmers know
it? Some Of them raise cattle in a
mild way (When they are not fshing)
and the FISHERMAN AND FARMER may
Get the thanks of some of them by pre-
senting this Information.
The fine herd of Holstein Cattle
exhibited here, last Fail, was headed
by the registered Holstein-Friesian
bull, IN etherland Beau" IN himself
the bean ideal" fthe standard, and,
in his family connections, at the very
top of the "Cream of the cream Of
blue blooded beasts.
He is owned by that beau ideal of
fishermen and farmers-whom it
would be superf1uous to name, and he
is now again, for a season, at the
Edenton Fair grounds.
His sister, ''Clothilde 2nd," recent
" made the largest yield of butter on
record. She had already surpassed
all other COWS in milk production.
The Country Gentleman of March
9th contains a letter from her owners
Messrs. Smith. Powell & Lamb, of
Syracuse, y. Y, from which it ap-
peaIs that during the ninety DAYS
ending on the nth inst. she gave
three hundred and twenty pounds
a d one and three quarters ounces Of
Butter
Both her 60 and 90 days yield
are much larger than any we have
ever seen published of any COW, of
any breed, and we doubt not they are
the largest ever made"
Her test was begun when her calf
was less than two weeks old. Her
daily ration was 70 lbs. of grain feet,
composed of one part wheat bran, one
part ground oats aud one part corn
meal with ! of one part of linseed
meal. Her course feed was 80 lbs. of
corn ensilege, 3 lbs. of hay and % lbs
of carrots. She was given what pure
water she could drink three times per
day, but had no other nourishment,
suimulant, or tonic of any kind"
"Clothilde End was no accident"
which they proceed to prove by refer
ence to her breeding; and they prove
it. AS a rule, breeding will tell
Now, let the fine array ofpromising
"Gradas," at our next Fair, show
that our Farmers know when they've
a good thing. d.