Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-03-27
THE WISEST
MOVE HE EVER MADE
MR.. DE LA CROIx TELLS HIS EXPE
RIENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA
FARMING.

We copy the following from
all interview of a reporter of the
Raleigh Nc1Vs 6 Observer, with
an intelligent gentleman and a
successful business man, Mr..
Louis de Ia Croix, Of Oxford, this
State. He truly says that North
Carolina possesses the natural
advantages that go to make an
Empire State" If those advan-
tages were only known to the
world this State would soon have
plenty such men as Mr.. de la
Croix to hep oar people put her
in that proud position.
In the interview Mr.. de la
Croix says:
In reply to all inquiry as to
why he had bought farm and
moved to North Carolina, it was
learned that the above gentle
man, though of Southern antece-
dents on his fathers side, was
sent, soon after the war broke
out, to his mothers family in
New England to be educated
Loss of property made it nee
essary tor him to earn his living
at an early age. A farmer by
preference, but having no capi>
tai, he was obliged to take the
first chance that offered itself,
which happened to be a position
i'll a brokers office. A larger
opportunity soon opened with a
railroad corporation. Promotion
here was rapid. A thorough
knowledge Of the business i'll ali
its branches led to lucrative APP
pointnent i'll a Western city, but
a term of years Of hard work
with the closestapplication made
a change essential, and having
saved a sufficient sum of money
to buy a farm in the East. A
successful career in commercial
life was changed for one in ag~
r1culture
After seven years experience
with very satisfactory results, III
an uncongenial climate and with
none to fertile a soil, Mr.. de Ia
Croix decided on a radical change
and seeing the property he now
owns advertised IN a New
York weekly, he visited the
State. Everything being exact
ly as was represented, a purchase
was concluded. Now at the end
of two years residence in Gran
Vile county, he declares that
coming here was the wisest move
he ever made.
He also states that nowhere
has he found the soil to so quick
ly and generously respond to &
little attention. Always a be-
lever in deep ploughing, level
cultivation and the use of labor
saving machinery, he succeeded
III raising an average crop Of
eleven barrels of shelled corn pei
acre this season on twenty acre
field. He saved upward of Ioc
tons Of hay, which, at $50 pei
ton. is S. 900. Last spring all
inferior quality sold at SIS pei
ton. This hay, however, he is
feeding to mich COWS and beef
cattle. He raises a number OF
hogs and keeps g small focl, Of
sheep. A believer in mixed
farming, lie feels confident that
navy beans, barley, broom~corn
and hops planted on suitable
land wo;sld yield very satisfactory
profits and the variety would be
beneficial to the soil.
III conclusion, Mr.. de la Croix
said that while exact Information
about any section of the West
can be obtained at the Eastern
offices of all railroads doing bust
ness beyond the Mississippi, little
information, and that of no value
can be had at similar agences re.
garding the magnificent oppor-
tunities offered by the South.
North Carolina possesses the
natural advantages that go to
make all Empire State, and we
should use every means to spread
far and wide the knowledge of
these facts.