The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-22

lettering Their Conditions and Building
Up the Southern Section.


Dear Sir: | want to earnestly ask You
To interest all farmers IF Your section
in gathering walnuts and planting them
every twenty feet along each side Of the
public and private roads that lead
through their respective plantations.
The walnut does not injure the growing
crop. and is of commercial value. and
after the timber becomes large. 1t is
worth considerable money. II will not
only pay the farmer financially to plant
the trees on the road ways. but 1t Will
help in making our section Of the South
land very beautiful. What would be
more pleasing To the eye. than riding
through 3 section with the roads lined
with walnut trees from end to end:
And again it will pay the farmer TO
5lant the walnut throughout his forest
or old worn fields. He can plant 1t
least fifty walnut trees to the acre. At
the age of ten years the walnut trees
would be worth fifty cents Il piece. In
other words the ground that had walnut
trees on it ten years old wOuld sell for
80 an acre on account OF the walnut
timber. At twenty years they would
DIotbdibN Dt NpllH lliiN
4 real good size walnut tree will sell
from five to fifty dollars a piece. and 4
little attention given to the trees viii
make them very valuable. What better
could a land owner do for his children
than to leave them Il forest of fifty acres
on which there were fifty walnut trees
to the acre. Set aside from five to fifty
acres. according to what YOU can afford.
either WOrn-out. unused old field or
wooded land. for each of your children,
and if they are twelve years OF age or
more. show them how to plant the wal
nuts: if they are y~Ounger plant them for
the children and let each child know you
are trying to do something for it. In
twenty years the land will be worth ten
times its present value.
In putting out walnut trees you are
not putting out something that is going
to increase the taxable value of your
land. and it costs You comparatively
nothing to do this work. You can gath
cr the walnuts for planting without cost,
and one person can put out at least five
acres a day. and they can go over five
miles of road 4 day planting the walnut
every twenty feet apart. al YOU have to
DO is to make a small hole. three to four
inches deep, with pointed stick and drop
walnut in, covering with little dirt.
urge YOU to take this matter up. l
SuggeS that YOU get the several mer-
chants i'll your place to each agree to
give some kind of Il premium to the man
that plants the most WalnutS along the
road way and on his land. One to the
one that plants the second largest. one
to the one planting the third largest,
and one to the one planting the fourth
largest. Say YOU get one merchant to
give one pair of shoes to the mans
Wife. another merchant who will agree
to give a dress pattern for his little girl,
another one who Will give Il hat to the
farmer, another one who will give Il hat
or a pair Of boots to the farmers boy.
another one who will give Il riding whip
and so on. Get up half dozen different
articles to give to each of the four per
SONS.
Take this matter up and make q can
vaSS of all the merchants in your vicini-
ty. and not onIy merchants. but any
parties who are willing to help 10y Gffer-
ing Some premium. and report to our
Industrial Agents at your nearest Rail
road station.
J\O. T. PATRICK.
Chief Industrial Agent. Scahoard Air
Line. pinehluff. n. C..