The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-05-11
CAROLINA YANKEE.
How He Thriyes Here.
MAKES THINGS TURN UP ANY
HOW.

The Cornucopia.
We ran onto one the other day-the
genuine sort. Passing down the streets
of Elizabeth City recently II search Of
agricultural items we met horse and
cart manipulated by colored driver,
and when we say manipulate we mean
it. Perhaps it could have been more
appropriate to have used the word "ma-
neuyer," as it required considerable
"maneuvering" to get along with the
load he had On. He had load OF corn
just as it was cut from the field, the
stalks were fully fifteen feet In length,
and the great ears and blades were in
proportion. The great stalks, two
inches or more through at the but ends,
were laid Iengthwlse until the cart,
box or body, was iull, and then the
stalks were laid On crosswise to COM
plete the load, and the streets being
somewhat narrow in places the long
stalks practically had the right Of way.
Curiosity and search after knowledge
prompted us to follow the load, which
led us to the home of the city dairy
may, where we found him cutting this
long corn and storing it in sllo. We
had long and pleasant visit with him.
He had taken up the silo question aud
solved it by himself. He bought a
second hand fodder cutter and second
hand engine and rugged up his silo and
| belts and carriers, using good practical
common sense-had no one to show
him, had to feel his way along, and for
four or five years has successfully filled
bis silo with most satisfactory results.
His COWS, horses and pigs were all fat
and plump. The stalks OF corn had
| from one to two mammoth ears to each
stalk. The kernels on the great cots
were fuLl-grown, just beginning to
glaze, and they were all cut right in
with the stalks. The ingenuity oi
this dairyman was equal to any elner-
gency, and he was running the ensil-
age matter just as easily and confident
ly, as though he had invented the pro-
cess himself and had been practicing it
all his life. There is big difference
in men. Some have "gumption" and
others are "gumps." Some are al
theory, others are all practice. Some
men can do nothing even with every
thing in their favor. Others succeed
with everything against them. Some
men read fully and study carefully the
theoretical part of the sliage question,
consult the owners of silos, hire skilled
labor to build the silo, buy the mos
complete and improved machinery,
and then fail. Others pick up second
handed machinery for part of their
outfit and white the rest out with a
pocket knife. The great ears, running
about two and half inches through
at the butt, ten to twelve inches IL
length, with their great load Of fully
formed kernels OF corn, were cut right
into the sllo with the rest, and give,
when fed, grain ration with the iod-
der. The entire process, from start to-
finish, was simple, cheap and yet effect
i've. With the silo IN the hands OF
such men it is possible to keep more
than one COW to the acre, giving her
all of the forage she needs during the
year and a portion Of her grain ration.
Intensive farming" and more farmers
With "gumption" is the great need OF
the hour. "Glt," "grit" and "gump-
ton" are necessary things or quallfca
tlons to have. The farmer needs them.
Our North Carolina Yankee will secure
grand success, simply because he is
making ready for any emergency, even
to "making whistles out Of pigs tail. :"
Daniel Bones Dream,