The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-04

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ceeses that are destroying the grasses y.
- rangas This is one Of the reasons
my meats are higher and will continue
higher. Beef and mutton can oe p'
dIcad on the farms east OF the Mls9outi
| river. and will be so produced
All The states east and south OF tne
Allegheny mountains will find a gTauaai
lasSening OF the severe competitor I"1s
has heretofore existed between 'heti
,rodrc1ions OF the great valley turn west
,rard more and more. TO find markets IN
he mountain States. on the Paclnc coASl'
| ami IN the far Orient. this coinpetltion
that has kept down the prices, OF ! L
| nroducts east Of the Allegheny mountains
| ever since railroads entered the MlsslsSlp-
| nj VALLEY. will be gradually lessened.
81 mai We find two influences al work
| 70 help the farmers Of the Southern
states One IS a better home market.
| and the other is less competition from
no great west. The southern farmer Will
get all the assistance We can POSSIBLY give
| him in ascertaining what grasses ana
| legumes are best suited to grazing puf-
poses and hay-making purposes.
The Division OF Vegetable Physiology
and Pathology is conducting lnVeStlgd-
| lions in several of the southern states
| looking to the securing OF better oranges
Dineapples and other fruits through
naturalization. The diseases OF cuItlValeu
grapes peculiar TO the South are pelng
carefully studied. Systematic lnVeSllsd-
tons are being conducted regarding ohe
tobacco OF the country. The cause Oh the
arenas which give to certain foreign 70
baccos their peculiar value, mas peeh
discovered, and efforts are belne lhaGe 70
Yu+ This discovery to practical use in the
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matte investigations are being conducted
along the line of producing our teas IN
the Southern States. Experimental tea
gardens nave been planted in co-opera-
lion with the experiment stations of The
Gulf States. The money paid to foreign
countries. now running from eleven mil
lion to fourteen million dollars annually,
can be earned in the South, and a class
Of labor that is now nOn-productlve, set
at work. Very promising results are De
ing had in South Carolina, and the Fed
eral Government has appropriated money
to assist in these Investigations.
The United States imports from Italy
and Southern Russia nearly a million dol
lars worth of hemp per annum. This IS
a high grade hemp, for which our people
pay about seven cents a pound, and 1t
is used chiefly in the manufacture OF
carpet WdTpS. Inc D6pdI l1lleHI VI EiS1l-
culture is trying to find out why Ameri-
can hemp growers continue to produce
three cent hemp, when by a little more
care and expense they could produce this
seven cent hemp, for which there is al
ready a market in the United States. We
are skiing the question also, why does
the American hemp grove content him
self with a hemp which grows seven feet
high, when Eastern Asia grows a strain
of hemp which is twice as tall and
produces nearly twice as much fiber per
acre. And again We are asking, why is
it that the Southern States, instead of
buying jute butts from India with which
to make cotton bagging and rice sacks
do not try the experiment OF making
these articles out of homegrown fiber.
There IS a fair probability that with
these giant Asiatic varieties of hemp
planted in the rich alluvial bottom lands
of the South Atlantic seaboard, with deep
ploughing and a liberal application OF
cotton seed hulls, such heavy crops of
hemp can be produced that it can be sold
to the bagging manufacturers at a price
that will compete with iute. And if
hemp can not be produced at quite the
price to compete with jute, it almost
certainly can be produced profitably for
use in the manufacture of cotton sacks"
At the conclusion OF his address, Mr..
S. l.. Patterson offered a resolution thank
ing Secretary Wilson for his interesting
instructive and helpful paper and express
ing the pleasure it gave to the associa-
ton to have him present and to hear his
encouraging words.
Prof. B. Irby extended an invitation to
visit the A. & M. College and the State
experiment farm between s and Il this
morning.
The session opens today at II o'clock.
The program for today's session of the
Cotton States Sonvention is:
10 a. M. roll call.
Report Of special committee on fertil-
i9zer brands continued from yesterday
afternoons session.
Unfinished business.
Discussion: "Leguminous Crops for
Forage Grazing and Soil Improvement
and How to Grow Them" Prof. j. F. Dug
ger, of Alabama; Prof. w. F. Massey, of
North Carolina.
Discussion: Grasses for Forage" w.
F. Massey. of North Carolina.
Education of Farmers" Prof. G. I.
Winston, North Carolina; Prof. H.. c..
White, Georgia.
How do Farmers Buy Fertilizers?'
IL vi 2 Sld, IIOl.
B. w. Kilgore.
Farmers Institutes" Commissioner S..
L. Patterson, Of North Carolina.
The second DAYS session of Cotton
States Convention Of Commissioners Of
Agriculture met Yesterday at II o'clock,
President Stevens in the chair.
On motion the reading of the minutes
Of the New Orleans convention was dis
pensed with. Secretary Royal Daniel
then read the proceedings of Tuesdays
meeting. and called the roll. The roll
call showed that the States Of Tennessee,
Missouri, Florida and the Indian Terri
tory were unrepresented.
Prof. Digger, of Alabama, was present
IN addition to the delegates who attended
YESTERDAY.
Prof. Milton Whitney, of Washington.
addressed the convention on the soil sur
vey. Prof. Whitney illustrated his talk
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