The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-16
ATLANTA j purnal.)

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IL II mot what a man makes n the re-
suit cf his l;slao-, hut Il i what IL saves
! that counts IN Whatever avoCation he
may Il engaged. Particularly on the
farm are rhc many Items 81 expense
created during the ysar's work which an.
not only UslNec.> >sary from an economi-
cal Standlo.nt hut unwaIranted a. ap-
/ plying To the business of agriculture.
| v hen We think o. the business of farm
| ing We naturally infer that il i an oc-
| crFation hich should bc largely self
| sustaining. n-fel lcIlent OF assistance
t from outside sources. This conclusion
Is not only 0ased upon aotul experience
and observation. hut upon tradition
| handed down u Us from past genera
| tons In ether words. the thrifty far
lner. if cut off entir. ~ from all inter
| course with the commercial world. car,
Yet suhSist happy and contertcd. Whei,
our pilgrim fathers. three hundred years
ago. Ut Il time whln this greet country
was but wilderness. moved far into
| the interior. cleared their lands built
homcsteaIs. titled The ii, d. raised large
| families. fought the mUrderoU> savayc
and succeeded in licc they DEF ended
entirely upon their own re sources. There
| were but few markets III which to sell
| the surplus products Of their farms. and
| they were for tie same reason forced
| to produce the necessary means OF sub
| sistencc. his f0.ed dependence upon
their own resources. was che erfully u.i-
| dertaken by that hardy set Of IL term u
Cd men who first invaded America ar2
laid the foundation cf the great civil
| I'd ton viii, j today stands foremost in
the nisticns of the world. Ii developer
| character and strength OF manhood. 11o
annals OF history record no greater
deeds of daring and discrimination to
succeed IL every urdertakin. than Thar
handed down to uS from that period
NhiCA marked the olcniD.; OF agricul
tHre on this continent by eur foref; hers
LOCKING TO DETAILS.
While astonishing advances have been
made in the arts and mechanical sciel-
ces within the past half dozen decades.
it i nevertheless an unqUeStiOned fact
that the se!f-sustaining feature Of farm
work Is just as essential today as it
ever MAS. There is a. great necessity
today for the homemade AK and hoe
helvc. singletree and other inplemen,s
Ct like character - when 40 factory
for the nl2nufa,ture Of these articles
existed. Improved fe,d mac hint -
should !e purchased AND used wherever
practicable, If the Coz of lal oq can
be reduced and the tillage Of tho soil
improved. No farm. whatever may te
its area. from the smallest to the largesr.
is conf 'Cte without i blacksmith and
wcod-h hop combined Thu ordinary re-
TaTs required 50 cften for p.ow. hoes
wagons, et~.. simple and requiring but
little han nIicr@ft - make. should uc
done on tne PREMISES vacr" these I'M
plemcLt% are III use. Tine is money III
this day of hi9h-pTioGa labor on the farm.
ASIDE from tnc heavy money eXpGnsCS
Incurred h. having I'll reEair work done
il q public blacksmith or wood shop.
the time consumed IN stopping p!oW
and i.ld during the busy S"aeon II
patro,lize those sADjS can III lie spared
fro N the field. With shop om tho
preni = rc ar work 10 tools can "c
Z i,e a. neon time or during >npWclr
afternoon. !, is the experience OF every
fam i V no has Nort ,aoI Of thr
above kind that sharrcr rlOWS and hoes
are kept IN the field. and that all farming
IN pleGents are kelt in stronger. more
S.TIs ant:al con .it.on than those used
by farmers who patronize the village
shop. We therefore urge every farm
who is not already equipped = bay 80
ontfit Of the kind. which can be pur-
chased for , small sum, AMI which VII
pay for itself the first year No OH, +
ti litG
some Il dividend and nothing ci-e win
tion i reduced 10 The coal consumed
and the muscles Of til" gcnd right arm.
The former can be burned Cn the Tre,n-
i~e>. ard the latter is III the posse son
cf every farmer in the state
WHERE MONEY GOES.
heard Il farnltr say som time ago
that he had rather buy buShrl Of neal
thsn go irto III. crib shuck ard shell
TIE corn and haul it 10 the mill.
That mans up<e WI alv ays feel the
edge Of the glindetcnc. and he has al
ready reached the highest point Of h
success in life But the sentiment eX-
II laSsed Ly him is unfortunately applI
cable 10 many others engaged u farming
Our people are too ready To buy from
othtlS those things Whf taey na2nt
either make CT l.oGlce with i little eN- !
ira lauor 81 home. The ease with ,
" hich accounts can he made and Inc
rapi,:ty with which they grow III t
years time :> appalling when settling
day comes around. TnorSand~ Of good
resolutions are made 1T the time when
the entire p-oce a,lS Of he delcor is con
luton is too ~ooi- forgotten by the su.-
luton i rco sCCnfOr2Ctfen b ytEr SUI
fering indiN id'lal anj giving way 10 In" !
free ard easy me5hcd which GOT han
INFO the old rut and III the end Of an
into theold rut. and at the ned Of an
ether twelve mcrths goe through the |
sane old experience.
We Ecu~t determine to buy less. make |!
what we need 1T home AMI that which /
We sell. he il much Or little. wiH show |!
Il profit which will find its WAY into The /
rocket Il the producer. The bnyin2 "f
Il large number Of small articles. the
lrice f each one of Wh;ch heing doGDl, u |
on account Of tiloe charging ard risk ot !
co!Iectcn. make II big debt III he cru'st- :
Of year which the trioe III wlicA or /
money product :s sold makes i lard - |
pay.
RAISING PORK
No c,her one article Of focd is morel