The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-11-12
HARRY FARMERS TALKS.

AAoAO di0 dUOu6 1,OOU townships IN
North. Carolina, and each township
needs A MAN, or ten men would be-
better.
We saw in a recent article in THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER the statement
that there are about 5000 young
men who commence farming in
North Carolina each year, which
gives to each to Wnship an average of
five young farmers. Suppose each
one of these were we'll trained in
farm work, and had in addition to
this training from one TO four year g
schooling in some good agricultural
school, like the A. and M. College, of
this State. What would be the re
suits? Words could but family tell
their Importance.
Wherever you find one up to-date
farmer in any community, you will
see his neighbors will first condemn
his work, then note his success,
adopt his methods, and finally praise
him for his enterprise. There is an
opening in each township for
suoh a man and our people in
the depths of their hearts
are constantly crying, Give us a
man. We have all the diamonds
in the rough that we need, but they
need polishing so that they will re
fect their light in every direction to
attract the attention of all around
them. These young farmers need to
read not less than three good agri-
cultural journals like The PROGREss-
I'VE FARMER and many others
We are an initiative people, and all
we need is TO be shown improved
methods and it will not require much
persuasion 80 make us initiate Mr.
Enterprise. But here is our weak
point, it is getting these young men
TO strike out on these new or i'm
proved ways. 1t takes a horse to
lead, any mule can follow. Here is
where we need the man.
A young man in a neighborhood
by his enterprise would get all the
young men in a literary society and
discuss questions relating TO his
work and then stimulate all aro1nd
him. 1t would lead to the purohas-
ing of a school library. It would
show the young that there was some
thing more in farming than making
a little meat and bread for the cold
oman an theyoung uns, and cotton
and "terbaoker" enough to buy
some coffee and little whiskey to
get drunk on and calico enough to
dress the ''gals" little. Old hedge
rows would melt away. Fine stock
would drive out the scrubs that
often COST more than double their
value.
The plow boy was sought so
much was so hard to find in the
late winter or early spring because
following a mule all day long plow-
ing a narrow strip of land at each
furrow is not very desirable job.
Mount sulky plow or outaway har-
row with two or four horses and
plow nearly as much in one day as
the old turn plow would in a week
It would leave the plowman in con-
dition to attend to any meeting
or business after the days work was
done, instead of being compelled to
lie down to rest his weary limbs so
shat he could work on the morrow.
The boy would delight to drive the
mower and cut eight or ten acres of
hay in a day, while if he has to use
that old grass blade, he will long to
be an engineer or follow something
;hat will give some chance TO think
md use his higher powers instead of
being a machine himself.
These are some of the things that
We long ID see changed Some old
'ogies cry out that it will cost too
much to get these improved tools
Here are SO acres of land to plow
,very year-5O days work for the
.verage horse and plow. A good Cuta
yav plow can be had for $25 or $50
which will last five TO ten years and
With Jwo to four horses do the work |
n ten days or less and only one plow-
nan. Do you see the point? Make
our own calculation.
We cannot keep our boys on the
arm and grind them down at hard
oil all the time. Then let US work |
o get as many of these young,
rained farmers as we can, for it will
,ay us a hundred fold in years to
ONE.
HARRY FARMER