The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-12-17
A WYOMING MANS VIEWS ON SOME
PHASES OF NORTH CARO-
LIMA FaRMING

the Chatham Record, and believe it
will interest our readers, showing,
as it does, show others see US. ="
Says Editor London:
About a month ago The Record
stated that Mr.. Harry G. Duhlipg,
of Wyoming Territory, was here on
a visit to his parents and that he
liked our county so we'll that he had
bought the farm of Mr.. r NJ Burns,
near here. On his return to WyOm
ing he published a very interesting
account of his trip in his county
paper, The Tribune, which we here
with copy, so that our oountymen
may know how others see US and
how our section impresses II stranger
from far away Wyoming:
During my trip I visited my
parents in North Carolina and was
very much pleased with the country,
the climate and the people. A great
part of the land is covered with tim
Der and probably not one-third of
the land is cleared and farmed. Ie
seemed to me as if they had more
land than farmers and what they
needed more than any thing else was
good working farmers, and yet when
l came to examine crops and prices
Of products, farming must pay better
there than any place I know of.
Taking the fact that saw as heavy
crops of corn on land that could be
bought for $40 per acre as saw any
where else on my trip On much higher
priced land, and corn there was sell
ing for 80 cents per bushel when I
was there and has averaged over so
cents a bushel during the last four
years, it looked to me as if corn
would pay. All the crops of corn
saw we're not so good, however, but
from what noticed l concluded it
was more the fault Of the farmer
than the farm. visited one farm
which was few years ago oonsid-
cred one of the poorest in the coun-
try, and when Northern farmer
bought it few years ago the natives
predicted he would starve, yet he
showed me field from which he
harvested 25 bushels of wheat per
acre this year and soon as the wheat
was cut he planted the field in corn
and the corn was fair crop. con-
oluded if he was raising two such
crops on the same land in one season
he was not starving very fast. l
was told of another farm which ten
years ago would not yield over five
bushels of corn per acre, but under
it's present management is averaging
seventy-two bushels on over 100
acres.
81 found the conditions with other
crops also very favorable. Wheat
is paying crop, cattle pay we'll and
on account of the long pasture season
can be kept with little expense. But
ter sells for 30 cents the year round.
[ talked with two farmers who pay
some attention to sheep raising. One
of them said his sheep did not cost
him over Is cents per head year to
keep and the wool averages him 81
per head. The other one told me
that by careful feeding his early
spring lambs weigh so pounds and
that this year averaged him S. per
head. Poultry also pays we'll. But
what interested me was fruit. l
saw a number of pear trees at differ
ent places that looked thrifty and
bearing the finest fruit, while pears
we're selling at 81 per bushel. am
satisfied from what / saw of apples
that they can be successfully raised
and yet saw poor apples sell for 80
cents bushel. The mistake is the |
people expect to raise their fruit |
from fence corner seedlings without |
care and attention. It was too late |
IN the season to see peaches, but
from what was told, it is but little
trouble to raise them. One farmer
said he received 81 40 a bushel for
his crop.
"Every person asked about Irish
potatoes said it was no trouble to
raise them and in the store where I
inquired they sold Tor 81 a bushel. 1t
seems to me that every one expended
their energy and expectations in
raising patch of cotton to the too
much neglect of everything else and
when cotton is cents pound they
growl, and when it brings 10 cents
thew feel rich and happy,