The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11
The Farmers Convention.

r,#.v-5ug In the lead that Tennessee
mia. North Carolina inaugurated
~, summer an annual Farmers Con-
...:.n .mch was attended by hun
,..r- u the best farmers OF the State
,4sr .1a preliminary addresses, the first
address TO the farmers was made by
.t.. EDITOR OF p. +. on the Cow Pea
..r.. Farm. Orchard and Garden" In
...r.-..uE the speaker, the president Of
.t... raIt-~ OF Agricd ture, in the large
..srarttu In which the conyentlon as
...hGt. said that there We're some of
.a5.. farmers who seemed TO imagine that
p.. Massey had invented the COW pea,
.. h.. has done so much for the en-
.....,.....mrnt oi It's cultivation. and that
..a.r,.grr he went the farmers wanted
.... hear from him about ;Ee pea. Two OF
rH.. most successful farmers of Piedmont
a.. Ar Scott of Alamance county,
..t AIR. BIaWley, of Iredell county, told
F., 81 Very entertaining manner how they
head taken run down farms and made them
..,rdtahIe and brought them UP to u
,-,h.v productive condition while making
,ra,t paw for the Improvement Mr.. Dunn,
,# New Bern spoke of the intensive
Ua,t.eu.ture now being practiced by the
market gardeners OF the eastern part of
tf.. State. He said that while the aver
.r. crop of early Irish potatoes was
about 80 barrels per acre. good growers
r.u. SD to l20 barrels, and a crop of
l4u barrels had been produced. When
i is considered that on these lands Il
.rop Of pea vine hay and another crop
of late potatoes can be grown In the
~aM> -tu9on it VIII appear that even
OHIO cannot get ahead of the \. C. grow
uf, Then the development OF wlAter~gar-
g.a.ug has been very extensive, and large
plants nave been established with frames
covered with cloth and heated by steam
Int- and supplied with sprinkiing pipes
Through which a steam pump drives the
.-.lr ior Irrigating the beds ard results
u thousands OF dollars per acre produced.
Hblg lettuce and other hail hardy crops
.Iu The main ones grown IN winter 1t
il NOW proposed to grow celery IN these
-.-a.t~ lor the late spring market when
the price always rules hIgn. The Coast
country Of Eastern North Carolina -
rapidly becoming great garden, where
Jh, finest of straw berries and vegetables
-goa. and where great fields are planted
H gadoh. tuberoses, dahlias, cannas
and other crops for the florists OF the
North. Gradually glass will supersede
tic cloth substitute for glass, and IN the
near future Eastern North Carolina,
witt. her fertile soil and mild climate
v.l take rank with the most advanced
horticultural sections, and great propa-
-tng establishments will be supplying
greater variety of plants TO the North
,En trade N addition to the bulbs now
I'D largely grown. Then, too, III cotton
tanning the same section is coming to
the 'front.' Mr.. Dautridge, Of Edgecombc
county. gave the convention an account
o. bis farming with cotton as the money
crop. He said that on his farm he
maae beef. milk, butter vegetables and
poultry enough to pay all the expenses
Of his farm, so that his cotton crop OF
-.e 10 225 bales was his profit. At pres
tnt price, Of about $50 a bale it will be
seen that this Is no poor farming. The
good that such Il convention will do III
awakening an interest III the improve
heut u farming Is incalculable, espe-
ally as the speakers all advised the
,aanE men to get an education IN agri-
culture as the best possible road to sue
c~~. Book farming is getting there
A the South, a it viii everywhere where
Aeu study Their profession.