The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-12-22
method Of harvesting wheat and 4 4
threshed and taken to The MIN

method Of haryestinh wheat and 4 AZ
threshed and taken to themill.
The rice mill is a gigantic strncsnre
for rice Is mo- simply ground. boited
and sent to market 1t must Be halied.
polished and sorted The mill TINT
takes OF, the huIIs and prepares The
grain for the consumer Is a eomplis
Gated AFFAIR, and has lot Of machin
cry. The huils are removed, the
grains cleaned and polished, broken
grains and the fire stun separated the
hu1s sent to the feed min and the tood
products to the tobber,
Rice has been a staple crop IN the
carolinas for many years 1t Is only
of late years that the vast bottom lands
of Louisiana and Texas have taken TO
the culture Of rice ON q large scale.
and ground at for its production Is
worth as much money as town lots.
Speculative fortunes have been made
in the Texas lowlands, buying for 4
dollar or two un acre land that was
dear at that figure, and selling It for
"a hundred times that much when the
rice fever overlook It. The man who
has ground that rice will grow on can
have credit at the bank, an organ in
the parlor and corn whisky IN the
cupboard, II he allows It to get that
far before he drinks It
Rice enters into the stockfeed prop
osition also. The bulls and waste are
sold to feed manufacturers, and the IN.
suspecting Yankee buys more or less
chop feed which he thinks Is made OF
corn and oats, but which, ID fact, IS
made to look like oats food blythe pres
ence of rice bran, which is mighty lit
tie good. except 20 sell. It is also used
10 adulterate wheat bran. Besides
being fraud as to It's food value. It is
so harsh in its composition that Il
is dangerous thing to give horses and
cattle, often doing them serious dam
age.
Another crop that Is almost exeip-
sively Southern is the mule. The
mules of the South are worth hun
dred and sixty million dollars Those
OF the rest Of the United States are
worth a fifth that much, and most OF
them came from the South. There are
about two and a half million mules
here and there around the South, anu
IL a faint hoarse song of rejoicing
should happen to be heard by the good
man of the North along about The time
the sunset gun Is fired, he should bear
in mind that legion OF happy long
cared steeds are singing a pean of
10Y at their release from the piow
lines, and are making triumphal
march, several hundred thousand
strong, toward the corn barrel and
ration of fodder. The evening hymn
CT the pillow mule Is feature OF tho
United states as soon as the Potomac
is crossed going southwark. and 1t Is
strenuous. enduring and full Of ener-
gy. No Yankee who has ever heard the
fervent enthusiasm that The mule puts
into its vesper song can doubt that
the South is full of energy and action.
However,, it is of the muie Us a crop
and not as vocalist that started;to
shed knowledge. The mule crop IS
good one. not only profitable when haT-
vested and sold but affordlng motive
power for many years. and even lead
ing the peanut crop as theme for
iokes. The mule power OF the South
is almost the equivalent Of the steam
power of the North.
There are other crops peculiar TO
the South worth scoing, but it Is more
enjoyable to como down and see some
OF them in thu proper season than to :
get all the information at second hand.
BON H. BUTLER
Southern Pines, N. G.
J.