The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-14

Beef and Dairy Cattle.
Mr.. Scott has about forty head of
beef cattle that are grazing and OBJ
tanning a profit for him from ands
that are lying out and idle on he
leverage farm.
one of Mr.. SCOTS chief sources of
revenue is from the butter made and
sold in Raleigh at 80 cents per pound.
This butter is produced by Il fine herd
Of pure bred Jersey cattle. This nerd
been developed in q way within
the reach of every North Carolina
farmer, because the foundation was
secured by the purchase Of our little
Jersey heiferS at q cost not exceeding
500. and from this modest start with
in a few years this splendid herd Of
dairy COWS has been raised. There is
no pretticr sight on this farm than
this uniformly colored herd OF cattle
grazing h luxuriant grasses growing
everywhere in the Groves and pastures
surrounding the farm houses. This
herd is fed. cared for and MIXED by
three sons Of Mr.. Scott. their age
ranging from s to u years. Their
names are Samuel Floyd, William
Kerr, and Henry Alvord. The last
manned reminds one of the head of the
dairy division OF the United states De-
partment of Agriculture.
POULTRY.
A noticeable feature of his great
farm is that almost every conceivable
form of poultry is raised, there being
chickens. geese, ducks, turkeys, and
guineas. While this poultry costs al
most nothing to produce except a lit
tile attention, it not only furnishes Il
great deal of the living of the family,
but is a source of considerable reVe-
nue. as it might and ought to be on
every farm. The farm keeps about
200 Plymouth Rocks. and the uniform
fowl and eggs are sold ut q much lar
ger profit than mixed varieties.
Hogs.
While only q few pure bred Berk-
lshire soWS are kept, sufficient pigs are
I~produced so that there are always
lsome to be sold to less provident
~neigilbors, enough for an ample sup
lply of pork for home consumption,
land q good quantity OF hams and Da-
con are sold to increase the revenues
Of the family.
Sheep and Goats.
There is a nice flock of each of these
breeds of animals, there being between
fifty and one hundred in each. The
head of the flock of sheep is a pure
bred male, and n pure bred Angora
lgoat is at the head Of the flock of
goats. The sheep furnish wool from
which much of the everyday cloth
ing of the family is made. supply the
table with fresh mutton, and there are
also q number sold, also adding to
the financial success Of the farm. The
goats serve an excellent in
keeping down the brush and briars
$50 ommon in North Carolina pas
lures. Although on most farms the
general idea of keeping goats as a
| revenue nrDIIcar WpIlI no GcnfTal nj
yet on this farm goats are found to
pay an excellent profit. Many Of the
young ones are used for food. while
others are sold for pets to the children
of the neighboring towns.
One of the most remarkable fea-
tures of this farm is that While there
ARE over $50 acres in cultivation. by
distributing the work throughout the
entire year it is done with only seven
head Of horses, which also do the driv-
ling. From these also are raised from
one to two colts each year so that
there is never any necessity for the
purchase of work stock to supply the
demands of the farm, but occasionally
an animal is sold.
An Illustration.
To illustrate what can be done on
North Carolina soil when properly
managed, may be taken one field Of
fifty acres which was added to the
farm by purchase ten years ago. This
fifty acre field was purchased at six
ldollars per acre because through the
icommon methods of handling it not
more than fifteen or twenty acres were
considered sufficiently fertile to jus
tify cultivation. the remainder being
made up of great gulIies and CALLED
Ispots, n grown up in ~sassafras. This
tract of land was cleaned up. the gull
flies and washed places filed. the flint
rocks removed, and by deep blowing
land the rotation Of crops it has now
been rought into a magnificent field.
IeVery foot Of which can be cultivated
with modern machinery. ana last year
it produced forty bushels Of corn to
the acre without the use of a single
pound of commercial fertilizer.
ON this farm are also liberal orch
Yards yielding a large supply Of fruits
showing the horticultural possibility,
Of nearly every big farm in the State.