The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-03

same he'd good AZ the other t@s' f2T174
but ia vagtng quantities oar
thar corn p~rodueing more tann enc
usual method II selert3ag seed
corn Il 70 go - the barn
at planting time and selecting
The largest ear Of corn. which =
usually an ear frerp a stalk q grew
only one ear % the stalk PEof VII
select th- seed corn. when ears stalks.
etc could be considered he Illus
trated nj. talk b. specimens Of t2lkA
Of corn showing The difference in Va
rtectes grown on the same land. with
same ultfwats condition. etc lie
ing whero seed corn come from Seed
bought 81 Northern and Western
States have NOS given as good results
as corn grown here = h con-
sidersd due to climatic and other ri
ditions.
The Committees Appointed.
The nollow7ngs committees were APP
pointed:
On Resolution-R H. Cover. o.
G. c. Moore. OF Aecklenburg. Q "a
poe. OF Raleigh. >Dr TIT Butler. a
and VI. College.
ON Ncmination-E- r NcFae. Of
Robson. T. B. Parker, of Wake: r
" Scotr Of Alamance
The association here closed the
morning session. and i vas At two
O'Clock that the afternoon session be-
gan.
The afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session the dis
cussion with the speakers after they
had concluded their remarks proved
the most valuable part OF the exer-
cises as they had during the morning
session. and the talks were are ali on
practical lines.
Preparing Land for Corn.
The hrat speaker was Mr.. i 6.
Ross, of Sckes county. who explained
in detail the plan which he advocated
for preparing the land for corn. In
this he held that blowing was only
getting ready to prepare, as the real
work came in after this, in the hand
ling of the soil. and the placing Of
the proper fertilizer for the soil.
Harvesting the Corn Crop.
Mr.. A. L. French. If Rockingham
county, tod of methods Of harvesting
the corn crop, and his explanation Of
his methods brought out many ques-
ton and the methods used by others
in attendance.
Preparing For Cotton.
Mr.. s. Il. Hobbs. Of Sampson
ty. talked on the matter of preparing
the land Cor cotton. He declared poor
land should not be used for cotton,
but peas put on it and turned back
and forth ill il would produce q bale
of cotton to the acre. that anything
else wa poverty. The need in North
Carolina is more cotton to the acre,
for where PIC pounds Of lint to the
acre, the average in North Carolina,
was the crop it was folly to keep at it,
as there was no profit, that from a
bale to a bale and q half to the acre
as in other cotton states, was the only
safety. The trouble III North Caro-
lima is that the soils are devoid Of
vegetable matter, incorporate plenty
of his in the soil and the problem is
solved. Put in peas or anything that
will give vegetable matter enough.
There is reed Of much humus in the
land to keep heat in it and quicken
the growth, nitrate OF soda being nee
essary. Great interest was shown in
Mr.. Hobbs talk and there was much
discussion in it, the statement being
made that the man who found the
way TO destroy the root lice would be
a great benefactor to the state.
Marketing the Cotton Crop.
Mr.. c. c. Moore, president Of the
North Carolina Division Of the South
ern Cotton Association. was mex
heard, his subject being marketing
the cotton crop, III NIlIcH he tecIdTeO
the farmer who raised it had less tC
do than in any other kind Of trading
as he had to go up against the com
bined capital and brain of the world
it being only two ana a half years
ago that steps were taken to get q
better price for cotton by organiza-
ton, and that but for cotton we would
be a mighty sorry lot in North Caro-
line. \ whole hearted movement fol
+, better prices would keep these up and
bring prices for cotton that il de-
served.
Taking out from his satcheI his ex-
hibit of cotton and goods made from
it he showed that from . bale solo
at $40, this Of 500 pounds at cents
a pound there We're goods manufac-
tured that sold at from S14O to So
800 q bale, proof that at least Is cent,
a pound cpuld be paid for cotton
Again in his address ne told of eigh'
to eight an da half million bales o
cotton shipped abroad and brough'
back to this country AZ a profit Of 81
q bale, in this way $50 million dollar!
being lost to this country. He urgeC
that the m stand together arC
for themselves fix a legitimate price
for their cotton.
! Along the same line spoke Mr. A
j. NcKinnon, of Robson, secretar,
of the State Cotton Association. VIII,
said that while Our people could pro
5 duce good crops they failed woefull,
in selling at good prices, that sellins
| at cost. no matter how great tn,
: yield. is folly. hut that we must b.
educated to know what price is fai.
50 as to bring & legitimate profit anC
: to deman this. this to be done by or
t ganization- He rejoiced in the run
ming out af the South Of cotton gam
bling by bucket shops and said Ha~yi,
, Jordan deserved & great monument 70
his work n this. in which North Car
} DINA had been the first to move Their
} out. As to the value CT organ izatio1
he showed that in 1898 with a cror
of 11,275,000 bales the price was twC
: hundred and e~ighty-two million dol
; lars, while in 1905 and 1896 with al
: incomplete organization 11.345 90
bales sold for 641 million dollars. H
urged that the farmers give full sun
port to the Southern Cotton Assocfa
ton.
The Price of Cotton.
Mr.. S. y. Hobbs, of Sampson conn
ty, was called upon and spoke in tn.
!, interest Of best prices for cotton. H
4 urged the warehouse system and tn,
! marketing Of the cotton gradually
and not to glut- the market durin;