The Robesonian., 1908-07-23
FARMING IN BRITT'S TOWN
SHIP.
Some Interesting Facts Given
Showing Great Improvements
in Methods of Farming Edu-
cationaI Matters.

uA NASSGAOOS OI L FdTLI4LlS GOG-
cationaI Matters.
To the Editor of The Robesonian
want to see the difference in
some respects in farming now
and about 25 years ago. The
first school | taught at Long
Branch about Is years ago my
patrons were mostly farmers and
cultivated from three to four
acres of land to raise one bale of
cotton, and 5 and 10 bushels of
corn per acre was considered
good corn with the average far
mer. I will give the names of a
few farmers in the vicinity of
Long Branch, showing the diff
erence in farming here now and
25 years ago, viz: Messrs. OFT
and Homer Edmund, six acres
in corn, they say will average SO
bushels per acre, and about 20
acres of cotton that will average
a bale to the acre if no disaster
befalls from now on. Mr.. Eli
Britt, six acres of cotton, one bale
per acre; Mr.. Will Britt, 10 acres,
one bale per acre; Mr.. Joe
Britt, 25 acres, one bale per acre;
Mr.. J. F. Roberts, 9 acres of cot
ton from Z to one bale per acre.
Rev. M. A. Stephens, 8acres if
l make no mistake, one bale per
acre; Joseph Britt, 7 acres, one
bale per acre; Mrs. Sintha Britt,
13 acres, one bale per acre, if no
disaster befalls it from. now on.
Messrs. Lon, Jesse and Alex
Stone have acres and acres of
cotton that will go I, : and a
bale per acre if no disaster be-
falls it. Rev. NJ. A. Stephens
has 2 acres of corn from which
he is expecting so bushels per
acre. Corn here in this section
will average, | suppose one year
with another from 20 to 35 and
40bushels per acre. Messrs. Geo.
and Luther Thompson's cropsare
fairly good, cotton from J to :
bales per acre, corn 20 to 25
bushels per acre. Good many of
the farmers say they are going
to experiment another year and
try and raise better crops. The old
adage is where there is a will
there isaway" Now, you see there
has been a great change in 25
years in the farming interest in
the Long Branch section. The
next 10 years will doubtless
bring a greater change in every
thing than has been brought
about in the last 25 years.
Afew words in regard to educa-
ton. Some of our people are not
keeping pace with the times in
education. This is a fast day
and let me admonish you people
that are so Indifferent in sending
to school, take more interest in
the cultivation of the minds OF
your boys and girls. Our chill.
dren are our own flesh and blood,
and if we, through our careless.
ness and indifference, cause them
to grow up in ignorance we are
making slaves of them for the
educated. They cannot compete
with the progress Of the times
unless they are educated. LIE
me ask and beg you dilatory
fathers and mothers of the grea
county of Robson that you
children are put in school anC
kept there until they have ;
good English education, if ne
more. The day is close at hanC
when you will regret it to you
sorrow if you don't do it. l
you fail to educate your children
' in this progressive day they viii
become hewers of wood an
! drawers of water for the educat
l ed. Who are to blame for tn,
: ignorance of our children? VIII
we as parents are to blame.
want to ask you patrons at larg
\ of the Long Branch school to be
come more interested in the ed
ucation of your children. Yor
are able to give them good Er
y glish education if no more. Dl
: Dixon, of Raleigh, State Audit
or, said last April at On
|, rum in his literary address
l. that the future prosperity c
the country lay in the boys an
y girls of the rural districts. H
e also said educate the boys an
S train them to farm, (which is or
'. Of the highest callings you ca
l. teach them. Said to "educate tn
E girls and teach them to be GOO
N house-keepers and most especia
. ly teach them to be good cool
l. to avoidindigestion and despepsi
e and the like. l do honestly b
Ie lieve the two direct causes of il
. digestion and dyspepsia are ba
j. cooking and over eating, Pro
~ ]. B. Carlye, of Wake Fore
College, said last fall at Lon
ID Branch at the association, IN
ne Fred T. Collins, of Britts, W
not excelled last year at Wa
p Forest in oratorship out of350
IT. 375 young men," One more ye
and he will graduate. His s.
m ter, Miss Maud Britt (half 81
as ter), has spent one year at t
Baptist University at Raleig
MT DR.. H. T. Pope and Mr.. E.
It Britt, Of Lumberton, are bo
ry from Britts. So you see Brit
. is not dead, not by any NEAR
IN A few more words on farmi
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