The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-08-10
IMPROVEMENTS IN FARM
ING.

0feaC improvements hat Have
Been Made in Farming i'll Sad
die Tree Township Some
Good Farmers and What They
Can Raise-A Full Ticket
Named.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
After a real tough years or
seasons ploWing, and having
seen so much news in the noble
and much-loVed Robesonian, |.
will once again give my feeble
opinion on some current mat
ters.
With relish we read Mr.. War
Wick's notes on the great i'm
provements in farming in Britt's
township, and we think it should
be written and shown from every
section where improvements are
being made. 1t not only helps
the immediate neighborhood, but
the whole country at large. Right
here l would like to mention
some of our farmers in
the little township of Saddle
Tree. While we have no
towns, railroads or high schools,
| think there has been as much
improvement in farming in
Saddle Tree township as has been
made elsewhere in the county
in the last Is or 80 years. About
that long ago, on a certain farm
now in Saddle Tree, we remem-
ber seeing a man leading a little
bull yearling and his wife hold5
ing the plow handles, trying to
do the ploWing. The land
changed hands and on a certain
day this year there were 81, 600
worth Of mules pulling ploWs in
sight Of the same spot. The
place is now owned by Mr.. D.
B. Humphrey. Mr.. Jesse B.
Humphrey, who lives within a
few hundred yards of this place,
has made this year, on 1,500
square yards of ground, As bush
els Of corn (corn known as the
Mcintyre Prolific). At same rate
he would make LAT bushels per
acre. To make this As bushels of
corn he did one days work from
beginning to finish and applied
eleven dollars worth Of fertil-
izers. The fodder and peas
grown on the ground will dou.
BILE pay for work and manure
Mr.. Humphrey planted ! acre II
Irish potatoes which brought
him SIS, and on the same grounC
will make at least 100 bushels OF
sweet potatoes which will ne1
him one dollar per bushel. There
will be just $175 from one hall
an acre, which would be $50 dol
lars pre- acre. Mr.. E. J. Hum
phrey made last year on 4 acres
of ground 208 bushels of corr
and will make as much per acre
year on 8 or ten acres. Mr.. Dicl
Humphrey makes in addition tt
his thousands of bushels of pota.
toes, from 40 to 60 bushels O.
corn and a bale Of cotton to ev
cry acre he plants. Mr.. Nc
Humphrey, Mr.. Arch McDufie.
Miss Thesia Carlyle, Mr.: E
J. Biggs and Mr.. J. w. Mcneil
will gather a bale Of cotton pc
acre, if no disaster overtake
their crops.
I don't think any section O
Robson county has made an!
more progress in the farming lint
in 25 years than Saddle Tree has
The people are just finding ou
that 10 acres to the horse viii
pay better than 80.
Some friend or enemy, | hard
1y know which, has mailed us
copy of the board of audit an
finance report, and to save m.
old gray head | can't see hov
they allow such to be circulate
through the country when tn
very same board, with the boar,
of county commissioners, helpe
by expert accountants, S
clearly vendicated and reverse
the whole matter. AnC
Oh, that D. P. McEacher
} letter! Well, he has more sens
than we have, but we can't lik
the letter. After the vindicatio
of all parties accused, so clearly
and done, too, by the same pal
ties that made the findings,
don't think Steve Edmond woul
make much headWay among SCI
sible people, even though h
preached till his tongue lolle
. out a foot long; and as for M
McEachern's man for the Legi
lature, we can't endorse him {
:: all. Not but that his man is q
right and perhaps much bette
man than we will be able to S
i. lect as a native born. There
L no one gladder to receive GOO
people among US than we are ou
selves. We know that there a.
just as good men who immigrate
S he.e as ever were born here, b
along that line we are prejudice
l. and can't help it. When Stat
I county or church has been in e
e istence 80 or 40 years and is n
able to fill important places Wi
), her own sons, we think it is tir
to throw up the spunge and
2 out of business. We once kne
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, }
LUCAS COUNTY.