The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-11
GREAT GROWTH
IN FARM VALUE
Gui|ford Shows What Can
Be Done
(By Andrew Joyner. J

(By Andrew JOyner.)
Greensboro n. c. May 5-Indica~
tive of continued agricultural progress
here along new lines was an auction
sale in the city yesterday of surplus
cows and calves of registered stock
from the splendid nursery, truck, fruit
and dairy farm Of John A. Young.
There We're forty of the beauties in the
lot, and the prices We're reasonable.
Henry Litchford, of Raleigh was
the largest single purchaser, having
eleven calves knocked down to him.
Mrs. NJ. L. Moore, of Norfolk, got a
prize yearling, while Mrs. H. T. Wick
STALL of Windsor, Bertie county, Sc
cured two of the best bargains of the
sale. D. A. Kirkpatrick, of Green's
boro, bid off young COW. "Young'S
Duet for S120, and sold her privately
for $3.50. The sale was a success and
attracted many Out-of-tOWn people.
yet stronger illustration Of diver
sifed farming progress was evinced by
the beautiful sight Monday morning of
fortye eight stall-fed steers being
driven through the streets to the
slauSs1ter pens Of a local butcher.
This local dealer purchased this lot
from j. T. Pruden. a prominent citizen
here, who losing his health at railroad
construction work five years ago. pur-
chased a farm five miles from the city,
and went to raising nothing for mar
ket that couldn't walk there Every
winter he feeds the produce of his
farm to young mules, horses, hogs
and steers, purchased elsewhere, and
sold for higher prices in the spring
and summer. BY this means his lands
have become fertile from the manure,
now making three times the crops
they did at first of corn, wheat, grass,
potatoes and clover
Mr.. Pruden paid $4,000 cash for this
farm FIVE years ago. He has been
farming it for four years Last week
he refused $4,000 cash for the farm
which had gone begging two years be
fore he paid the 1000 for it. Another
thing showing Improvement in the
Greensboro market. This is the first
full lot of stall-fed beeves Mr.. Pru-
den has ever been able to sell to a
local dealer for home consumption.
his former steers having been loaded
on the train and shipped to Richmond.
The forty-eight's combined weight was
600 pounds, an average OF over a
thousand pounds each Several Of
the steers weighed between 1,150 and
1900 each. the biggest one reaching
1904 pounds. But the average was
over a thousand pounds.
Mr.. Pruden bought these steers in
Tennessee. having them shipped here
and began feeding them in December
The freight-Weight of the lot was
10000. so he got 5000 pounds Of
growth and fat on them for five
months feeding of his farm products
For these fat steers Mr.. Pruden got
three-seNenths more per pound than
he paid last December. In addition
comes the clear profit on 5000 pounds
added flesh. The total difference in
the buying and selling price was fiji
teen hundred and forty dollars. I
promised not to use the prices he paid
or sold for, but if any high school or
other mathematician can work it out,
I'll confess the corn.) Another item Of
profit is the manure which Mr.. Pru-
den says three disnterested neigh bOrs
valued at $500. Mr.. Pruden will stick
to raising products for sale that can
walk to market although since pur-
chasing the farm the red mud hills
cadam road. He has a good many
young horses and mules now being
sold for good prices in the markets
of Eastern North Carolina.
Contest for Corn Prize.
There are twenty-four Guilford
county boys contesting for the State
and Guilford county acre yield of corn
prize. The county has added 500 to
the State prize, for ten best GuilfOrd
boy farmers.
A delegation representing the or
ganization formed in this county TO
prevent compliance with the new road
Continued on Page Three.)