The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-20

Especial to News and O~bserver.)
Mount Airy, N. c., July IA citi-
zen of Mount Airy tells your cores
pendent that he makes an average of
about $500 a year on one acre IF
land. This man has a family Of three
persons and he raises beans,
radishes, peas, onions, lettuce, %turnips,
roasting ears, potatoes Grish and
sweet), sallet, parsnips,
ETC., and after supplying his own
table with the greatest abundance of
vegetables, he sells from $25 to $50
worth every month. He has vegetables
to sell every month in the year. He
keeps a crop Of one sort or other
growing on this one acre piece of land
ali the time. The experience Of this
citizen could and should be the expert
enc of others. Men who TIL the soil
have he advantage of all others
Everything they can raise commands
a high price n read sale, and al
ways for cash. While this hustler pro-
duces $500 worth of vegetables a ear
on an acre Of ground and makes
plenty for his own use, there are hum
dredS of in every township in
the State who cultivate from 40 to
100 acres of land and don't make
enough to feed their~own families! It
rs the working, painstaking, indus
trious farmer that succeeds. There is
no reason why any Industrious farmer
cannot make a living on from fifteen
to twenty acres of lamb. The trouble
with most is the lack of judg-
ment and the great love many of them
nave for the shady side Of the house.
The Berry Crop.
The berry crop this year is bringing
the farmers of Surry a large sum of
money. The berries are coming to
TOWN hy tho fUvn-hnrca Hood Thnu ara
put into a big boiler and the juice is
extracted and shipped to the wine
makers at Norfolk, Va.-the Messrs.
Garrett & Co. The crop this year is
much larger than usual and thousands
of dollars will be paid out here to the
farmers.
Furniture Making.
The National Furniture Company of
this city report many big orders for
furniture coming in this week. The
head of this concern, Mr.. A. E. Smith,
is a successful business man. What
ever he takes hold Of goes and goes
now. He was elected last week States
proxy of the North Carolina Rail
road, o. leased to the Southern Rail-
way, whose new president is Hon.
Chas. M. Stedman. of Greensboro.
The Mount Airy White Sulphur
Springs will be sold at auction on the
10Th instant. Mr.. Reynolds, the pro-
prietor. having decided to dispose of
this valuable in this way.
Business Outlook Good.
The business men of this city tell
our correspondent hat they look for
Il great revival of trad in a short
time, as the season of the year for the
handling of produce is approaching.
Shipments are light up to August first,
but after that time trade begins to
improve rapidly. The outlook is very
favorable for a Rig fall trade in all
lines. Buying has been light some
time owing to the busy season among
the farmers, and everybody looks for
good times from the first of August
on. The crop conditions are promis-
ing and there is every reason to ex-
pect stirring times in the near flu
ture.
Mr.. Walter Sparger, auditor NJ. K. &
T. Railway, Purcell, Okla, is visiting
his father, ex-Mayor B. f. Sparger, of
this place
Mount Airy is building a number
of splendid business houses and resi-
dences. 1t never gets too dull here to
erect new buildings.
A MOUNTAIN WOMAN'S