The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
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ment of our public schools so hat it
Is no longer necessary for our m
20 move 10 town in order to educate
thelr children. We hail with special
delght the coming Of farm life high
SCHOOLS, and we urge that the law re-
curing the techong of agricultura@in
our schools be strictly enforced, and
that arrangements for instruction in
domestic science be brought about as
rapidly as possible.
Never before has our State been
50 thoroughly aroused to the import
ance OF better roads Whether or not
expensive macadam roads can be
built. We urge our people not to neg
lect their opportunities for getting the
reSS expensive Sand-clay or gravel
road, and we especially urge the wider
use of the Q
1.-THE agitation for better rural an
ltatlon and health conditions should
nave the heartIest support Of all our
farmers. The saving Of health and
human life rs certainly not less i'm
portant than saving money.
For the purpose Of enabling our
farmers to realize easily upon their
capital as other property holders do,
we note with pleasure the growing
interest i nthe TOrrens System of reg
istering land titles, n we join the
Farmers Union III urging it's import
ance upon our Legislature.
also join other farmers or
carnations in protesting against lndis-
crlminate immigration from Southern
Europe. We welcome most heartily
men Of our own stock, especially wide
awake Western n Northern farm
ers, men who speak our language II
know our Institutions, many of whom
have made themselves leaders in
Southern development. but we do not
believe in wholesale immigration of
Italians P,1pS RI1Ccian nc afc
The convention was TO
hear DR.. Knapp again yesterday morn
ing. He spoke an hour on topics dear
to the hearts of farmers.
The farmer, DR.. Knapp said, should
produce those things that are used
on the farm. Those who raise only
cotton pay over 1900 per cent. for
supplies above h they could be
produced for on the farm. One Of the
secrets of success is to live at home.
Also if a farmer lives at home the
less things he will buy that he does
not need. There isn't but one way to
make the human being the greatest
that God intended it to be: first, store
the mind with intellect, second, store
the body with power. 1t a man
clothes and feeds himself right he will
ave no need of a doctor. 1t can
only be don by eating plain things.
TT is our highest duty to ourselves,
TO our c16dICI anu tilG ilOIIlCh az,
to make ourselves the greatest force
possible declared DR.. Knapp. The
whole driving power Of civilization is
the man and the oman We want a
virile race or we will go to the wall.
The philosophy Of the world shows
that mainly we should make more
than one crop. As a business propo-
sition there isn't anything IN tobac-
co, he said. When cotton is at the
present price it is a very good thing;
but if everything depends upon cot
ton and the boil WeeVil comes or the
market changes you are driven TO the
wall. The arner ought to have sec
Ondary crops, and they ought to start
smaller industries, raise stock, conduct
diaries and raise chickens.
DR.. Knapp discussed at length the
production of crops. from preparation
of the soil to harvesting, impaftfng
valuable knowledge. The three things
necessary to make a crop are: the
seed BED, home of the plant; the seed,
by selection and cultivation. These Will
make four or five times as much as the
farmers make now, ne SAID. before
the armer knew it, not to Go 1t was
\ mistake; after they know it, not to
do it is a crime against men and CIVIL
izatiOn. Farmers who are successful
are installing machinery, horse-poW-
er. chat doesn't have the rheumatism
and does eat when II ISM at Woih'
| the cheapest kind Of labor GOOD ma
chinery must be substituted Tor man
labor. The complaint IS made, ne
said. that there isn't labor nougn put
he declared there was too much LABOR,
provided the farmers would use ma
cninery.
DIR, Knapp urged the armer to
study conomi crops, saying the good
pasture is one of the most important
problems for hose n cattle raising.
He deplored the too Tree use Oh corn
-. food for horses. cattle and swine,
swing hay is the best food for horses
and cattle, and that either peanuts or
caaneas will raise more hogs to the
acre and be much cheaper than corn.
The average man is not taught by
theory. but by is experiences
and what he sees. Jesus ChrlSt, he
statad was the greatest demonstra-
- - l:-ad He did MT Sand