The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-09-07
Mariner Graham is Making Cotton
Yield Three Bales to the Acre.
(CharlOtte News

What do you think of calling me
an old Confederate veteran?" asked
Mr.. r. l.. Graham. one of the best
farmers who woos the soil in Mecklen-
burg and makes it smile upon him
with crimson clover and ten-foot corn
and Observation-Disclosures of cotton,
and all the like Of hat.
Il think It's a slander to call YOU
an old man. said the local depart
ment, the business department and the
editorial department Of h paper all
in one breath, for everybody about the
shop knows Farmer Graham, n
that he has come as nigh drinking
from the fountain of perpetual youth
as the next man.
We'll, Mr.. j.. P. Long had a nice
piece in your paper the other day
about my farm, but he said Twas an
old Confederate veteran. | amt an
>old man. I'm one of the boys, sir"
He did me another cruel injustice,
too. He said my farm vas in Provi-
dence township, when it is in Sharon.
It Q like anybody ought to know
that Providence can't make what We
make in Sharon"
Mr.. Graham ought to be on the pro-
gram of the approaching agricultural
conference in this city, for he is a man
who is doing things as a farmer. This
is another evidence of his youth, for
you can't teach an old dog new tricks,
but MIR. Graham is learning all kinds
of new things about farming. and is
already one of the best intensive
farmers in Mecklenburg.
II take three of the best a%gricul-
tural papers I can get said Mr.. era
ham, The Progressive Farmer Of
Raleigh, the Cotton Journal of Allan
ia, Ga. and the Farmers Union, of
Gainesville, Ga, and for some years
past, largely due to their advice and
following their suggestions ] am diver
styling my crops and making all my
hog and hominy at home, while keep
ing cotton for my money crop"
Z suppose, like many Of the farm
ers of the county, you have a poor
of cotton this year,"
II have sixteen acres in cotton with
the finest stand I ever had. / am
ahead of all my neighbors in his re-
spect I planted a little ahead OF
most of them. and somehow had good
luck.'
How many bales do you expect to
make from those sixteen acres?'
Two bales to the acres in some. [
three acres close to the house
my neighbors are predicting
will make three bales to the acre. Off
of my 16 acres acres [ will make 16 or
IS bales altogether"
How much did you nave in cotton
last year,"
II had 20 acres planted in cotton
last year from which I got 10 bales,
and sold at 9 IL cents"
Chow is it thai you can put less
in cotton this year n expect
to make more cotton than you did last
year,"
"Well. Prof. Massey says in the
Progressive Farmer
ct does not matter now just what
Prof. Massey did say, but from the
way MI. Graham quoted him it must
have been a plenty. It is a caution
the way M. Graham can quote Prof.
Massey.
"How much land are you c~ultivating
this year ?" Mr.. Graham was asked.
"Lemme see,7 said this youthful dis
of the New Farming, as he ran
his horny hand through his iron gray
hair
"Cotton-16 acres.
~COrn-16 acres,
'fSugar cane acre
ePeas and other 1egunl esq to IS
acres.
.Berkshires-4.
IT will make all my bread and meat
on the farm this year, and all the feed
for NV stock. That fs all except a lit