The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18

mules. These gentlemen were there
only a few hours; / remained three
days on my first visit, and found n a
there are at least twenty-five mules
that cannot do over half work on
of bic age. / find the table
10 feet by 10 feet and two mules IN
each stable, so small that one mule
must stand up while the other lies
down to sleep or rest. h ought 10
be remedied right away. | find both
stables. barns and wagon shelters IN
leaking condition.
/ find that. in spite of the fact that
$4,000 bushels of corn were destroyed
by the freShet last fall, not II acre
was planted in oats or clover to take
the place OF this for feed from MAJ to
corn harvesting time. One farm Is en-
tirely out Of corn and $50 bushels had
to be bought to feed on this the first
month Of your management.
We found the buildings there en-
tirely without fire protection SO far
as water supply goes.
We found thatNthe Box Dixie pillow
land. and the Carolina Cotton pillow
for cultiyating. These plows were
used by our fathers just after the
Civil War and have been long since
discarded by all up-to-date farmers.
There are a ~half-dozen tWO-horse disc
pIo"S I'll Iol1 NttutIS (HOIl oQl)
there, the only modern implements on
both plantations; not q disc harrow
or tWo-horse c~ultivator on these
farms, when there ought to be fifty.
We found that though these farms
made twenty thousand bushels of pea
nuts. they leased a thresher to help
thresh the crop, instead of buying
new ones. This method could be JUS
tiled ii the Prison had had no und
at its cOmmand: not otherwise.
I would most respectfully recon-
mend:
l. That these farms be equipped
next season with necessary stalk
choppers, disc harroNs. weeders and
tWo-horse ~cultiVators, 50 that the land
can be put in proper filth before
planting, which is essential to insure
the successful operation of modern
C~ultiyatOrS.
,. That at the end Of this year all
the old mules and horses that are
from fifteen to twenty-five years old
be disposed of, and that those that
are too light be exchanged for helv-
Ter mules.
). That q water supply should be
put n that would insure al abundance
for farm purposes and as a protection
against fire.
4. That the buildings that are in
q leaking condition should be covered
with metal roofs.
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doubled 50 that each mule can have
d separate stable.
D. That the hospital should be fur
nished with iron bedsteads instead Of
the old Wooden ones.
I. That, ii we are to continue to
raise cattle, hogs and colts. pastures
be fenced off and put in clover and
grass for them to Craze on. The land
has every appearance Of being fine for
clover and grass. Every experienced
man knows that stool cannot be
raised at q profit without some graz
ing privileges.
5. That an effort be made at the
ext meeting of the Board of Agricul-
ture to get them to an ex-
pertinent station on the State farms.
9. AS it requires fifty minutes to
get from certain parts Of the farm
to the quarters, | would recommend
that shelters be built to feed men and
team at these points at moon and to
protect them in case of rains. etc.
Enough time can be saved in one sea
son to pay for shelters.
Respectfully submitted.
j. j. LAUGHINGHoCSE,
SUPERINTENDENT