The Robesonian., 1910-12-19
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DEMONSTRATION. WORK.
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4. Farmers should study their
business as other men study
their business; the farmer ought /
to be a broader man thana1thesf
banker or the merchant, because
he has a broader field to Study T
Nearly I'll the successful lbusi-1
ness men in = any n.y.. town wergi
raised on farms, and the. farm
ers... ought to use their. business
ability >. in j.. making, Successful I
farmers rather than, making sue.
'eessful business naent, for the
towns |s4s 3-:,:tf 1isH 1=slll4~ "A
- The last census places North /
Carolina s. populations9at emore
than 1900, 600, and 80 percent.
tof these people live on the farms,
yet these 80 per. cent. are not
supporting themselves. and the
10 per cent urban population.
If any man doubts this statement
he has but to consider the thous-
ands Of carloads of corn and
meat and lard shipped to- the
State from the Vest the thous-
lands Of tons Of hay, the carloads
I.of flour, etc. We will never feed !
our folks with the. kind Of farm
ing. We are doing, declared the
F-speaker, with the kind of stock,
chickens and. COWS. we raise.
Hogs can be raised in eastern
North Carolina as cheaply as in
the West We should grow all
! we need for home consumption.
! Farmers cannot raise cotton at
lis cents the pound and buy meat
iand hay; it simply will not work
out that way. He drew a charm
hing picture of prosperous farm
{ homes that would be all over this.
fland if the farmers would adopt
! the best methods, raise all sup
plies at home, have the best
breeds Of hogs COWS. chickens,
etc. He declared that it is not
possible to raise all the supplies
..needed for the State without
Improving the breeds used. If
1 one goes toCharIotte or Wiiming-
ton or any other large town in
4 the State he will find that more
i. chickens and eggs are shipped to
! those places from outside the
State than within. .7@- "
: Mr.. Miilsaps. .strikingly illus
trated the. folly Of expecting to
! make corn by blowing up the
roots -, upon #, which the corn
:. depends for ,nourishment.. He
said one might as we'll expect to
, raise chickens by cutting their
! heads off. The space between
r the rows is not left without pur-
; pose, but in order to give the
. roots a chance to get. nourish.
Z I naent, and when the roots be-
+ tween the rows are 9ploWed, ur
, all source Of noufishment from
; that direction is plowed up. He
> likened it to tying a cow out t.
graise with a long chain afte7
i plowing up all the grass within
her reach except a small plot ant
; expecting her to fatten simpl,
because she was tethered with ;
q long chain. For 40 years, Nortl
:" Carolina had been making Ia I'LL
j bushels of corn to the acre. Ill
) 1909, when" 20 mea4were workin{
in the State on demonstrates
work, the yield went to 16 81,
. bushels, 3 and this 9iyeaf, whel
g there were 40 men at work, tn
n yield went To. Is $40. There ar
a now in the South ,on demonstra
IT tion work. about. $50 men, an
" this year they increased the pro
J. duction Of corn. r158, 900, 90
l. bushels which means that tha
e many bushels less will be shippe.
IS from the West. %sv7- -, n
|, Mr. Millsaps' talk here woun
e up his work in the county,. H
y spoke at St. Paul Thursda.
.e and last week he spoke also a
IS Barnesville, Marietta and Orrum
:. Mr., ]. l. Townsend, who live
Is near St. Paul, and Mr.. H.. F
y Purvis, who lives near Orrum
n who are in charge of the demon
i stration work for this county
s We're with Mr.. Nillsaps at th
It places he spoke in their territory
le Mr.. Townsend being with him i
}? Lumberton. Mr.. Townsend. WI
le has charge Of the part Of tn
al county that lies north Of the Sea
ID board Railroad with the excel
IS ton Of Blue Springs township
4, says that more than 100 me
Ie have handed in their names fC
G. the demonstration work in HI
Id territory. Mr.. Purvis has charg
Of the portion Of the county y
at ing south of the Seahoard. NJ
ly MiIlsaps left Lumberton Frida
5. evening for Monroe. r...-
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