The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
Vol. 35, No Ii

1t IS true that only four peonIa i,
q gwen county would win premiums
ott thousand others would farm
more lnteIllSentlE and raise be tier
crops IN an effort to secure the prices
ah"s II many parts Of Europe
that nave been III cultivation for over
d tho4 4sand years. still produce sixty
bushe!s Of wheat or a thousand bnsb
els q potatoes to the acre and other
crops III proportion. and it is fair 70
that with conservative use OF fer
e. and the green cover crops Of
<qs, Other lesqmes, with intellt-
g a,.on and careful selection
q set crops Of this whole
country 9 almost, if not quite,
doubled in a gle season.
On the other hand, if we continue
20 rob the soil for the next hundred
years. as We have in the past. and
our population increases at anything
IKE the present ratio, we shall have
70 move or starVe in the next century.
10 our 100000 farmers our 10000
o00 Of people must look for the fun
danental necessities OF life
The Burning Question.
The burn ng question is, How shall
we reach All Of these people and what
can We 60 best to impress upon them
the vital necessity of constantly in
uiInlnISnlng
fertility ana productiveness of the
soil o.
Let no stone be left unturned In our
END aEor to SOW the seeds of soil pro
lection to the utmost confines Of the
country Teach the children IN the
schools in the cities and towns as
well as in the country. the elements
OF agricultural chemistry and impress
upon their young minds that protec-
ton Of the fertility and productive
ness of the SOL is and must always
be the mafnstay OF our existence.
Big NieId in North Carolina.
The agricultural possibilities Of this
country, under the most approved
methods are perfect marvellous III
the State Of North Carolina last year
22G 2-3 bushels OF corn was raised
upon an acre OF ground, without fri
cation; in 1905, this same acre Of
ground raised eight bushels Of wheat;
in 1897 by the ordinary methods Of
cultivation, It raised fifteen bushels
OF corn. The 22G 2-3 bushels Of corn
as against the fifteen bushels WAS
produced, not by an extraordinary
season. but by the most careful prep
arat.on Of the land, with an ample
supply Of fertilizers and constant and
careful cultivation from the time the
corn was out OF the ground until it
vas in roasting ear. The land upon
which it was produced did not com
pare in fertility with the average lands
IN this local ty, and after allowing
most literally for the fertilizers and
the work. there was over 800 net
profit on that acre Of corn.
ISLAND OF Jersey.
In the Island of Jersey many farm
ers pay as high $t00 per acre rent
FOR the land they till, and five acres
is a good sized farm. AS a rule they
do not raise fancy crops, but so thor
oughly do they feTtilize the land and
cultivate it, that they frequently pro
duce a thousand bushels OF Irish po-
tatoes to the acre They get them into
the market early, get the best price.
and grow rich, despite the rent.
Recently, an agent of the agricul
tura1 department who had been sent
to Japan for information that might
be valuable in this country along the
lines Of more intensive cultivation,
said that a Japanese farmer, owning
? IL acres of land supported fam
ily of twelve, kept a COW, raised two
hogs and was happy and content with
his lot At Denison in this State, and
near Rale gh, North Carolina, last
year. more than two bales of cotton
was raised to the acre on ordinary
upland, we'll fertilized, and intelligent
IS cultivated.
Done in Other Places.
All the things I have mentioned IS
being done in other places can be sue
eessfuIly accomplished in almost every
section of this Union. and if these
principles of scientific painstaking,
.areful endeavor are properly incul-
cated in the rising general on, they
will grow and intensity and strengthen
and the fertility Of the earth and the
oroductiveness thereof viii constantly
Increase and instead Of this worlds
growing gray and thin and hoary with
age ii will grow green and more buoy
ant with the everlasting bounty Of its
ields and the joyous prosperity Of It's
G2yrtads of people