The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-18
WHEAT AND OATS
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the cultivated cereals although It Is
stated that fully one-ha1f of the
worlds population live on rice This
dependence OF so large a part Of the
human family on rice might be easily
explained, if necessary. The fact re-
mains hat IN all civilized countries
wheat bread is the standard by which
all other food grains are judged. The
universal use OF wheaton bread in the
South would seem to indicate that
wheat should be one of the chief
prod acts grown On Southern farms.
Everybedy-well. nearly everybody
loves biscuit" the standard form OF
bread, for at least two meals OF every
day the year round. A good many like
risen bread, or bread" and
seem to prefer it to the much more
~appetizing and satfsfying old fashioned
buttermi1k and sod fiakey biscuit.
This preference for the fornler-'hght
bread as 1t Is more commonly called,
Is explained on some other ground
than palativeness. 1t al be bought
from the bakery. and therefore re-
quires no experiences IN the mixing and
baking on the part of the family
rather lame excuse. think.
Moreover, il is hight and porous and,
therefore, believed by many 10 be more
wholesome than the biscuit Of our
a discussion Of the merits OF the diff
ferent forms and kinds OF wheaton
our breads The old topper took
exception to calling any whiskey
mean He said, There is no bad
Whiskey, but only good, better and
pest SO Il may be admitted that 1T
is likewise true as to wheat breads.
grant that If q Southern farmer
has a large family and thev are all
fond OF flour bread and his soil is
reasonably we'll suited for wheat, he
should grow at least enough for hi.
home use. Indeed, while he is about
1t, 1t would be we'll to produce 8 sur
plus for the benefit OF less fortunate
ly situated neighbors, and for the
people OF the cities and towns. There
IS no doubt In my Inind hat the
south Atlantic States, at least. and in
Guiding those a little farther north,
ought to grow all the wheat needed
Tor consumption throughout these
states, The soils OF all the northern
nall or the cotton belt are well suited
to the crop. although there doubtless
are many arms not so well ADAPTED. |
iosslbly 1t may safely and just be said
that the entire South should be SUP
piieo with wheat and wheat products
from It's own territory. This is not
saying that every farmer should grow
wheat. Tor that would not be necessary
ana m fully one-third of the territory
the effort to do so would be unwise
and as a rule unsuccessful.
before the DAYS Of railroads perme-
atlns every section OF the nation. it ;s
a fact that the South did nrodnce
enough wheat FOR its own use and even
some to spare. That was before the
iuIi Se'tfement or what are now known
as the great wheat States. And even
no" II IS IS a staple crop in Vir-
Sirla' tennessee. Kentucky. Missouri
~ norm Georgia, The development
O. tne interior transportation raci1i-
Ties mas been a great factor in causing
generalization in farming products Tn
tlineS as recent as within my own rec
oltect1on, there were a Dor ot
Touring mills in almost everv county
II 1eors1a north Of the piney woods
peit. Ihese have fallen into decay or
oiSuse, within the last forty-fye vears
from want of wheat to grind rba
arm ers themselves buy in town f1our
1round in Louisville, or st, T,onts o..
cago. or st. Paul. Many think it "ongh+
not 20 be So But we used to get ali
our bassing and rope from I,o,,;.vi11a
and other Kentucky points. Ken
lucky bagging and hemp rope" was
al the go. But now we use almost
eACioSiVeiE bagglng made from i'm
ported ]ute and have quit using rope
Wheat is a valuable crop in a we'll
ordered rotation. but no whit hettar
than oats, which is entirely s;niIsr -
habit, not so particular in the mart
.. SOIL. not requiring to be milled and
aooNe all vastly more needed in orr
economy as the best possible grain
1000 for work animals and CROWNS
s'ock- n South is tho home Of the
oat We ought to grow fully ten
times as much as Is now
livery iced manager on the farm and
IN the city should be upple with
oats grown in the South. With q ,ittla
IN Improvement in our methodist OF farm
ing, increasing the productivity Of orr
SOILS The South may beat the north in
oats. We yield the palm as to
wheat and Irish potatoes. but we can
equal them in corn and beat them in
oats and sweet potatoes.
NOW, then, let every farmer "get a
move or him" Every farmer opeht
10 SOW oats; many Of them might
wisely SOW wheat, also. Wheat land
ought TO be well prepared ct once. in
readiness for sowing earlv in Maven
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