The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-29
HARD FACTS
A Few Sworn Anidayits From Farm
erS and Fruit GrOWerS IN moore
county.

"A Kew SNOHH (11E1Sl0t AS XII 4
ers and Fruit Growers in Moore
County.
(Southern Pines Tourist.)
A special from Worcester, dated
November 10th, reads as follows:
worcester, Mass. Nov. 10-Poyiing
distinction by judges at the New Eng
land Corn Exposition Of establishing q
new worlds record for corn roduc
ton. and was awarded a prize or $ooV.
The new RECORD was made on one
acre of land from which Mr.. DAVIS
harvested 1913 Ia bushels Of crib-dry
yellow flint corn. His yield at harvest
time was 127 bushels of shelied corn,
which was reduced to an equal OF 1oo
IA bushels on a scientific basis
In commenting on this the Ralelsn
Evening Times says: 1t certainly Goes
AXE the news a long time to reach
some parts of the country. No wonder
they took such a long time before de-
Gliding to vote the Democratic ticket
That the have never heard or the
Batts corn yield Of last year IN wake
county places them at least a Vear
behind the times. And while we have
not the figures we feel sure that az
least a dozen farmers in North Caro-
lima have beaten the Massachusetts
yield which they think SO wonderful
and it IS a wonderful year for Massa-
chusetts, his year"
II hdklS 1S\olos W Ai> NA+
Times aIludes, is 226 IL bushels of
shelled corn raised on a single acre
Of ground in Wake county. The care
fully tailed cost Of the crop was $139,
but it has been reported that MI.
Bats sold $4,000 worth Of seed corn
from that acre. The Tourist cannO.
vouch for that, as 1t has never verified
the report which appeared in one or
two papers, the Raleigh News and OBJ
server, II memOry serves, being one.
For several years the Tourist has
been printing the very facts which the
Times does not happen to have Al
hand, but just at this time this ape
is In a position to give some very good
information in a particularly impress
sive and conclusive form.
The farmers Of Moore county never
claimed a rich and spontaneously pro
ductive soil-indeed. its soil has been,
in years past. something Of a joke.
because of its supposed sterility. The
Charlotte Observer is rather fond of
fntimating that Jack rabbits are among
this %county's chief features. A few
years ago-ffteen or twenty-it was
demonstrated that unexcefled fruit
could be grown In the Sandhills n
great orchards and vineyards have
been planted and developed. These
sources of wealth are steadily increas-
ing, and the next twenty years will
see a wonderful advancement in the
Ir~ult-Ta1S1ng INDUSTRY.
A small amount of cotton has al
ways been raised. but careless methods
and scant fertilization made the cotton
cron of little value-indeed, Moore
county could hardly be said to have a
cotton crop until within a few years.
1t has been discovered, however, that
with proper care and with soil building
fertilization a bale or a bale and A
half to the acre can be raised in Moore
county. The are putting more
lane into cotton, rotating with Othcr
crops, in their soil-building endeavors
and Moore county's cotton is becoming
worth mentioning, although it is but
a drop in the bucket to What it is
bound to become IN a few years. Cap
ital usually allows such discoveries to
be made by other Investigators, but
1t is<soon on the ground. ready to
take advantage Of the discovery. Eff
teen hundred acres of his land, lying
near Southern Pines, was recently
bought by men will both capital and
practical experience, and it is to be-
come a great cotton farm-at least
a thousand acres being devoted t.
cotton culture. To an old-timer it
would seem foolish to think of Moore
county as a c~otton-raising region, and
1t is not probable that it will ever
compete with some distinctly cotton
lands, but that the present yield will
be multiplied many times can hardly
be doubted. More farmers will raise
cotton and they are going to raise more
of it. At the same time distinctly
cotton farms, on a comparatively large
scale. are more than likely to be de
veloped.
OF curse farming in Moore county
is not new, but there is q new sort o.
farming rapidly coming in. With new
and progressive methods the Moore
county farmer is coming into his own.
He is learning-nfany have already
learned-that with generous fertiliza
ton, deep blowing, shallow and fire.
quent cultivation, the use of labor
saving machinery and Implements
carefully selected seed Of proved DUAL
ity, there Is good money for the in
telligent, technically trained or ex.
perience-taught farmer on the sand,
soil of old Moore.
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