The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26

made the clothes. shoes. implements,
wagons, etc, needed on the farm.
But we are DEPRESSING. Let us pass
on TO the consideration Of present
needs Of the South. We feel that
the black cloud that threatened rs SO
iohg Is passing. has. indeed. passed.
me white man rules this country.
Will always rule it. and the sooner this
Is frankly and openly and
acknowledged by both the great par
ties or our nation the better for all
sections and all coIors Of our land.
ana the colored man will come near
er getting what is justly and rightfuIly
due him under the law by keeping
severely out Of politics. and especially
Is this true in the Southern States:
for. by meddling in politics he stirs
up hatred OF the white man. and
thereby 5e~Opardizea his best ests.
Cut out this negro question in these
United States. and we would soon have
no North, no South. no East Or West,
but one united country. sealed In the
bonds Of friendship and love, so strong
that no power could ever again break
them asunder. May this question be
speedily settled by some wise plan,
and settled forever. SC far as it ap-
plies to our beloved country.
The Department Of Agriculture is
doing a great work throughout the
South in pushing tick eradication. to
clean the infested farms OF the South
of this cattle pest. which carries the
infection OF cattle, or splenetic fever,
and has so long retarded and inter
fered with profitable c~attle-raising in
he South. This work is now being
especially pushed in Tennessee. Mis-
sissippi and Alabama, and also with
more or less VigOr in several other
Southern States. IL the magazines and
newspapers throughout the country
would come to realize the Importance
of tick eradication and bring its i'm
portance forcibly to the attention of
the farmers throughout the South.
they could do more than any other
agency toward bringing about 81 i'm
prOvement Of animal ~husbandry in
the south We must employ more
largely animal huSbandry in the South
before we can get our farms in prop
er condition to grow successfully and
profitably a variety of crops. The
nation needs the beef and the dairy
products that should be made on the
farms of the South, instead Of the
farmers of the South competing in the
buying market with the citizens of
the cities for these food products. and
thereby causing the prices to ascend
beyond the reach Of the average wage
Garner. In some way this great effort
at tick eradication should be rapidly
spread, and the work over the entire
South speedily finished up. The work
is easily accomplished after the peo-
pie are aroused to its Importance and
taught the methods of stamping out
the pest. In view Of the spread Of the
boll-weevil in the cotton States, tick
eradication becomes the more impor-
tant. as our farmers must look to
some other source of income to par
| TALLY compensate for the loss Of a
large per cent. of their cotton after
the b~oll-weevil cache this field. And
h1- @n~ ,~nro "foL ~ naC VI
be made to make I'D his deficit than
successful animal hushandry, and for
the latter to be profitable. we must
stamp out the cattle fever-tick in the
South.
The leading editors Of the papers
of the South cannot do a nObler work
for their section of country than get
ting the data from the bureau of ami
NAL industry at Washington and edu-
| eating the people of the South in the
advantages Of tick eradication, and on
the importance of animal h~uSbandry
as a means of maintaining the fertility
Of the soils of our farms. BY no other
means can the fertility Of the soil
be maintained for any great number
OF wears. The fertility Of the sol
must be maintained, or in course OF
time it will fail to support the people
Of the farms and give that degree OF
~sustenance and comfort that are nee
eSa1y 10 pIoAuCe 81 otS- o."
intelligent men and healthy. pure and
noble wonen Again, We must call
attention to a fact that should always
be- uppermo st in the minds Of thought
full men. With poverty Of the soil
there come poverty Of the home. leg
radiation and decadence OF the citizen.
and with the ~deeadence of the citi-
zen. ruin and decay Of the republic.
God guide US, hat Trough slothfui-
ness this calamity may not overtake
our country.
Livingston. Ala
il I were to commit q MURDER.