The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-06

grow live stock as we'll as cotton. He
emphasized the profits In dalrylng,
that ten good dairy COWS handleo
properly will maxi $1,000 a year,
good business principles being need
ed.
Secretary T. B. Parker here intro
duced to the convention Master
Charles F. Phillips, of Randolph
county who grew 134 bushels of corn
on one acre of land and won the $50
prize given by the State Board OF
Agriculture, and Master Lee Black
well, Of Granville county, who weighs
rs pounds and made 76 bushels OF
corn on one acre, winning a scholar
ship. The farmers gave much ap-
plause to the two young corn prize
winners.
The Night Session.
It rained hard at night, but this
did not keep the farmers from the
meeting, the chief event being the an
nual address Of the president of the
convention, Hon. Thomas w. B1ount,
Of Washington county. He was heard
with deep interest, his address being
as follows:
PRESIDENT THOMAS w. BLOUNTS
ADDRESS.
Another twelve months with at
u 81 A1o OAAS
and triumphs nave rolled by, and mid
way between seed time and harvest
we are again assembled in convention
to renew old acquaintances. to ex-
tend friendships, to recount our vary
ing experiences, to discuss questions
of vital import, and to imbibe a new
stock Of inspiration fitting US for the
duties Of the future. 1t is matter Of
co~ngratulation hat no unusual dis
turbance has come nigh us, ana that
While misfOrtuneS reverSeS and losses
have come to us individually, the mar
kets Of the world are calling with i'm
patient voices for the products Of the
farm, the flow Of gold is toward the
farmer as never before, and the indi-
cations are that the fruits Of the
ground will reward the laboFs Of the
Industrious intelligent tiller of the
soil with a fair yield.
Growing Attractions of Farm Life.
The comforts # life are going
more and more to the homes in the
rural districts. The mails are daily
delivered at the farm home. The
rural telephone makes possible a So
cial and business intercourse that viii
render the isolation OF the past but a
memory. At the country schools
man of the best teachers are giving
loyal and efficient service, mo teach
ing is fast being as a mat
ter OF ledaership-nO longer are the
pupils treated as dumb driven slaves
to have a certain number of rules and
formal examples pounded into their
heads daily. Rational methods are
being applied, better schools, better
buildings, and better facilities for
reaching the schools are in evidence
everywhere. Transportation facili-
ties have been increased, the cost Of
travel reduced, the means Of dissent
mating Information are far better for
the remote country districts now thar
they were for the ordinary town TWEEN
ty years ago. Wages are good, the
moral, social, religious and financial
condition Of the country people are
better perhaps than ever before in
this State. There is less drunken
ness, less brawling, less dissipation OF
the m earnings in questionable
ways, and above all, a greater effort
is being made everywhere to amelio-
rate harsh cond tons, to Civ the
farmer needed information, to lend
dignity to his calling, to conserve his
health, to him to make his
home more comfortable and more at
tractive. his surroundings more SAM
tary and his soil more productive. The
farmer himself is becoming more and
more interested. Already he is
shaking off the cold, fossilizing in
f1uence of that fatalism which is
largely a heritage from his Saxon an
cestOrs. Already the farmer is real
izing as never before, that his calling
is a beautiful science, full Of interest
Ing problems that tax the powers of
the brightest intellects to solve, and
Offering a field for we'll directed en-
terprise and honest industry, who's
rewards are second. to none of the
other callings Of the masses.
The Nursery OF Great Men.
The farm life is the true home life,
1t is the history of nations that prog
ress in civilization shows itself strong.
est IN the life of the open n
Those OF you who have read such
books as a in E11rope"
will hardly need argument to give
force to this statement. 1t is wond-
thought and action among M have