The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-29

fUFbllet III DO1IS oh a1Ao hAA I~"L
OF Moore County Fifty Bales OF
Notion, a Thousand Bushels OF Corn
and Other Things that Six Hundred
Acres of Land Can Grow.
(Seuthern Pines Tourist
Seven miles o Carthage. on
Deep river. In one of the pest sections
of Moore county. lives Mr.. William j.
Harrington, known to his wide circle
Of friends as Will Harrington. Mr.
Harrington is a young man. Maybe
he would stand for thirty-fve years,
but in achievements he is much older,
for he is handling with eminent sue
cess a big farm Of from 600 TO 500
acres, one of the largest and best IA
Moore county. On this farm he VIII
make fifty bales of cotton this year
and 500 to 1000 bushels Of core, in
addition to the other products thar go
to make up the output or q farm
which is carried on according TO pres
ent-day standards.
Mr.. Harrington is a leading worker
Ia the Moore County Farmers unlon
and stands we'll among his
However, these brief personal notes
are only the Introduction to another
corn story that will add to the PROOF
already adduced that Moore county il
a. good place for farming when the SOIL
is given q fair chance. and when intel
ligence and knowledge are mixed with
muscle and fabricated with persplra-
ton.
Mr.. Harrington set apart one acre
for g trial Of the demonstration meth
DDS. It had been cultivated for sixty
years. The soil is a mixture OF req
clay and sand, with q subsoil OF yell
low clay, perhaps L inches below the
surface. Last year this land was plant
cd to oats, followed by peas. On the
18th Of November, 1909, the ground
was broken for the 1910 crop. to the
$3.50, - - - On Alrr = Ill
his acre was planted with Biggs Pro
life, in rows AZ feet apart and II
inches III the drill.
Sixteen loads of stable was
~broadcasted on this acre, n 1t re-
ceived also soc pounds of 16-per-cent
acid, 200 pounds of kainlt, 200 pounds
Of nitrats Of soda and 80 pounds OF
potash. The ground was cultivated
three times with a Weeder and I'VE
times with u CultiNator, each cuitIFa-
ton. especially IN" later ones, BEING
shallCW-a matter Of the greatest mo-
ment. as The now farmer has learned.
The old farnler-that is. the farmer
who is using old nnethodS-has yet to
learn the lesson. me OF the striking
facts that has come to the writer's
attention is that many al old, white
h1lret farmer Is a new arnler by
that * meant that he is reading, eN-
p~PriFnerttnE, earning from ai@ more
rtIi t-thSSl IL tt'i2Ittfp.- -, fih ooaptit, itsd
quadrupljug his yield. white many q
young fellow Is failing t. read aud
study and observe aud Experiment. lie
IS pursuing the methods his father
pursued. ard he is putting in the little
old corn bin the tnn or twelve bushels
to the acre u n his father supposed
was all God intended his sandy soil
to yield. The ld~-fashioned farmer
can't see why the deepest cultivation
is not the best. pha new farmer knows
that the cultivation that cuts and
breaks the roots aud roOtlets nat are
running out in all directions, not deep
down. but close to the surface, is un-
%cjeuti1c and destructive
The suckers were allowed to grow.
and ueari~ al OF them cared we'll The
stand was only medium. The
1rill worms wrought havoc with at
least 10 per cent 81 the stand but on
the ether 80 per cent of Il full stand
Mr.. Harrington raised l@6 bushels OF
Shellad corn. and had. in addition to
his, seven bushels Of rotten corn, the
result uf a storm that blew this much
If the corn down bcfore it had fully
Uatured.
After breaking up the dcmonstra-
ton acre. whose story has been told.
Mr.. Harrington put three 1,200-pound
mares to ar Oliver chilled pillow and
broke the larger part Of his farm to
4 depth Of II inches. On his Land he
raised from forty to City bushels Of
rprn to the acre.
NJ. Harrington figures that his fine
yield was due largely to fall blowing
and deep breaking. 1t may be .hat
some Of the Tourists readers do not
understand just Why the Farm Dem
onStrator and tbs agricultural paper
insist on fall pi"Wins. especially in
heavy soils The deep fan breaking
j1S'Ires deep freezing. and the freezing
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