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

p0ople VIII he crowded fy,~
eity 70 the country. Some ~ ma
Will fail III the country am vi them
them Will succeed. ' some *
Some of them will como
Carolina, and some Will - North
other spot where un0ccunjA very
to be found. The next Ten --~ iS
see the beginning of the n.y. "-t
pecause more people must GET +.
providing II foo supply. ".'A
The s~"iftness with which tine
condltlon IS approaching is Seer .- ,,H
report for the year of thu R,,r.. ~'e
Statistics at Washington. In
years the export Of bread styey
fallen from oNcr two hundred m.ri-~,
d year 10 d trie over a hundred ana
twenty millions. The EXPORT gf s.
and meat products has gonr e-~,
hundred and seventy millions
hundred and nine millions. ana ~.
ports OF cattle from twenty-uin- mil
hons, and the exports OF cattle r-.r,
tWenty-nlne millions to twelve MI
lions. All these figures are dollars
In two years over a third OF the. ~
port flour ha? t. be kept at hnrr. 49,
our own needs; hl.re than a third or
the dalcy ahi meat products. and
than 10 f OF the cat. g.
At THIS rate If IIoGres4 another iva
year Will nearly wipe out the .Nulrf
of food stuffs from the United States
and by that time more people must
get to the farms, or the supply OF food
Will begin to grow scant.
The time will not come for a long
while that the food supply viii ia
scant, for people will go to the farms
Necessity will drive some Of them
there, and choice Will lead others IN
the same direction.
and is going to be land in the near
future. The man who thinks he would
like to take a chance ON the farms
should hunt up h1S pun pretty
soon, for when the WC3.. realizes that
it is a case of back to the soil prices Of
land are going up, and the mar who
has a chunk Will see that he has guar
antees of a livelihood tor himself and
his children.
1t Will not be many years untI the
man from the North VINO comes this
way Will cease to remark about the
vast amount of ground lying out or
doors, for the necessities of the pto-
pie will get some of that gTOund in
side a fence.
Look at the figures of it
The population of this country is in
%creaSing now at the rate Of probably
two million persons 8 year. 70 feed
A4&A in 1ooS / "iIc ~ Il a. AfAAA
farms as are in the State OF North Car
DINA at the present time. Each year
a the addition of more farms
than are already in all the States or
Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon
and Washington; States which have
been years making the farms now
there.
You see the situation. Making new
farms has not gone ahead fast enough
in the last half dozen years. 1t must
go forward at a great deal faster gait
There is no alternative. More people
will have to go to the farms, The
want of food will compel it.
The people will go to new fa~I9% IN
all sections of the Union beca 3S' M
still exists in most States. he
most of the new farms viii "
be made in the South and We. &c
land is cheaper.
The United States is very th'H.t SIT
tied yet. North Carolina. a. Il- -
England, is probably capable OF Su7-
tanning as large a population AZ Eng
land, nd possibly larger, for ttSut i'-
er climate permit longer seasons .'r
growing foOd supplies, and Its mI"Ir'
weather Will permit its people [" |>'
at lesser cost with greater coint"ft
The range of products also In'I-a'3
cotton, which will afford a m"tr#.aI
for the factories to work on, Whl'h >
lacking in England. But even I-h~-
land could maintain a larger p'I''+-
ton than it Oes at present A."'
English soil is not yet TILED
1t is difficult to predict til" Ai"I' OH
production of carefully cultivated '%''I
land. The high fertility OF SOM -al-
dens indicates that fabulous f'."'9
can be obtained from and an}"h'i"
if properly handled. The man |"..~
is to get people to the land t" .ah+.'
it. There is land enough. I'm" ne
cessity is t. get the people j .''
land together. Ten million NOR"
a year will be added from TINS "'. '
before long more than that, @I.| 40
acreage will take a lot OF pfopI" IT, I'LL.
But it will be titled, because aI. 1'..7
else would near hunger.
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Southern Pines, n. {.
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