The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-01
of RALEIGH, N. {.

to begin with, and their object will be
to better fit all the children or all the
people for life, enabling them to raise
their life to a higher plane of duty,
service, usefulness and liveableness at
home" In this school the children
will be taught how better to farm, to
work., to keep house. 1t Will give the
sort of education that Will enaole
e~ighty-two per cent. of the people OF
North Carolina to lead a fuller life.
we are going to have in every county
in North Carolina in correction with
the literary high school an agrtcui~
tural school," Then, the speaker said
there will be an aristOcracy OF worth,
and not Of birth, of Intelligence ana
power, not Of money.
In conclusion, DR.. Joyner stated the
educational policy of the State: educa~
ton for all the children Of all the
people provided and maintained by
all the taxes of all the people, that
every child shall have equal rights and
opportunities and feel an equality In
the school room with every Other
child, for education means equal p
portunity to all. The only sort OF ed
ucation for a people is that sort which
provides for the training of every sort
Of talent and force in every child.
Ex-Congressman G.. B. Patterson, OF
MaxtOn, Introduced Mr.. BEDFORD
Knapp, son Of the distinguished DR..
S. A. Knapp, head Of the Demonstra-
ton Farm and Cooperative work or
the United States Department of Agri~
culture. Mr.. Knapp discussed the
purpos of his work. in which he 1s
assistant to his father. He said that
o.e Of the tcnets of DR.. Knapp was
that education should not stop when
the boy was too old to go to schOol. he
.Aplained this work, which is being
=, .,ia5 ~, I'm fu-o1La S~nIlfhqrn States.
presenting the matter In a forcefui
and convincing way. All that the
Department of Agriculture is to con
vey to the farmer, through literature
and an agent. is knowledge which the
department. has gained by scient-
lists at experiment stations. h
methods are not claimed to be un-
heard of. but are educe to
a few simple propositions of prac-
teal farming. Mr.. Knapp declared
that ii the Western StateS-the great
corn belt-do not look to themselves,
Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina and Georgia will be the corn
belt of the land, as these States, es-
pecialIy North Carolina, can produce
not only as good a quality, but as
many bushels to the acre and compete
with them every day in the year. The
of North Carolina, he said, have
got the agricultural spirit. and he pre-
dicted the time when this State would
stand as one Of the foremost States
in the production of things Of the
farm. The State has the the
climate and diversity of soil.
Mr.. Knapp told of the inestimable
value of the demonstration farm work.
telling one instance where, by follow
ing Instructions a farmer produce1
l,2oO pounds OF seed cotton to the acre
when a next-door neighbor could not
raise 800 pounds to the acre. This
work is resulting IN better social con-
dltions on the farm, better cbooIs
improved machinery, more horse
power. BY improving his methods tho
FARMER IS enable to make moro
money n can afford to get machin-
cry and other equipment. He showed
now tnis may be done. A farmer
raises 20 bushels Of corn to the acre.
in the fall receiving rs cents q blshel,
or s1o fer 1t. 1t cost him s12 to
liant, ploV, fertilize, harvest and mar
ket 1t, giving him a net profit Of So on
the acre. He increased the Weld to
pushels per acre by blowing deep
er and adding stable manure. or
planting crops that put humus in the
SOIL. In the fall he got $50 for his
crop instead Of SIS, and if the cost
was twelve dollars, he nae q net nrof1f
., s55' receiving s45 for the 50 bush
yield on one acre of $40. The
Tune VIII come, he said. when tho C~,rn
crop III North Carolina will he un1tf.
plieo 10 two, three and even four
I1Ines what 1t now is To the acre. MIR.
Hhapp said that if he were a North
Saroilrlan he would start ont ia GET
4 ahd mold on to it like death to
SICK negro. The value Of land i'm
t'ils state cannot long stav where II 70
ana within the next generation.
ne declared. there would be a ire
.!eHuous appreciation in values The
ralare Is coming. he said, when young
- NOT pc able to purchase land.
lie told the farmers 10 toanh 49,.
Joys the why and wherefore of things
~ the farm. letting them raise a hog
or Two and sell them himself So as to
ssl early IN life an acquaintance with
the ~ MARKETING. He explained
nc urpos OF the Boys Corn Club