The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
To GET BACK AGAIN


Apex. y. G., July 9.-Rev. and Mrs.
j. NJ. HoIleman, old residents of this
place, and enjoying a wild acquaint-
ance throughout North Carolina. have
just returned from a trip through the
Vest, and while admitting il to be a
great country out there, are still of
the opinion that North Carolina is the
garden spot of the world.
Leaving Apex, they went to Rich
nond and proceeded Ieisurely through
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Ohio, Missouri. Illinois, Kansas, Ne
braska, and Colorado, where they
spent three weeks at Denver. with
their son, Harvey NJ. HoI1cman, a
banker in that city. The big cities of
Cincinnati St, Louis and Kansas City
we're very interesting, but the large
scale on which farming is conducted
west of the Mississippi river attracted
greater attention. There they cult
Yate vast areas containing thousands
of acres, blowing with a traction en-
CINE drawing fifteen to twenty plows,
capable Of permitting two men to do
the work of twenty men and forty
horses.
One wheat field contained ten thou
sand acres. Speaking of the people,
Mr.. Holleman said: Il was astontshed
to see some OF the farmers out in the
fields working on Sunday. This l was
informed was an exception, and at
times necessary in that region where
rainfall is uncertain, and to get re-
suits, the land must be worked at the
proper time
I'm Colorado I made several inter-
esting trips, saw the largest chicken
ranch in the United States, 50 they
told me. A few days before | visited
the ranch, they Matched five thousand
chickens in a single day, and when [
saw the ~incubators containing eight
thousand eggs, it made me think that
the hens of Colorado must certainly
be industrious TO supply even that
one wholesale hatchery. There were
also turkeys and about ten thousand
pigeons on the place. For show pur-
poses, they had a flock of Chinese
pheaSantS of all cOlOrS.
Il was impressed with the large
scale upon which almost every thing
is onducted in the west In the be
ginning, the Lord set an example by
creating the great Rocky Mountains.
One day, by train. we Travelled over a
hundred miles through great canons,
with immense mountains of rock on
each side. We assembled to a height
of ten thousand feet above the sea
level, and by further travel could have
reached. by the same train, an eloVa-
ton of over Il, 600 feet, which IS near
~ three miles higher than sea level
This most massive and grand scenery
was certainly impressive, and | wish
IlICl an liz NC"+N
q similar trip.
at first / thought there was a lack
of churches out there, but the longer
] remained, the more numerous L
found churches, and was impressed
with the great congregations that at
tend services. / attended q Sunday
School convention in the Trinity Meth
Odist church at Denver, at which there
were over three thousand delegates
and twice as many visitors present. |
had the pleasure, also. of addressing
the great Sunday School in the First
BAPTIST church of enVer
"Another impression | gained was
the great consideration paid minister's.
The railroads showered me with passes
to visit interesting places. and while
making the Georgetown Loop trip, |
saw several native preachers riding on
annual passes. and I was informed
that inside the state OF Colorado. the
railroads granted them free transport
tation.
.Howcver. I am glad TO get back to
the great State ] call home
Some men imagine they are honest
Just because they ave 10 good nance