The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-19
Who Delivered the Address of Wei
come ut Farmers Convention in Be
half Of Wilson County.

half OF Wilson county.
versided farming but intensive farming.
and the net results which accrue from the
growing of two or more ears of corn where
only one grew before, should be a stimulus
to educational progreSS and an incentive
to a higher agricultural Development.
The little boys corn club" has been an
evolution Of the highest type, demonstrate
ing possibilities far beyond the most ex-
pectant hope Of their fathers. Their en-
curing, receptive minds, deported from
narrow rutS and callous ways, and catch
ing the spirit of truth from the light Of
q better knowledge. worked out the pro-
blem for you and 1. North Carolina takes
the pennant from South Carolina. and it
Is q HEREFORD county boy who breaks the
worlds record with s235h) two hundred
and thirty-fve and one-half bushels corn
per acre with the low cost of production
Of twenty-four CA cents per bushel. And
yet you hear it said that this is not n
corn country, and there is no profit in
growing corn.
Men who can think things, and men who
can do things are the men whom the world
is calling ever where
I am not a paid agent Of your State
organ. and am net personally acquainted
with it's editor, but / am both a subscriber
and a friend 10 that paper. and l am fully
persuaded that there is no single agency
within the borders OF the State that Is
rendering a greater service, or doing more
good in disseminating practical and scien-
tifc agricultural information, Or that Ia
a better friend to the farmers Of the State
than the North Carolina progressive
Farmer" You should feel proud Of It and
lend 1t your loyal support. / neither know
nor care what Its religious or political in
clinations may be, but l DO know that it
strives to awaken an educational spirit. and
encourages a wiser. saner and higher ideal
not only Of farm life, but a better, purer
and higher citizenship. without which there
can be no great Statehood.
The growing need in our State today ia
not the aggregation OF popuious cities. nor
towering structures OF monumental
grant. nor mighty fleets Of ship, nor
to her farm-life and a rebuilding OF her
agriculture by her strong, yir'le, educated
young men-streng in faith and character.
bringing into conscious life new thoughts
and ideas, adding dignity to labor and
honor to toll. and working out in har-
mony the economics Of home and the ever
lasting problem Of human happiness.
There is too great O tendency and too
much Of q disposition to seek the allure
ments of sensual folly and social excess.
Shinwrecked have been the lives Of too
many who forsook the paths Of their train
ing and sought refuge in the glare and
blaze Of an idle life, and even now we
occasionally see a prosperous farmer,
whom we thought possessed good sense,
either sell or tenant his farm and move to
town supposedly to enjoy life.
Moses made his mistakes, and doctors
are accused of making theirs, but a far
r1er who makes a blunder Of that kind.
not Cnly makes i mistake out Is SCVy
Of perpetrating a tragedy in high life.
Money is not the only asset in life, nor
by any means its greatest and yet the
multitude worship at its shrine. Make
your farms productive and your homes
more attractive and there will be less dis
content in rural life and less disposition
to over populate OUT already congested
towns. Build higher and larger ideals,
and teach the boys and girls that char
acter, and not money, makes success and
measures the correct standard Of a true
life. Double the value Of your estate by
providing good roads, which insures ecou-
omy as well as comfort and is the one
absolute essential to the successful up
building OF any community. If a farmer
is known by the farm he keeps, SO is a
community known by the avenues of its
roadway and the maintenance OF it's public
travel. The town people and business men
every where are willing to help you, and
if you continue to utilize narrow paths
and muddy roads,, the choice and respon-
! sibility is yours The rural free delivery
has made the daily paper a possibility to
you. and the rural telephone puts you in
immediate relation with the business and
social world
What q comfort Il has become on a lark
collie to ring up the doctor to come In
haste. and with a peace OF mind which
passeth all understanding seek the warmth
nse. eropea Ills uncertain way over barrow
paths and muddy roads aud across bridges
OF unholy name. wearing hts life away
and stormy night when johnnie has the
Of a comfortable bed, white the moor n:3.
ory,~ doctoF q fnithful servant ~ ~. -