The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-12-26


lJames A. Robinson, Of Durham, in
the American Agriculturist.)
Inc aurora beaurealis illumines the
pleak and frozen northern horizon
with an arc Of dazzling loneliness,
beautiful to behold. But it is a re-
Elected light and does not warm and
cheer the beholder to a wealth OF
r1ches beyond. Looking toward the
south, the southern skies are arched
with a radiant bow of promise
reward to mans industry,
energy and intelligence
The rising sun, creeping from be-
hlnd the curtains of purple and gold,
reveals one Of the beautiful daugh-
tiers Of the south a vision of rare beau
ty-North Carolina.
The Old North State, as fair as the
morning, is crowned with a glittering
tiara Of cheer, a brilliant star Of hope,
and locks as brown as the mountain
chestnutS that cluster above her
lovely shoulders. She is clad in white
ness as pure and as fleecy as the en-
thrOned white king, upon which her
cheering aurora falls. Her eyes as
bright as the rich gems hat sparkle in
the bosom of her towering mountains,
Scintillate with enthusiasm and bril-
liancy. Her cheeks are as rosy as the
luscious apples and peaches that
adOrn her prolific orchards upon a
thousand hills: she is grit about with
an endless chain of her bright tobac-
co, as lustrous as the gold Of Ophir,
and as lavish as the leaves of Vallam-
brosa. She is shod with a flora that
challenges the admiration of the
world. Her right hand scatters upon
the toilers blessings that invigorate
and uplift; her left arm holds a cOrnu-
copia, from which she showers upon
her loyal, happy subjects a wealth Of
cereals, vegetables and fruits that is
scarcely equaled in the entire world.
Is the picture extravagant? Let US see.
Peter M. Stallings, chairman Of the
Board of County Commissioners OF
Warren county, n. O., a modest but
progressive man, has not bought a
pound Of meat for his table in 10
years. He has ard in plenty for each
year; has bought his sugar and coffee
with money derived from the sale OF
honey: and has not bought a bale OF
hay since he commenced farming. II
he isn't a successful business man,
then [ do not know one when | see
him.
This is the kind Of success that
counts. Such a man may not pie W
| dollars, but he sets a good example to
his neighbors both in living upon the
products from the farm, and in his
daily walk and conversation. In1s
| type of man is the type that should
be placed in charge of public busl-
ness. for the man who sets an eXampl
Of right living and practices economies
at home. Will set the right exampl III
public. lite.
A machinist from a Northern State
who. by force of i'll health two years
ago, had to give up n work iol
which he was trained, bought a ntue
place with borrowed money, a shor,
| distance from Asheville, n. e., anc
wont to farming. October OF the pres
ont wear he had made enough on TINS
little farm to pay every cent that II
had cost him, had $1,000 on deposit III
one Of the local banks, n hau' De
sides. a great deal Of produce reaos
fo,. sa lie to waiting buyers. me ne.
profits on his little farm were s1ot
an acre last year, ana the owner ca
nacts 70 make at least $3.50 an acre
next season.
This ;s only one of the many cases
land that could be bought Tor azo d.
acra has Welded a fair return; lahI
that would be worth Sloo IN otilei
narts Of the country. me pest 'nt
money lenders can make IS from -.
8 ner cent on their loans: IN tne oou,li
and especially in North Caronna, liz
far1ners are doing a rather poor busi-
noee if thew do not make 10 per cent
4 Northern man settled in western
>or+h carolina in 1905 on what some
ea11oa poverty Flat. But he knew
wbat he was about and what the lanc
couId do. The second year ai'er ~
haean intelligent farming the iale
welded y bushels of corn an acre VI
Tho INLAND and 20 bushels on the
lowland. In 1910 the average yleio
of corn on this same son
as it was considered by those VINO ma
starved on it formerly, was % ousneis
800 the increase in the yielC
hainr over 800 per cent on the upianc
and at least $50 per cent on the low
land. the
Southern field. I could cite thou-
sands and thousands Of acres OF lane
a1ithin easy reach of the railroads., al