The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-19

to fall into line. In five years from
today you are going TO see the region
round about Chadbourn one vast area
of ~luxuriant vegetation and farming
lands bringing one and two hundred
| dollars per acre and perhaps more.
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Splendid Crops THAT Will Pay.
we dislike to tell about the crops
and Yields we saw around C~hadbourn,
lest our paper be accused of Xagge
alton. We shall write the truth, the
| whole truth and nothing but the truth,
and if You doubt our statements go
there and see for yourself.
W. saw a field from which Mr.. Ira.
Lennon last spring harvested Is
bushels Of oats to the acre. He then
planted the land in corn and peas and
will make so to IS bushels Of corn
per acre. The pea crop is lu~Xuriant.
Hon. J. A. Brown pointed out a field
from which he last spring cut 100
bushels Of oats per acre, and has now
growing on the Ian a fine crop OF
fall Irish potatoes. We saw another
cat field planted in alternate rows Of
corn and cotton, with peas between
hills Of corn, and all the crops are ex-
ira fine, the cotton stalks weighted
down with bolls and great ears Of
corn hanging from the. stalks. So this
one piece CT land will produce four
crops in a year and any one twice as
great as the richest land in the up
country Will produce. We notice that
nearly every farmer raises two and
sometimes three crops OF the same
land at once, and without l%eSsening
the yield of either. Mr.. w. II. Hunt
last spring planted one-third Of an
acre in wheat andSthreshed Is bush
els. over 40 bushels per acre. Sweet
potatoes yield fro 400 to 500 bushels
an acre. \ few wears ago a farmer
sold the trawberries from an acre
and a quarter for$1,1OO. From six
acres Mr.. Chase last spring SOLE $500
worth Of cucumbers, planted between
cotton rows. and he will gather near
a bale Of cotton per- acre from the
land. We never saw such %luxuriant
pea vines or so many planted. Mr..
George Marshall, a colonist from Eng
land. has several fields Of peas it is
worth travelling a.shundred miles or
more to see. They are waist high and
covered with pods. We also saw lux
uriant fields of solar beans and other
orage crops, sorghum, sugar cane,
the finest fall gardens, and in fact
everything for man and beast and to
Ill the farmers pocket with gold.
Then at nearly every home you see a
scuppernong vineyard, and which re-
turn a net income of from $500 to
$500 per acre. only to shake on a sheet
and haul to a depot. And the rich
prairies Of the West do not produce
greater yields Of corn. From Is to IS
bushels per acre is easily made, and
Mr.. Rufe Mocrs' corn will average
100 bushels. And the Mississippi
Delta does not produce more cotton
to the acre.
Visiting the Colonists.
But We set out to tell about our
visit to those c~olonists who live on
Broadway, but were so enraptured
with the crop and lands it don't look
like We will ever reach them Shortly
after leaving Chadbourn we remarked
ABOUT the splendid dirt road. Mr..
Brown said this was the work Of
those ~colonists; that they didn't wait
Tor the county to work the highway
leading to market, but filled up breaks
themselves and kept it smoothed with
spllt-log drags. The good road gave
out after leaving the colony limits.
Mr.. Brown says every %colonist heart
lily united in the drainage scheme. We
next passed their school building. the
~colonlsts having their own school dis
trlct and ave erected an ideal mod
ern academy by taxation. Shade trees
nave been set out, a cropped grass
lawn and sanitary closets. The build
ing is kept painted and everything
looks so trim, neat and clean. A union
Sunday chool is held here and some
times religious services. Mr.. Brown
says on the other side Of ~Chadbourn
the colonists have equally as nice a
school building.
"For several miles we passed
through their settlement and which is
one continuous village, made up most
ly of forty-acre farms. each worked
like a garden. Their homes, sitting
back from the road, are generally
surrounded by groves With neatly
trimmed lawns. They are pictures Of
neatnesS and comfort
sThere are plenty Of easy chairs.
hammocks, yard swings, and at some
places are rugged up a splendid appa-
ratus for ~gynnastic exercises. Their
stock show attention and feed. They
are also buying motor cars. Mr..