The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-23

Norm carolina IS now ~ RiSnelS.
Iowa raises 3s bushel per acre and
sells it for 80 cent. si2.oot: North |
Carolina raises % bushels and sells
it for so cents S47.sop. Thousands
Of these people are now looking this
WAY and nearly every mail brings
inquiries AS t. lands for sal. Chas. !.
j. Parker, Jr, a Tar Heel be-, holds
the worlds record IS Il corr pro
Queer. i. e., 235 Il bushels on one
acre.
The condition Of the cotton farmer
has improved mach in some respects
in these latter days. Il few years ago
if you wished to hold your cotton
the banks would tell you that the
mills had all the money they could
spare. In other words, manufactured
goods were considered q better Sc
curitE than q bale of cotton. Now
it is different; there is always Il mar
ket for Il bale Of cotton and when
the farmer arranges so that he car
Sell or hold as he deems best without
any one else being concerned, Para
disc will indeed have been regained
in our Southland.
My kinsman, the late Brevard
Da wilson, Of your county, who was
among the best farmers Of the coun-
try "befo the war" told ME that he
never sold a pound OF cotton for less
than ten cents and never had three
crops on hand. He Dor his
family from the proceeds Of other
crops. He received the first premium
at h State Fair on wheat q think
it was in 1850, producing 46 bushels
per acre on IA acres.
He was not found on Our streets
skiing for what some would charge
him for flour or cOrn or meat. and
what would he give for cotton. but
he told them he had SO many bales
of cotton at home which ne would
deliver in Charlotte TOR ten cents per
pound.
It the farmers should all quit cot
ton and turn their attention to corn,
would not the same rhine occur as
is now the case with cotton. corn be
too low to pay for production? Ger
? tainly if all the good and Was put
: in corn this would occur, but at this
point, Mr.. President, your assOcla-
) ton comes into account. benjamin
: Franklin said in matters Of, State that
! the pen was mightier than the
8 sword; SO it is on the farm: but il
is the hog pen and not the goose
. quill. Generally a hog will pay yot
more for corn han any other man
G and that fed to him gives you q bet.
n ter return than that sold elsewhere
Meat AS well as bread is a requisite
II III farm supplies, and with pTope1
management can be produced cheapel
than bought by the sale Of othe1
p products. The cash is necessary t.
h buy them ever If YOU have to pa.
nighttime prices for the cash, bu
n these supplies you must have. !
G negro who was badly clothed an'
i nearly bare foot was going home will
o q side CT meat and a sack Of flour
On being asked why he did not bu
I less rations and get himself som
q clothes he replied that when his fee
it or his back called on him he coul
n put it Off with a promise but 1put
lie ting his hand on his brad basket
IF this must have the cash.
l. The production of pork is one c
4 the most important subjects no,
IT claiming the attention Of the Mort
Ia Carolina farmer. Any kind Of cot
Id ton can always be sold at some pric
!e and SO can almost any kind Ct mea
Of but the cotton WilicIl brings hir
rs prices and large yields is that =,
o. which attention is given Us to III
m seed which are planted. the cullivs
SO ton and the harvest and prcIaritiu
n for market; the same is true Of corr
10 and SO it is with meat. II you Wis
ht good prices YOU must produce goot
D to suit the taste Of your custom,
IS and consult his ideas and not 81
deayor to force our uDon him.
er man remarked mat he Was SldG IN;
all persons did not see alike as the
he everybody would have wanted h
n wife Betsey; when sofnc one repiin
If they were all like me nuboe
90 would haye had her II You desiI
800 prices for your bacon it mu
al be such as those TO whom You g
lis pect to sell desire.
70 | suppose the finest typo Of ham
to the world is q Southern product. Il
it Smithticld ham Of Virginia, OF its Ill
lot produced elscWherc in the South;
] surpaSscs in good quality the eel
lie hrated Westpnaiiu ham OF Prussia.
en- IN order TO get tn. desired conc
if lions the Sog, when Young. nu
I'D Craze and not De fatreneG too Ia!
FOR There is nothing that you can fe,
on q Swill-fcd hog that will lmpart Il
di- condition to the neat.
A good hcuseSeepcr had as X