The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-11-12
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
CLOSE A BUSY SESSION
MEET NEXT IN MONTGOMERY

feed and provisions from he vest.
but should raise it at home He
quoted from the reports to show that
there had gone out from South Caro-
lima s3.0O0.0OO for animal feed alone
about S40,000,000 for the people
This section has the best climate and
the longest seasons. he said 1T
should not violate the law by paying
tribute TO the less favored sections.
He suggested the abandonment Of
the old plan Of putting all OF the eggs
IN one basket and gave good plans
for divers tuOn. He cited the de-
crease of '1ers in Minnesota by so
per cent. & Ne increase IN North
Carolina by or cent
AIR. Coulter amended the or
ganization OF iiv ~ elk associations,
cows, horses mule. - \eep. the dog
supplanted by the $ For rural
credits, he spoke br. '. and after
ma king ten suggestions =. 1e shape
of commandments, he So, that the
first seven must be obeyed to meet
the provisions Of the tenth, which had
for its object the making of the home
more livable and the life on the farm
less lonely and isolated.
Major Graham, returning to the
Torrens system, told how the Old sys-
tenn had been worked. A deed was
/ r.
OF registra ton. Some were held twcn-
| tv-fiVe years or more before registra :
tlon and each legislature from 1771 to
! 1888 continued the time in which it
might be registered. The deeds are
! now good from the date Of regiStra-
! ton.
/ Major Graham said that in his par
/ ticular instance, it made no difference
whether the Torrens system was given
y -
He had gotten his lands almost direct
from the king.
Mr.. Poe Speaks.
Clarence Poe, editor of the Progress
,sive Farmer, spoke on the subject
How Cooperation is Helping Euro
pean Farmers; Some Lessons for the
South"
Mr.. Poe began telling OF his triI
in Europe recently and said that Sill
Irish Plunkctt had explained the usu
al difficulty in organizing, holding
about fifty meetings before he made
the start.
Mr.. Poe showed the pictures of ole
man John Britt, head Of the aSricul
tural credit system, the headquarters:
being in an ordinary frame house anC
produced the accounts Of that bank
ing house showing how business hac
been done by his corporation will
substantially no loss anywhere. wv heT
a man was unable to pay his note,
Mr.. Pee said. 1t treated him in a yer,
neighborly way and allowed him t.
market has products to the creates
advantage.
Mr. Poe found in Denmark the fin
est example of agricultural co-opera
ton He had heard it described a
"a little land full Of happy people.
He had heard 10 one sentence quit
SO descriptive.
Il was prepared to find them prout
; in their ownership but poor, Mr.. Po
said, Though You find no million
aires or paupcrS. Nobody is too rlcl
10 idle, nobody too poor to prosper.
minister Egan said when here las
wear that Denmark, like Gaul, IS di
/. yided into three parts, butter. egg
and bacon" lie sa ia that the advant
; age Of the Danes system is the three
, fold profit system. In this countr
, there is often one, simply that Oh n
raw product
Danish Corporation.
, MIR. Poe declared. that the spillt 9
Danish cooperation IS eNceilen'
When eggs are shipped they are tag
: ged so as to identify them when ba
) ones are found # bad one IS dis
covered, il is reported. II another on
is traced 10 the farmer h. Is fine
s,.33. if another still, il IS 10 an
T continued SHINING puts him oajsid
the society. F,Eerybod. is jealous o
!, Danish honor.
Mr.. Poe said that everybody
Denmark IS taught 70 read and 'rr4t
Minister Egan declares that cEesl
!, body above seven years. unless n
an idiot. can read and write. II
. spoke Of a girl. whose atten8a n
. upon the court was missed. y te
the cause was inquired into il W
. ! found thai she ~a> preparing