The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-12-10

ms Vas the period when the .r--,..
lolHler was . mere clodhopi a
naSSeed' 4 man Who managed ms
49, ~l@>"urces 50 badly that ha mas
- utoi 70 somebody IA the town.
somebody II the town taxed h5rr ana
ms i"t worse and worse. VIA +,
: 10 ha{e hid ~ his owo ..r,rr
Vent az profit 10 some IutSe-r 81 #~...n.
town.
Bu1 pretty soon ;wo o.her are.t
INNS cam" IN pass.
H'i@f1@ was applieI Il aGri. ll,are
"ap "~Eii&4ituFai machinery vas de
1872, ms ga" farming new
meaning ana a new life.
At the same time our pop,L.H.r
grew 50 fast hat it began t. eaten
ap with our AGRICULTURAL produt son.
arm products now form Il Ierl small
Part OF our exports. We ar. on tn.
'd2e ~ the Importation OF food. W,
u.s. al that We can grow. The farmer
se'S prices that yield him q prolt
ana he has become a greatly more
efficient farmer. The risa ~ IA.
value Of farm lands tells tn, story
II doubled during the last dec4ds and
" Keeps RISING in price. We IT., in
SlSht OF the day OF thu. dominant
FARMER. Ana We are on the ed1r OF
'he mos interesting Of all economic
Il Guy nIStoCy-Ue a r..
coming within sight % the conditions
when the equilibrium between town
ana country Will be set up: when each
Will serve the other = neither Mil
nave an undue advantage OF the other.
when IN q word. Ar rican life vii
cease to be lop-siJ@d. And l., he'll
trlhS abont CHS eQI.l!brium is no,
o1iS the most l0np-rtant thing tina
men now living haN. 10 do bat Il j
the most interesting thing. And
know OF no part Of the United state
v mere 1t car be better done than il
this commonwealth.
The first aim is 10 mako farm If,
more prospectus. A mar uho IA:
no margin Of profit rannot do ruucf
ior himself, nor can YOU do mucl
Tor hlii.-ull he has Bothered his con
dltlon. To make the farmer NOR,
prosperous is h first task.
Now the best method of doing tina
mat was ever hit OF in the Who'll,
history OF the world was the simpl;
and fundamental method OF tiel,
demonstration worked out by DR.
Knapp. That simple. great old mar
deserves better of ms country THAI
any other man OF his time. for II.
conferred on 1t a greater benefit thar
any other maa. His method If in
stTurtlon is now applied in lame anc
IN North Dakota There is, in fact
n" other method Of making bette,
farmers OF all the men who row til
the earth.
It is more than teaching: It goe
a step further: it is orga nizatiOn. Re
{ member that the one big problem .
cur time is the proper organizatio,
} or country life. Corn clubs and can
! nlng clubS-theSe are the first step
III the organization of both men IN,
l ~cmen And these lead US to tn
! very door OF several kinds Of etonemi
organization that other countries nav
already applied and worked ot:t.
One such kind OF organization is 90
l operative buying and selling. Thi
: helped Denmark to leap from tn
/ place OF one Of the poorest nation
Of Europe to the place Of the mos
: evenly distributed prosperity. as III
Poe iaS told US. AS we go now, tn
: farmer throws away a great prom
BY his lack Of organized selling. Yo
can work It out for YOURSELF. ! ven
t ture to say that the farmers Of Mort
Carolina throw away enough ever
t year to pay e big dividend on III
: market price Of the titled land IN tn
s State by not buying and selling i
: compact organizations. This sum
9 Wasted-nlillions OF money ii
wrongly directe transportation an
3 in u~nscientiic marketing n buyin
2 costs.
|, Next m organization for Dor
s rowing money for productive farI
uses. Now what can be done for me
= or by men who are below the credi
line? Especially what can such
maj who lives in the country do
= give him the benefit Of az ef!icien
organization as the town man has
r The most fundamental advantage tina
2 the town man has over the countr
man IS his access to money toCdo hi
business with.
( And now we come to the startin
point Of the whole matter. The tow
o has taken the surplus capital OF tn
country for it's own enterprises an
0 activities and the country man car
Q not get the capital that he needs
f 60 his work with efficiency. And tn
t still deeper trouble is he hasn't as
rule yet learned to use it wisely if h
n had It. Now It is this fundaments
Q problem that I especially invite YOU
attention to. And I ar willing t