The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-27

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states was shown and the measures
or were ~forcefuIly ii,us-
trated. ~Theyare simple and the
stations are simple and the
actual operation.
The hoo patronized the lecture.
which vas free, Of course, we'll, One
found considerable interest in the
matter. The lecturer was frequently
cheered and the stereopticon views
illustrated in simple way something
that a technical paper could hardly
have done.
The funniest thing Of the conven-
ton was said by Mr.. Hugh Mac
Rae. He and all of the men an
tagonized the view that nature can
be counted to provide the Of
shiftless man who puts his hogs out
to root up the budding forests Of the
future, his sheep to eat the cones, his
COWS to trample them down and him
self to put out the fool fire for the
consumption Of everybody, he said:
However, nature does not give up
the fight. She attacks the hogs with
cholera, his COWS with the cattle tick
fever and the man himself with
poverty"
VIII Start Greater Interest.
The result of yesterdays meeting
will go further than the simple crea-
ton Of local interest, large as that
was. The General Assembly will
have the matter put squarely up to
it. The extension Of the stock law,
by which action there will be stopped
roaming Of sorry cattle and hogs,
| will dc much. Mr.. MacRae told a
good story Of the Hollander who had
tried to raise the common cattle,
manifestly growing up out Of the
soil. He could not do it and it cost
everything put in them to make what
they were sold for. They must be
put away and improved stock tried,
The Afternoon Session.
When the convention opened III the
afternoon, a very liberal attendance
OF the women was noted. The mo-
Mr.. Aston Grimes, of Pitt, was in
troduced, who made the first address
He told first Of d neighbor Of his
who bought a tract Of land for $500
from which he a sold $500, re
tanning still the land and much Of
the timber. This neighbor, he said
had preserved the forests by pro
successful in tina respect" Mr.
Grimes said, "but / do not allow
after giving written permissions, th'
hunters to carry an axe ard cf:op til.
pOssu1n tree down.
Mr.. Grimes said he required II! 9
his tenants to pay IS an acre WIN
fire is allowed to run owe it. Th1:
think think it a hardship at first. bI
agree afterwards that it is the riSh
thing" he said.
Mr.. G. G. S1noot, Of Wilkes, CAV
a short account Of the Wilkes way Q
fighting fires, a neighborhood wa
against the glazes of the community
He said he had become greatly in
terested in the fight against tn
blight which is killing the chestnu
trees in the western part of the State
Mrs. Al Fairbrothey, Of Greensboro
was called pom to1say a word 70
the subject from the viewpoint Of tn
ladies'. She said she had not com
as a speaker or as "a ~suggester, bu
!. as a learner. She told Of some G
the work done by the ladies c
Greensboro, the establishment Of
children's play grounds in Greens
: boro, the work. of the Civic Associa
:. ton.
DIR. A. A. Johnson, a colored mar
interested in the work, was Gale
upon by DR.. Hill, who wished to hea
2 what he had to say.
: DR.. Johnson declared that as poo
a man as he is, he would have DE-
f clined a gift OF $500 to get here {
4 TINS TIME. he was OOTH III tic "
= country and said hat hel had NJ
known what the dominant ace hs
done for the colored people until +
came to the South. Il want to say
!. he said, that not half what| has bee
written and said about this questio
is true He declared that as q
4 agricultural race, this subject woul
be a great help to them, hat tt
forests belong to the black people.
DR.. j. G. Peters.
q DR.. J. G.. Peters, ot the g~ovcrnIral
service. made the first address on II
q program, nothing the protecte
n acreage in the country, which
about 100000, 600. He said there a.
Is States in the Union taking consi'
It cradle interest in the preservation
IS the forests.
It They do this by patrols. by looko'
a stations. supported by appropriate
is He said hat these patrols are
t. much for the prevention Of fire
W. So-,a ~ fhoco Ia uo ho said nYONi<