The farmer and mechanic., 1913-03-11

deem and ROckfish built dow, its way
two or three years ago. a.:u yo,i can
never lose town that markets nearly
tnree-QuarterS of a mil.,on dollars
few miles up from Wagram is Rae
ford. Eight q ten thousand bales
OF cotton come to RaefOrd in the fall
for market. Ten or a dozen miles
away is Red Springs. Another town
with half or three-Quarters Of a mid
lion dollars worth. Of cotton products
! in a season. Over the ridge to the
bayer began operations there in the
season now closing. Up at Southern
Pines a cotton weighing outfit is to
be established. At Vass cotton mill
has opened market for a lot of cot
ton each year.
Irhave no idea what the total will
be. Figures simply say big, and a
after they get above a Few thousand
We <fealize what they mean.
But think about it. The .zutono-
bile Daa3ted mp la front Of the hotel
at Red sprfAss on v,ars joxr1ey. We
fell to talking about the cotton crop.
We bumped against men who harvest
/ two hundred, two hundred and fifty,
three hundred bales of cotton a year.
Comissioner J. w. Jot.Ason, Of Hoke
county, told me he is preparing to
plant 900 acres in cotton this year.
No doubt there are bigger planters
in the United States. Mere bigness
does not appeal to me. Some big
men are not as big as their fathers
before them. 4 guess Johnson's
father must have been a pretty big
man, for he has two sons down in
this section that are factors in severa
of the big things farms. factories
banks and things of that character
One is J. w. The other is w. j
Saves letters that way. They came
here from upper Moore county, and
they were not bothered much IL
bringing along their impediment wher
they came down in Cumberland coun
ty as young men. These two mel
led me back to my story J. w
J, shower me farm that he bought ant
paid thirty-five thousand dollars for.
. 1T was offered to me ten years ag'
, for thirty-five hundred" he said.
: 'Why didn't you buy it them
asked. for bite easy sometimes.
There were two reasons, eithe
one good enough" he answered. Q
did not have the money, and I did no
believe the land was worth it then"
, J. W., looking out over eleven hun
drsd acres of as handsome land a
is out doors, when asked what h
, paid for it, said:
"Six dollars an acre when L bOugh
. the first portion, sixty-twO and hal
: when I bought the last"
He is building on this farm a ne'
, brick house. three stories, rooms with
: out limit, billiard room, think Of it Q
farm, three bath rooms, electri
= lights, water, telephones. hard road
: to the door, and all that sort of thin
: !. that you think goes with life in towl
You will notice that the price tie
J, years ago is one-tenth of the preser
], price. That is the thing that struc
>. me as a lesson from the figures.
\ II you get down the old arithmet
and cipher it out you see that tn
- rate of increase has been somewher
. near a hundred per cent. for eac
year, which is enough for the StanG
L ard Oil company.
Pretty near as creditable a
IS awakening as is taking place in til
e old world, and on a broad basis. a
# though the oriental fellows will folio
:? every step, now that they have learne
e how to gauge their steps to fit Amer
n can progress
= This is an AGRICULTURAL awaNenin