The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-25
VOL. Al. NO. 81.

idols than anything else on earth
Pinehurst. as will be seen. was an
evolution. When the dairy and the
Berkshire hogs came. il was necessary
to feed them A two hundred acre
farm TO raise feed for iso cows ana
30 horses was prepared \ lot OF feed
was raised, but tho Quantit. that =
bought would make the average farm
er quit the job and go 70 town % ,ook
for something easier.
Professor Massey who ran the ex-
pertinent farm near Pinehurst for s.V.
eral years, points with pride to the
Dig corn crops raised on tho san.ix
lands at PinchurSt. Unfortunately the
COW pea crop. planted year after year
IN succession. was taken with wilt and
a serious problem presented Itself II
was solved apparently by rotation
scheme into which cotton entered.
Cotton was not part Of the program
at Pinehurst but it finally arrived as
seeming necessity. The sandy ldnoS
have shown their ability to make II
bale to the acre with the help Of IN"
manure from tbs, stables. indicating
that the cow is a helpful factor on the
farm, even il she coes not show an
| absolute profit in butter Or pilk yields.
Pinehurst has been source Of coa-
stant surprises. Mr. Turts brought to
his farm for clearing new land bix
| disc plow that cuts the ground prob
ably over "A foot deep. His theor, WAS
! that If he put the machine on his aew
ground and tore out the roots and
stumps he could work improved ma
chinery on that land in after years
without paying all his money TO tho
man who makes plow points and sim
liar plumber. He guessed all right il
that respect, but he also discovered
another thing that no did not suSpeoA
Where he put the big disks on the
land the crop the first year astOnished
him. There is where he became an
advocate OF deep plowing.
/ Mr.. Tufts has tried out several of
these things making some tests that
inclined him to turn 70 new and often
unsuspected ways. yet. except for hts
, poultry venture. landing finally where
l he can figure profit. He expresses
full confidence in the farming pos
2 sibilities Of this section Of the State.
2 After passing through the varied ex-
periences that have made Pinehurst a
: great winter resort and built up a
great farm on the side, it is the fnten
ton to encourage progressive farming
by cutting OF small tracts OF land in
s lots of 80 acres. up to several times
s that amount. and Selling them to ia
D telligent men who will give promise
S OF making success Of the line under
t taken, with the hope of making of the
y Pinehurst commf1nity sort OF model
8 farm center The rigid rule that held
n all the land and houses OF the village
s as the individual property Of Mr.. Tufts
e is being relaxed, and house sites and
: homes will henceforth be sold in the
e town. which will gradually become the
property Of the inha bitants instead o1
: simply tenements or hotels to sheite,
a them during q brief visit
). Several other things are to be citeG
f concerning the influence Pinehurst ha.
d exerted over North Carolina. one be
Il ing the good roads. which now cover
f all of this section, and extend for mile:
: in all directions out over the two
S States. The claim is made that ~,thir
e fifty miles Of Pinehurst can De fount
d q thousand miles of improved road
g More is constantly being built. 80 ma
k Moore and adjoining counties are tn
It automobile mans paradise Our or
=, friend John -. Rockefeller comes
# down here occasionally. the cruel crit
h les say. to look out over the scented
atmosphere and enjoy tho smell Q
t. gallons and gallons Of gasoline burn
Z. ing as the chug-chugs roll by on ID
; good roads This may be a fails
il charge but sure gasoline and trans
a mission grease are staples down here
= and the Standard Octopus cannot r
e gard this as the enemy'S country
e Farmer and plutOcrat mingle thei
y gasoline fumes along the roads n
e way that must be joy TO Mr. r oc Ne
le feller's heart
le 1t is said by Observant men that -
a good roads, the farm improvement
and the demonstration work at + n
IS hurst have been among the most ior
)r midable factors in the startling ad
IN vances in the price Of farm lands No
n ticea Bile in this section n the .d5t hA
L dozen years. Governm mt srlcui II
S experts coming to P4nehHrst Tor
he meeting Or for a vacation noting ~
" peculiar conditions Of soil and ch.nai-
Sc have been melted to Investigate cof
ar ditions with results that had rot beo
suspected. In many ways p reaui
a. has been q factor So. X Jam - = ~
at did not carry out the ph Ian. hr v,
III line which ne laid down at the b-si
ming it is evident mat he builded .Fe
le W iser than h intended. ani that ~
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