The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-23

VIII pay Tor their board, and incident
any lmpart some information on the
subject OF feeding cattle in North
Carolina and the comparative merits I
OF Southern corn-fed beef as compar- |
ed with the similar article that comes !
from Iowa Kansas, and anywhere less /
out West. gathering commissions |
along the read, until when il gets |
down here il ought III all fairness TO !
pay an income tax
Apostle OF Don't Know"
Henry y Page is something of
theorist, but he has been associated
with machinery long enough to have
nnulated fund OF don't know
Tould delight the soul of that
postle OF agnosticism, Col.
bo~ 81, Not that Page has
no. not ; ga "a :, q,, ne knowledge along
one of the be. s7s ned men IN Your
| Uncle SamueIS +. ain. But he in
sisfs that he does not know just what
Will be the results Of his farm expert
ments. For long time he knew this
! was no farming country. Then, in
spite of the fact that it would not
raise crops, he began to know that it
would, and from that day he has been
| keeping his eye open IN the endeavor
| to unraVel the mystery OF what to
! plant on his land after the timber
is OFF and what &c do after 1t is
planted
MIR. Page IS a follower Of that Httle
red headed. bald-headcd high priest
of the single tax, Henry George, in
| following truth no matter where il
| leads 20. He does not bother him
self much to believe that corn viii
grow or viii not grow on Marlboro
farm. lie tries the thing, and lets the
crop be responsible for whatever dis
Covery il makes.
Same way with the cattle feeding
proposition. 1t VIII be winner if it
wins Il it doA not win Mr. Page
has 40 theories about it. ON an
equal footing stands the meal propo-
sitiOn. There is this difference. II
it proves a likely project 10 make
meal at Marlboro farm that meal will
will be labeled Marlboro farm meal
and wherever it goes Marlboro farm
, will mean a fist rating. If making
/. corn at Marlboro farm keeps on prov
ing a satisfactory occupation Mari
boro farm corn products Will become
a standard by which other things in
North Carolina will have to be com
pared, for the object III making mea
will be TO make q good meal that viii
move the corn in a farm easy 20 put
up and easy to market.
> Unground corn is not marx etable
I, in such convention forms as ground
meal is Therefore meal appeals te
the Marlboro farm. Meal is also
Q finished product, which appeals t
: the machine man
I Can any good thing come out O
, , Nazareth? Perhaps the practice o
: finding good Nazarines is as active
u now az it has been for the last tW'
thousand years.
$ New Industry Possible.
q Perhaps the overlooked part OF TIT
:, State may be on the eve of showing
: the more favored parts how 10 begin
n a new industry. Corn flour IS q sta
. pie article Of diet in the State. Jus
+ why the supply should be so laTgei.
grown III the far West has not ye
been Indicated Just why . gilt
. edged product should rot be mad
+ on the big farms OF tie State IS no
j. yet announced.
! Corn has proven itself in the State
1t has demonstrated its adaptabllit
to all the soils. It has proven q
=, profitable as many other Of the fiel
% crops Bat North Carolina mas no
4 become prominent milling STATE
70 Grinding grain is az indus+r. as ol
If in the State IS spinning and "eavIr
Is cotton The cotton mill was al 81
n institution long before it became
,e big institution. Wher it began
. grow it started off with 4 rush
~ Possibly We aIa TO learn that grow
- ing corn IN North Carc.ira i TO I
10 as profitable a. growing any oths
IN crop. and possibly Mr. Pa-e may oro
r the road for a milling practice ths
r vii. lead men to THINK Ci maxim
m corn products a factor Of the far
Of instead Of corr ears.
in | This job is not accomplished. an
n The mere fac that Mr. Pa~o has rnac
in a beginning Is not haif 50 lrnportaI
a feature Us that h has sold out !
re railroad and lumber Interests ald
Sc trying 10 set farm II tie Prep
b. shape to hold his attention. \ n1a
i'll like Henry Page cannot 50"
IL goes At something u int rest III.
~ an: thal something. with HI cTrcr
OF erC.e ard ability. ras 70 tc e-~
ut thir" OF a uic scale arG on - urejl
a gent scale. .t'h2t Cor..toIs lis GIr
ks practical one. : MAN Who Fl. "a
= experiment 20 bH an 'ntclli - ri
has shaped his actions b. the Il II
. Of e--ff ti'-t