The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14
stay in the State instead OF moving

stay In the State instead OF moving
away.
Same Way In the North.
The conditions in the North are not
much different from these In the
South Farms have been deserted In
the New England country for 30 long
period that the abandoned NeH
England farm does not rate with the
Carolina farm which stands in the
front class with the farms OF any
the South will not go to destruction
for want Of help az the farms OF New
| England did. The Carolina farms are
| too profitable and productive. with q
continual tendency to become moro
So Farmers from tho more inhospi-
table North and West are gradually
learning OF the advantages OF farms
in this section Of the country, and
sooner or later 1t is reasonable TO ex-
lpect to see wide-a-wake men from
the cattle country and the grain coun-
try making cattle farms and grain
farms in Guilford as we'll as in other
sections Of the State, for this soil and
the possibilities here are not materi-
ally different from those Of other stock
and grain sections, except for the
milder climate and better rainfall and
better markets. three things all fav-
OARble.
All this time this section OF the
State is crowding ahead rapidly. plan
ming and carrying out big new enter
prises, and with some bigger ones yet
J in sight which will make further de-
mands for labor.
One very apparent result Of the in
dustrial awakening and the urgent
need for labor, is the thrifty cOndi-
ton OF workers in all lines. There
l is a general air OF prosperity that
would look good to people from the
! Northern cities who are familiar with
e the poverty that haunts most OF the
e big centers OF population In all of the
Z country where factories have massed
n in big cities and where the high cost
! Of rents and living, along with the
7. severity of the climate, make life a
= struggle for a large proportion Of the
l. population. II labor is not as plenti-
k full as it might be, the rewards for
t, labor are apparently ample, and as
O between a scarcity Of labor and a
) scarcity Of something for labor to eat
h and wear. the scarcity of labor is be-
yond doubt the preferable condi-
j. ton.
e A Hit With the Farmer.
= There Is another feature Of this
- condition that makes more or less OF q
hit with the farmer, even II it does
Is mot with the buyer Of farm produce
II and that Is the prospects that the
e prices Of products will stay up. The
y cotton planter who has his tenants or
'r the farms and can get his cotton
n, picked, is hopeful Of continued higf
= price for cotton because the demant
of for cotton is steadily increasing il
= spite OF the lack Of increasing labo
IS to produce it. The cattle raiser vii
r find cattle raising stimulated In th'
a same way. The tobacco man finds en-
X couragement in the same direction
ID A crop that does not keep pace will
r the demand must bring better prices
ne 1t applies to all farm crops. and per
haps improved prices may tempt NOR
o. men to turn to individual farming
,e which observers like Mr. Frazier lool
to upon as the solution OF the tension
1e Where a farmer provides himself will
all possible machinery and depend
on his own work alone he will find hi
crops made and harvested. He vii
- not have a big crop. but he will no
~ have the bother and expense Of find
0. ing farm labor to help him.
Al Which brings the whole thing dow
en- to an increase OF small farmers, eac
n tilling his own land with his ow
ne hands and his own implements. in
IN stead Of big farms and farm laborer'
le It is a problem much bigger tina
o Guilford county. yet II the Guilfor
,n - county farmers can find the solution
ne the whole world will prOdt by ii.
es He Took the Cake.
lis A man went to order. a weddin
~ | cake the other day.