The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-12-16


the roads and leave a big margin for |
other purposes.
Road building has received an i'm |
petus all over North CarGina we, |
il might be we'll for counties that are /
slow about entering on the work 10 |
get acquainted with the good roads |
in Moore.
Counties that are disol ssing road
work would find it profitable to send
d delegation Of inquiry into Moore.
Richmond, Scotland. Hoke or adjoin-
ing counties. to see what can be done
With little money and what it rep
resents when it is dom.
They can find the improved roads
radiating from Pinehurst a lesson that
'~qt~f a-caable in more than one way.
%6 e the bigger loads that
these p haul They will see the
farmers in their automobiles and at
the farm houses along the roads are
here and there new little houses
which are seen to be shelters for the
cars that have been accumulated out
| in the sticks. They will see the farmers
congregating at the churches on sun
day in their automobiles and one
Sunday last summer they might have
| seen lot Of farmers, and town folks
| with them, for that matter, out on
the hunt Of a bear that had shown
| himself in a field near an improved
road, down which automobiles came
in dozens to join in a chas, the like
| of which has never before been seen
in the State.
The Automobile Question.
The automobile is a debated ques-
| ton. Some folks say it has taken
an enormous lot of monuy out Of the
country. Others agree that a lot Of
money has been spent for automo-
biles in this sandy streak, but go fur
ther and say that the money spent
for automobiles is merely money in
vested in labor saving equipment. and
that the economies of the car are Off
setting all the cost Of it. The big
farmers, and there are several Of them
who operate a thousand acres or more
| could hardly manage to get around
on their various necessary tours with
out their cars, and they could not
operate their car without the good
roads.
AS a sequel Of the general good
; roads Of the hall dozcn counties here
. Tin bunch it is noticed that the farm
erS who operate on any considerable
scale are extending the roads into
their farms, here and there they are
| building clay roads to enable them
| to get around over the farms where
heretofore they have been content tc
ride horse or drive i'll buggy over
: Indifferent trails or on no roads at all
The construction of good public
. roads has resulted in the construction
9 of many miles of good private roads
} and everybody figures sooner O
S later having good roads all over hi
t neighbOrhoOd.
f I presume some OF the farmers il
J., the territory mentioned have s;tve'
e the cost of the money they have pait
e for road taxes in the benefits tha
e come from being able to use auto
4 | mobiles on the new roads. The MAJ
a who needs to make a hurried jour
( ney to town eight miles away can &
in and out in his car in an hour. T.
t take a horse from the plow mean
n half day lost, and a much create
3 delay in accomplishing the errand.
: Cars From Other States.
d One of the interesting results of tn
e good roads in this vicinity is the mum
n Der of cars from foreign States. l
: the towns you see from day to da
e number tags from nearly all tn
IT States Of the East. A South Carolin
1t car is standing beside a New Iamp
n shire stranger. A Connecticut tour
d ing car is followed down the road b
1t q North Carolina runabout. The ma
l. who stops at the roadside sore TO ii
III up with gasoline may come from A
= bany CT from Hamlet And il Is ii
d teresting to note the comradeShi
Is man stop to fix spark plug an
every one who goes by slows dow
to ask what IS the trouble ana il h
Is can be OF any help.
u The country people Will tell 20
D that before the good roads began
d bring automobiles into the neighbol
at hood they feared the drivers woul
le show small regard for horses on tf
e roads But in an incredibly Sho
IN time the horses became accustomed
the new vehicles and .yoI may driI
1e for days without meeting a horse
is mule that does anything more seriol
re than 10 edge Off into the neld a lit
e or prancc a bit TO show that he 81
a | IS alive.
\ Most horses are as unconc-rncG
S though q load OF wood We're goir
is past.
10 While good roads are not built pr
st | uarif. for automobil travel ii l. ey
IL dent tina, the possibility of traveiiI
p along good roads brings a lot o. loo:
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