The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
4 WORK OF PERMANENT VALUE.

The News ard Observer has previously a.
rected attention TO the development work be-
ing done by the Virginia~Carolina Cattle Assc-
citation. and it is reminded further IF the activi.
ties Of this company by a letter written b Mr..
r. ". Scott, of Alarnance county. a member OF
the State Board of Agriculture, following q
visit to the show Of the Cattle Association IL
Spray.
The association, whose activities are inspired
and directed by men Of such constructive ability
as B. Frank Mebane and A. L. French. has :
plan on foot under which the various farm
demonstrators viii visit its cattle show, model
farms, etc, and carry back to their respective
counties their Impressions Of the exceptional
work that Messrs. Mebane, French and their
associates are carrying on, and thus have their
own zeal for the agricultural progress Of their
counties stimulated and strengthened.
Mr.. Scott, who is recognized as one Of the
best posted men in the State on agricultural
matters, was strongly impressed with what he
saw at Spray and came away more enthusiastic
than ever over the agricultural and animal hus-
bandry possibilities of North Carolina. He saw
previously formed ideas of his own confirmed
and he learned some things that he did not know
before. Among other things he saw g practical
demonstration of raising hogs successfully with
very little grain. And there were other points
about raising hogs that attracted his attention
and approving comment.
Sheep culture is advised by the United States
Department of Agriculture as a means by which
the small farmer in the South can augment his
income with very little extra trouble. The
Spray farm. according to Mr.. Scott, is
abreast OF the most advanced thought in
sheep culture and the demonstration is sure to
stimulate sheep culture in North Carolina. The
Associations corn field, FIVE miles long and one
mile wide, various tracts giving ocular demon
stration OF grass culture and development, ana
other features OF the activities at Spray are dis.
cussed by Mr.. Scott and commended for the
progressive methods which mark them.
Early in October the Cattle Association Of
fered to buy cotton at ten and a half cents a
pound, payment TO be made IL the form Of
registered bulls of an approved breed, the oh.
1ect Of this offer being to stimulate interest in
the live stock industry. This was another com.
mendable undertaking. the plan proposed OF
"some cotton and a Development Of animal nus
bandry with it, being a combination calculated
to appeal to practical farmers as the correct
solution Of the problem OF how to employ their
energy and capital to the best advantage.
The Virginia-Caro1ina Cattle Association IS
undoubtedly doing work Of great and perna-
nent value to the State along lines that are very
much in the public eye just now by reason OF
the fact that the South is realizing more wildly
than ever before that it must cease to lean 50
largely on cotton, and the News and Observer.
as an institution eager to find and lend its sup
port to every agency working for the upbuild.
ing of the State, finds a real pleasure in recog,
nizing in this way what is being accomplished
at Spray.