The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-26

lars an acre of a fixed charge for
clearing depends. a big slice Of the
profits through its entire period OF
operation IL il Is operated for 4 hun
dred years.
\ farm that can make a profit on
q nfteen dollar overhead charge. can
make more on a five dollar overhead
charge. That difference OF ten dollars
on an acre IN original cost may mean
the difference between the success and
failure OF i farm. In the case OF
most OF the farms OF this section ten
dollars an acre is more than was paid
Tor the land IN the beginning. and
iour times as much as was paid for
a great many Of them So this young
man Is holding down the cost OF clear
ing his land that his fixed costs may
De Kept at the lowest possible Azure,
thus representing the lowest possible
interest cost. and the biggest ultimate
margin OF profit. lie also figures an
otner way, and II is a right logical ono
IL ne can clear three acres of land
by simple rules for what it costs un-
uer the more complete method 10
clear one acre, he has the use Of three
acres instead of one acre. and he il
getting a crop from three acres in
stead OF from one. which is after ali
the chief thing desired.
ThiS Greek land has been
averaging the Buchans almost "A bale
of cotton to the acre. Some Of 4, has
run above a bale, and some below.
making the average Just a trifle un-
der the bale. If by the primitive
method OF clearing two hundred and
fifty acres can be brought to the
pillow in a year it means three times
the crop can be had from a third the
amount of land cleared more labori-
ously and slowly for the same invest
ment.
So the Buchan. protiting
by the experiences Of his father and
by the training Of his school course.
has tackled the woods on the big and
ia pid scale and reclaimed more than II
third of a square mile of land in the
winter and put it in shape TO till, and
next year he will have his farm ca
pacity doubled at one move. During
this period of extraordinary activity
he has been arranging his scheme to
lit with the extension work. and now
he fiends his operation systematized
SO that it is working smoothly. and
he is in complete control of all of
it with less worry and hesitation than
when he arrived from school TO be
gin the job ahead of him.
1t is out of the ordinary that n
young fellow comes from the college
to find such q big job at once dropped
on his shoulders, but il is the best
testimony TO the work being done IL
the agricultural schools when we find
: the young fellow measuring up to the
requirements of a case of this sort
1 and getting around in a couple 81
t years to where he can expand on tn.
, original lines and put the business or
r the high road to quickly beComina
a one of the big industries OF the State
S The Buchan farm is q standardized
f place. 1t is cut off in lost of measure,
size that each experiment may be &C
curate. 1t is a test farm. and expert
mental farm, and Il crop farm, all tn
d ideas picked up at the college still
holding possession of the farmer a
e it's head. 1t will be one of the mode
e farms Of this part of the State. an
}. it will be an example of trained abiii
ty carrying on a basic industry in al
organized and logical manner