The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13

dred percent of that of North Caro-
lima.
The census figures show that Mi
nO1s In the census year averaged
eighteen dollars to the acre for the
crops of the State, Ohio aged the
same, Iowa fifteen, and North Caro-
lima aoOve twenty-five. These figures
are the most reliable to be obtained,
and they show that this State ranks
in productiveness with any OF them.
acre for acre.
Why Settlers Don't Come.
Now. is it not singular that millions
OF settlers flock. to the West and
Northwest instead OF coming to a sec
ton Of the country that is IN every
way more desirable?
Not singular at all il you look
into it. ~
If you go into any Northern State
and begin to talk about Alberta, dry
farming in Montana, water rights in
the Colorado valley, harvesting wheat
in the San Joaquin valley. or topics
Of that character and geography the
people will catch UP the thread OF
the conversation But begin once on
long staple cotton or bright tobacco
in Pitt county, or watermelons in
Hoke, or forcing lettuce at New Bern,
and you will be bringing tidings from
the unknown quarters of the globel
North Carolina Is probably the, most
attractive State of the Union, and l
say This after q pretty fair knowledge
OF AL Of them. But North Carolina
is almost the least known generally
of all the States Of the Union unless
II may be some Of the other undiscov-
cred States farther South.
North Carolina Is practically IN
known in those circles from which
the recruits aEe drafted for the new
conQuesSs of the unsettled lands Of the
West and of Canada. Start with New
England, and the United States is g
big fan widening out as it extends
westward. reaching as far southwar rii
as to include Washington, and then
| passing with the Ohio river and the
Great Lakes out toward lively Pacific
Coast country. New England is aware
| in q vague way that there is an out
side fringe which supplies cotton foI
! the textile mills, and which is grad
ual'y taking on itself the impudence
| to build some mills IN competition
with New England mills. But beyond
| that, little is known III that country
| of North Carolina. the second cotton
milling state Of the Union.
North (stroIina Poor ADVERTISER.
| The fact is that North Carolina is
! not well known t. its own people
| North Carolina has been prominent
| in everything that has been started il
| this country. 1t was on the NORTH
| Carolina sounds that the beginning Of
| the United States was made, and i,
was IL North Carolina that tle frs,
| jolt was given England for the star
of the Revolutionary War. Nortl
! Carolina took the, lead in q lot d
| things, and is going to take lead IL
| a lot of others.
| But mean time it is r1ecessa. ~ L
! eniighter the people Of the rect 81
| the country as TO what is here ant
what chances are available for tbs
+. man looking for . place to start.
Think about Iowa. When that Stat.
| started TO fill UP in 1S4G it was from
| a country that had only seventeen
| million people. From 1850 IL 1885,
Iowa pulled nearly . million people
| from the rest Of the country. In The
same time North Carolina increased
ftwo-ffths as fast. In 1880 the coun
try had half the people 70 draw from
it has now. North Carolina has twice
the chance now to pick up settlersth
| Iowa had thirty Years ago. SIZE:
The whole thing turns to a Gucs
tlon OF what the Slate WahLS u 10:
| have always contended that 4 mar
can do pretty nearly what he enerseli
| caliy undertakes. It is the same will
Il state. Ii North carolina wants Il
develop il is pretty certain that tron
IL total population Of 4 hundred nil
lion in tue United States there. j
enough shifting material Is ill soi2'
lively gaps III this State. r. Young Mei
are- looking for locations where the.
can spread ont for themselves. cAde
/ me- :crc locking for places where con
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